Posted by
Scott
- August 17 1998 : 22:43:27
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Just stumbled across your web site. Think it is pretty cool. I rember the Bricklin quite well as it was produced in my back yard (actually the plant is about 10 min away). Youv'e mentioned in the history sect. that the cars were produced in Minto and St.John's, Sorry but no cars were produced in St.Johns, as St.Johns is in NewFound Land, however there were car's produced in Saint John, New Brunswick. Two cities seperated by a lot of water and approx. 700 miles. You also mentioned that a Mr Byers from ohio purchased every thing remaning. Is this true? I can rember the NB Govt auctioning every thing off,from the tools in the plant to cars left over. There were many cars sold here in Saint John ( some were in crates). actually there are still a fair number of bricklins and parts around here. One more note, the bodies were produced in Minto and the cars were assembled in Saint John and some of the rejected bodies from the minto plant ended up on the local stock car tracks on saturday night
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Posted by
Larry Wilson
- August 13 1998 : 15:51:41
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Are articles which where printed in the magazine available on the internet.
Thank you
Larry Wilson
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Posted by
Frank Richards
- August 12 1998 : 17:41:19
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The site is simply fantastic! Please answer these two questions: Does anyone make a bra for the B or is their somewhere to check for used ones or ? Also, I would like to know what kind of glue is used to hold the side roll-up windows on their frames? I greatly apreciate your answers!
One more thing- I think it would be cool to see or here of some Bricklins that are not so stock as all the bricks on your site seem to be! With a ford drivetrain, you really couldn't ask for a better basis for some major horsepower tweaks or ? Custom bodywork or paint? Wheels? Lowering? It would be cool!
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Posted by
Larry Tungate
- August 12 1998 : 15:42:20
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I am an Employee of the company who manufactured the acrylic for the Bricklin. We are looking at new and similiar application. Would like more info on performance of car body. Who would I need to contact?
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Posted by
Angelo
- August 08 1998 : 03:35:01
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First of all this is a great Web site! The first time I haad ever heard of a Bricklin was in the book _DeLorean: Stainless Steel Illusion._
I was always fascinated with the DeLorean, not because of the Back to the Future movies but because a
teacher of mine had one. Anyway, since i've never seen a Bricklin in person, altho it sure looks nicer than a DeLorean, I have kind of a silly question.
The DeLorean had tiny "tollbooth" windows on the driver's and passenger's side windows... Did the windows roll down on the Bricklin? I know that
the gullwings sometimes make the engineering a pain to do that. Thanks!
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Posted by
Ryan Moore
- August 06 1998 : 22:39:42
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I am seriously considering buying a Bricklin. I have loved theses cars for years, and actually, was planning on buying a DeLorean-but have talked to the owner of the Bricklin I will most likely be buying, who has owned 3 other Bricklins to date, and has owned one DeLorean. He said he truly enjoyed the DMC, but said that his Bricklin was better in every way other than interior. This Bricklin is not a junker in any way, it is a show winner in fact and is has been on the cover of "Brickline" magazine many times, the owner even gave me one of the magazines - Volume 22#3 October, 1997 and the car is on the back of the magazine, the car is the blue one in the middle of the two red ones, its licence plate reads "WYFSMAD". The car has many modifications, and seems to be in great shape. The owner is the nicest guy you could meet. We looked at the car about 3 weeks ago, and called the owner of the car, who was at the most recent Lexington meet, and let him know that we are serious potential buyers. We are 99% sure about buying this. Tonight though my father recieved a call from the owner, he told us on his way too and from the Kentucky meet he used 2 cans of oil. He took the car to the shop thinking the problem was minor, but it turns out the piston and rings need replacement. That was what the phone call was all about. The owner said that the mechanic said the fixing and replacement of the piston and rings will cost $1,500-$2,000. The owner then said that he would knock $2,000 off the price of the car. We have our own personal mechanic, that we are going to have look at the car before we buy it, just to check out the whole car, and tell us what the "logical" decision would be for the car-whether to purchase it or not, based whether the car will be a constant fixture, or a reliable every-day driver. Am I doing the right thing? Is there any thing else I could do? I really need to know if the Bricklin - a good one with 40,000 miles. The owner told me the cars are "tempermental" and need to be taken care of meticulously. But he said they are reliable. I do plan on driving the car in the snow, and rain, so is there a sealer that I can coax the bottom of the car with, to keep it rust proof? Is it expensive to do, or have done? Your page has been so helpful and kept me excited about one day owning a Bricklin, here is my chance... Thanks very much.
