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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:03 pm    Post subject: Bricklin! CL. Reply with quote

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/1720655392.html

Looks a little rough, i thought with how rare these thing's were they'd pull a little more $$.

I remember watching a show about this car a couple year's ago, pretty cool car.

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PostPosted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bricklin's are a strange car. They are cool, but man, that would be a lot of work to make work. All fiberglass, no replacement parts, and a mess.
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ya those things r strange i saw them build one on some car show a few years ago. there definitely cool and unique looking but i think they ugly as hell
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, Bricklins look cool, in a way, but they're not very good cars, read up on em, underpowered, plagued with issues, etc. It's no wonder tehy don't pull much cash, no one wants them.
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Still in my opinion would be something cool to add to the collection.

minus the whole body issue everything else can be pulled out and replaced, engine,wiring, all that good stuff.

I have other places to put my $$, otherwise i might think about tryin to get it.
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never even heard of them Confused
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Too bad they're so damn ugly! Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought the bodies were plastic? I think I have seen a warped one before... lol
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PostPosted: Wed May 05, 2010 6:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

fiveoformula wrote:
I thought the bodies were plastic? I think I have seen a warped one before... lol


Partially correct. The attempt was made to bond fiberglass to acrylic plastic, but it didn't work out very well.

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In an attempt to reduce production costs, Bricklin attempted to bond fibreglass to acrylic plastic—something the plastics industry had not perfected at the time—resulting in a high failure rate and high production costs (some panels cracked while still in their molds). The acrylic fiberglass body was ahead of its time. It soon became obvious that Bricklin's claims of a "high performance safety car" were made for advertising. Another problem they had with the car was that it constantly overheated over a period of driving. They had a single scoop in the 1974 model and believed that it wasn't allowing enough air in, so in 1975 they added a double scoop to help solve the problem. To this day that problem still exists, so most owners switched to a larger radiator. Also contributing to the company's decline was Bricklin's tendency to assign inexperienced family members to executive positions on his Board. It is believed that fewer than 1120 Bricklin cars still exist.


Remember, this was 70's technology Cool

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PostPosted: Thu May 06, 2010 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That makes sense. Didn't it the have a ford 351 in it too? they were a pretty cool idea. Just one that didn't come out like they planned.
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