[DML] Re: Gullwing Doors on Any Car

["cbl1739" <cbl302@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, The Bricklin HAD It's own Engineered frame,it DID NOT come 
from any other vehicle in production,it WAS made/engineered as a 
Safety Sports Vehicle...Bricklin (SV-1)(the same as DMC had started 
onto the Delorean,(DSV) but later just switched to DMC)the Massive 
frame along the side of the Bricklin was put/engineered there for the 
Safety of the passengers,(for side impact) the Gullwing doors were 
part of the safety cage "birdcage"(in Bricklin terms)that totally 
surrounded the passengers,just think of a massive square frame 
running along all sides of the car,then a  MASSIVE FULL safety cage 
is installed on top of that frame(roll cage)So basically Not only do 
you have a massive frame running along the side of the Bricklin..but 
you have a SECOND frame bolted on top of that(the safety cage)making 
it IMPOSSIBLE to put anything but Gullwing doors...or GT-40 style 
doors..Again the Bricklin is Truly a Gullwing car/Safety 
Vehicle...There was NO WAY around not putting gullwing doors on 
it...The four things that were all Bricklin is the Engineered 
Frame/Safety cage, and the Body and the body  panels and wiring..just 
like the Delorean..which had it's own engineered frame Body and  Body 
panels and wiring.And like the Delorean..everything else was from 
other cars parts bin.

Claude 

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@...> wrote:
>
> They designed the Bricklin with Gullwing doors just like they  
> designed the Delorean to have Gullwing doors, they could of 
dropped  
> the body-line down to accommodate regular doors but who would have  
> bought the car then?
> 
> Yes the Bricklin used a STOCK Ford frame but do you see any Fords  
> with Gullwing's?
> 
> Ford I guess should of had Gullwing's on the Car that used that 
Frame  
> then.
> 
> It is all about Design and the Bricklin could of been designed 
better  
> to use regular doors and all of the other things that were bad 
about  
> the Bricklin, but that is a whole different topic that does not 
need  
> to be discussed on a Delorean forum.
> 
> 
> Mark V
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 16, 2007, at 9:52 PM, cbl1739 wrote:
> 
> > I have to strongly disagree with the Bricklin doors being only for
> > appearence... Yes for appearence...BUT...If normal doors were to 
be
> > put on a Bricklin it would be VERY VERY hard to egress into and 
out
> > of a Bricklin since it Does have a Rather MASSIVE Frame(think 
Ford F-
> > 350 frame)running along side the car,that is very high on the 
side of
> > the car,just as with the Mercedes Gullwing,that is what/why they 
have
> > the lower black panel it hides the Massive frame that runs along 
side
> > the car..About the ONLY way to put normal doors on a 
Bricklin,would
> > be to have Basically the same style Doors as Fords GT-40 in which 
the
> > doors are part of the roof(basically Gullwing doors but hindged 
like
> > a the normal door.
> > On the other hand The Delorean could have had doors like the Lotus
> > Esprit,which would have also been nice as a option.
> >
> > Claude
> > Bricklin 1024
> > since 1980
> >
> 
> 
> [snipped by moderator]
>




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