Nice or ugly?

Bricklin: The little known ancestor of the DeLorean

 

looks like an ugly hacked 280Z

 

meh

 

i'm sure it was tight in the 80's

 

unique

 

 

Here is some more info on the Bricklin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricklin_SV-1

 

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.

 

Yes Yugo is the cheapest car ever sold in the USA

 

can you travel back in time with it?

 

 

Looks like an old Ferrari (348?)

 

Do you have a picture of the Ferrari 348?

 

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.

 

The Wiki page said they used to put a 351 Windsor V8 in it. Damn!!!!

 

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.

 

Does it come with a flux capacitor?

 

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.

 

just curious why Bricklin put his car engine in the front, while DeLorean had the engine in his car in the rear.

 

It looks like "Alien" with the front coming out of the hood like the little mouth coming out of the main head...

 

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)...

 

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.

 

"Kind of"??! Gremlins and Pacers were cars that made Pintos and Vegas (cars that began rusting when leaving the factory to go onto trucks for dealers) seem reasonable!
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.

 

Exactly. He is quite the visionary IMO. He is now pushing to bring Chinese made automobiles into North America. IIRC, he is hoping this will start in 08 or 09.

 

Not my cup of tea...

 

a martian UFO

 

Sit inside and you will be instantly transported back to the 70's.

 

I forgot to post a rear of the Bricklin, anyone can post a pic it would be great.

 

I can believe it, Ford did have a dog V8's during that time