What do you think of this car?
02-28-2007, 10:36 AM
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The sizzle in the Steak
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02-28-2007, 12:05 PM
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02-28-2007, 12:59 PM
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strange styling marginal performance ...what's to like?
useless factoid: Malcolm Bricklin lived in my neighborhood just outside Philadelphia. We can all also thank him for importing the Yugo to the U.S.
useless factoid: Malcolm Bricklin lived in my neighborhood just outside Philadelphia. We can all also thank him for importing the Yugo to the U.S.
02-28-2007, 01:43 PM
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can you travel back in time with it?
02-28-2007, 08:32 PM
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The Bricklen was actually made in the city where I live. It was a VERY cool car for its time. Some people may think its not a good looking car by today's standards, but it was pretty damn sweet for its time. They are a pretty decent collector's car here today.
03-01-2007, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by treyster
The Wiki page said they used to put a 351 Windsor V8 in it. Damn!!!!
03-01-2007, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Will Y.
The problem was that it was the newly-smog-controlled 351W from about 1974 or so, and the Bricklin was a heavy car for its time. My recollection of reports is that the 0-60 time was in the 9 second range.
03-01-2007, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
Depending on the year they were made, they were built with a 360 AMC or a 351W. The 351W was actually rated 0-60 at 9.9 seconds.
03-02-2007, 10:36 AM
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If it wasn't for Mr. Bricklin, who would have brought over the Subaru 360 (and started selling Subarus in the US) ??
http://www.davewolin.com/bricklin1.htm
<--- Liked the idea that Bricklin used a AMC (american motors corp.) 360 motor in some of the cars...
04EuroAccordTsx, take a look at the AMC AMX... It seems like you've been looking at some "ophaned" cars lately (bricklin, avanti, etc)...
http://www.davewolin.com/bricklin1.htm
<--- Liked the idea that Bricklin used a AMC (american motors corp.) 360 motor in some of the cars...
04EuroAccordTsx, take a look at the AMC AMX... It seems like you've been looking at some "ophaned" cars lately (bricklin, avanti, etc)...
03-02-2007, 10:53 AM
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I looked up the AMC AMX, looks like a cool muscle car, but I also found out on Wikipedia that AMC was responsible for the Gremlin and Pacer, cars to me kind of.
cars to me kind of.
03-02-2007, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 04EuroAccordTsx
I looked up the AMC AMX, looks like a cool muscle car, but I also found out on Wikipedia that AMC was responsible for the Gremlin and Pacer, cars to me kind of.
cars to me kind of.
The real 2-seat AMXs are pretty rare, although there were AMX decal versions of the Javelin and Hornet, as I recall. The Javelin was a neat car- ponycar with small rear seats, 360 and 401 V-8s as optional engines.
Getting parts for an orphan from the late-60s through the '80s may be annoying, esp. for low-production cars like AMXs, Bricklins, etc. And early emissions control engines are a pain if you are going to keep a mid-70s-early 80's car stock.
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03-02-2007, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by GreenMonster
If it wasn't for Mr. Bricklin, who would have brought over the Subaru 360 (and started selling Subarus in the US) ??
03-04-2007, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Will Y.
The problem was that it was the newly-smog-controlled 351W from about 1974 or so, and the Bricklin was a heavy car for its time. My recollection of reports is that the 0-60 time was in the 9 second range.
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