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Posted by
Thomas John
- June 10 1998 : 06:32:28
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Hello, just typed in the word "Bricklin" in metafind but I would have never thought that I would find this great website! I am running a Classic Cars Website and working on pages for ESV's, looking for info and pictures, would you mind if I would use 1-2 pictures of the Bricklin on my website, I have only some black&white shots so far. Of course I am going to link you! I wish you good luck, am wondering if there are any Bricklins in Europe? With the best regards Thomas, http://www.scaratec.com/private/classiccars
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Posted by
Ray Jackson
- April 27 1998 : 21:39:34
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I'm glad to find out that there is a Bricklin site on the "'Net." I am a member of the OBO (Organization of Bricklin Owners). I am very interested in anything Bricklin.
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Posted by
Dave Lightsey
- April 21 1998 : 17:05:13
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My neighbor has had a car that noone knew about other than it has cool doors that open up. Thanks for helping me find out what it is. They must be pretty rare, are they valuable. I've never seen him drive it but a few weeks ago he and a friend were trying to fix it. I'd love to see it in action.
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Posted by
Jerry Bostick
- April 15 1998 : 18:37:09
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Cool site. Finally was able to respond by eliminating all entries in Tel field. Mine is (281) 486-2491. I have VIN #2444, white, automatic, Terry Tanner restored.
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Posted by
illyana delorean
- April 07 1998 : 02:10:43
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your site is so damn cool! my very favourite car in the world is the DeLorean, but ever since i saw a picture of a bricklin in a car trader magazine, i was in love! i had known about bricklins for a while, but had never seen one until pretty recently. bricklins are my #2 favourite cars, and i would like to learn more about them. how would i get a subscription to the brickline magazine, as i have never seen one in a store! thank you very much! contacting me asap is not needed, but i would like to be in contact pretty soon!
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Posted by
Michael Casiello
- April 07 1998 : 00:08:37
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My Bricklin wont run. It will start, but as soon as I let the key ruturns to the " run " position, the engine dies. if I keep the ignition key turned , like when yu start the car, it will continue to run, and so will the starter.. I was told it might be the "balaster resistor" but I have no idea what that is, where it it, what it looks like or if it might be something else. Do you have any ideas what might be wrong? Any information to you can provide me will greatly be appreciated. Thanks!!!
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Posted by
Chuck Corden
- April 06 1998 : 21:48:52
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I just bought #325, it's a 360/4spd car. I heard there were only 43 of them built with 4spd's.? The car has been painted (body has some cracks and minor unglueing problems) and has air doors The only other things that aren't original are the radio and speakers (someone installed a Kenwood system. I am verry proud to be a Bricklin owner
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Posted by
Bruce Eichenberg
- April 05 1998 : 15:29:14
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Do the '75 and '76 Bricklins use Ford frames along with Ford drive trains? If so, which Ford model frame was used to build the '75 and '76 Bricklins?
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Posted by
Howard
- March 19 1998 : 05:52:48
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Greetings, I used to own 1974 Bricklin in Safety
white, and was onl wondering if you knew the
whereabouts of #449. Thank you for the trip down
memory lane!
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Posted by
Greg La Rosa
- March 14 1998 : 19:37:08
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Hi
I have some Bricklin parts that I would like to sell,could you please tell me if you know of anybody looking for some interesting parts? thank you Greg
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Posted by
chris kuehnl
- March 14 1998 : 01:08:28
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I have an original drawing (artist : me) of my '75 safety
red bricklin. If anyone is interested in seeing it or maybe publishing it on their site or periodical, please e mail me with information. This peice is quite good!
thank you..... Chris k.
