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'92 camaro boss Member

Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 410
1992 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:03 pm Post subject: Bricklin! CL. |
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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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Dewey316 The Lama

Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 7295 Location: Bringing the tech
1990 Chevrolet Camaro RS
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Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| 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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cameron7710 Member

Joined: 13 Apr 2008 Posts: 813 Location: shoreline,Wa
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:02 am Post subject: |
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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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Spikeophant Member
Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Posts: 164 Location: Bend, Oregon
1986 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:47 am Post subject: |
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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. _________________ 1986 Camaro Z-28 IROC-Z 350 swap |
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'92 camaro boss Member

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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 11:38 am Post subject: |
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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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91RSVert Member
Joined: 16 May 2007 Posts: 2736 Location: AR
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Never even heard of them  |
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RSFreak The other "John"

Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 2946 Location: Renton
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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Too bad they're so damn ugly!  _________________ '86 Trans Am - 5.0L TPI - LT1 cam - 700R4 - WS6
'85 Camaro Berlinetta - IROC clone
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fiveoformula Member

Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 1799 Location: OR
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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I thought the bodies were plastic? I think I have seen a warped one before... lol _________________
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Al Hasse Member

Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 4379 Location: Bremerton, WA
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Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| 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.
From Wikipedia:
| Quote: | | 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  _________________ 92 Camaro
89 Camaro
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fiveoformula Member

Joined: 08 Aug 2007 Posts: 1799 Location: OR
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Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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| 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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