[DML] Re: The Bricklin

[Michel Poulin <mpoulin@xxxx>]

Greetings,
Two sites to stop by for info on the Bricklin. One is my own
http://www.poulincomm.com/coolcars
the other is Bricklin International at
http://webus80.wang.com/BI/

Nice cars, but not as well designed and built as the DeLoreans. There
are three engines found in them, all V8's. Only built in '74-76 with a
final car count of around 3000. (like the DeLorean several cars were built
by the receivers after the plant closed.) Built in two plants in New
Brunswick Canada, Malcolm Bricklin was at a loss do to a poor economy,
rocketing gas prices, and a shortage of parts. While he didn't go down in
the blaze that JZD did, his car company went down in a similar way. The
New Brunswick government quit paying out money to the plant because
production numbers were slipping. Durring two months of 75 no cars were
produced, and for the '76 model year, only 2 cars were made. There are
about 1600 Bricks left on the road today. 
The Bricklin was built on mostly detriot parts, and like the DeLorean,
except for the body panels, everything can be found for a price fairly
easily. 
In a road and track issue ('75) the '74 and '75 Bricklin was pitted
against the '75 vette and won in all areas except for some finising
details that Malcolm would have been able to work out had the car survived
the mid '70's crunch.
Details about the car that you'll want to know before getting one:
The almost ALL LEAK from the door seals.
While the body won't rust, these 25 year old frames are starting to
fall apart much like a DeLorean frame w/ rips in the epoxy.
The hydrolic doors should be retroed w/ an air ram system as the
hydrolic system had a tendancy to be slow and leak.
The Majority of these cars came as automatics.. take that as you may.
These cars SHOULD NOT BE PAINTED w/o PROPER prep. there are 5 colors
that they came in, red, orange, green, suntan, and white. If you find one
in any other color, beware! if it wasn't painted properly the paint will
eat through the acrilic body. 

Hmm, I had ment to keep this message short, if you want to read more or
know more, I can point you in the right direction.
-=mike=- 

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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Hey People wrote:

> use the keys to open them...How did THEY get out of buisness? There's a
> site that said, "It had a similar fate to the DeLorean." That's all it
> said. What type of engine, how fast could it go, and all that stuff i
> want to know. If anyone has an intteresting site i could go to, it
> would be greatly appriciated. I've been wanteing to know that for quite
> some time now. Thank you guys for all your help.
> 
> -Pedar Benson Bate


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