P.S. It was drawn in 1993 and has been collecting dust
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Posted by
Nick
- March 07 1998 : 12:51:45
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Doug,the "B" had Hydraulics at first,the Air doors weren't used til the owner put them on the cars.
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Posted by
Julie Watson writer
- March 05 1998 : 09:29:59
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I understand there is a Bricklin in a museum in New Brunswick can you tell me which one, I would love to see it.
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Posted by
Doug Hand
- March 02 1998 : 00:01:11
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First off let me start by saying that this is a great website. Being a Canadian I have been discouraged as to the lack of being able to find anything on Bricklin's on other auto web sites. Just a quick note to inform you as to the cost of the Bricklin F.O.B. New Brunswick. The Bricklin actually cost more than $9,980.00 each, in fact, the government of New Brunswick subsidised the cost of each Bricklin to the tune of about $10,000.00 each, which ultimately was paid by the Canadain taxpayer. The government of New Brunswick did this in order to get car production going in New Brunswick as well as putting people to work. I believe the Ford engines used were from the Windsor Ontario plant and the instrumentation is Mercedes. Also, wasn't the Bricklin equiped with air operated doors rather than hydraulic? I know some Bricklins were converted to hydraulic by the owners due to the slow operation of the air system, but I shudder to think of the mess inside the car should a hydraulic line burst, Ugh! Anyway, please correct me if I'm wrong and I hope that some of this information is of use to you. Thanks!
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Posted by
Carey Courtis
- February 23 1998 : 11:10:31
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I'm looking at the purchasing a Bricklin and found the site very interesting and informative!!
The FAQ page I think will be a big help in deciding on making the purchase.
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Posted by
Mark Barnett
- February 21 1998 : 09:36:46
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You may be aware of this... During the mid '70's Bricklin leased (for $1/yr) 2 or 3 cars to the Scottsdale (AZ) Police Department for them to test in that environment. A photo of a Bricklin police car is available for viewing on the city of scottsdale's home page under "services" then "police department." This might be an interesting link for your site. Specific historical information regarding the results of that testing venture may be difficult to come by but I could probably hunt down some contacts who could steer someone in your organization toward information of interest.
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Posted by
Ivan Jay Yarrow
- February 19 1998 : 20:05:38
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I love the Bricklin Web Site. Unfortunately I don't own one yet but one day I will. I fell in love with the car from the first time I saw it in the newspaper and even more so when it showed up in dealerships in the area. Back in 75 I took my wife to see one in person at a dealership in Swathmore, Pa. Well we got into the car and shut the doors. Of course my wife was just humoring me. When we went to get out of the car the doors wouldn't open as the battery died. The salesman had me try to start the car but it was totally dead. I then learned how you got out of a Bricklin. He had me pull the pins in the top of the door from the hydraulics and then proceeded to try and life a 10 ton door up with help from the outside. This of course made my wife HOT as hell. But I enjoyed it. I will keep coming back to the site as time allows and hopefully one day I will be able to tell you that I'm the proud owner of my own Bricklin.
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Posted by
Perry Ziff
- February 16 1998 : 19:11:09
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State: OH
Country: United States
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Great job on the site! I stumbled on it today for the first time. I own a '75 Red "B" (VIN 851) and have adopted my late father's white "B: (VIN 1458) and its good to see so much continued interest (from the emails). I wanted to point out one error on the 1995 Long Island meet page: the third picture of the 2 red Bricklins displays Ed's Bricklin in the foreground and MY Bricklin in the background (I can tell from the license plate), not Joe Titone's Bricklin. Can't wait for the next meet!!
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Posted by
Nick Licata
- February 15 1998 : 18:47:27
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The VIN# is unknown too,and I know that it was shown at a meet at Kings Island in 1986,Can you tell me possibly what VIN# it might be??? This would be a great help to me,and the people who ask what its VIN# is
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