1975 BRICKLIN SV1 |
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I purchased this car from the Carlise PA car show. It has 14,000 original miles. The Ford 351 Windsor V8 engine runs EXCELLENT and does not leak anything.The transmission is 3 speed automatic. Even though the car has low miles, it has not sat for more then a month at a time without being started and driven, therefore it runs excellent. The car has 5 MPH bumpers and a built in steel roll cage. The best feature is the pneumatic gull wing doors. They raise and lower with the touch of a button. (See below for a better description of how the doors work.) There were 2875 Bricklins were built in Canada from 1974 to 1976. My Bricklin is vin #2840, so it was one of the last ones produced. It is in excellent condition. The only problem is that the gas gauge does not work. The gas tank was replaced by the previous owner, and I dont think they grounded the gage at the tank. It even has the original tires from 1975! One of the great thing about the Bricklin is that with the exception of the body, they were made with all Detroit parts. The engine and tranny are Ford, Alternator is AMC, muffler is Camaro, etc. This makies getting parts a breeze. You just goto your local junk yard or PepBoys. There is still one dealer located in Virginia. If you were ever to get into a fender bender, you could get replacement body parts from him. I purchased the new center console from him. Included with the car is a list of nearly ever part of the car. This list tells the code number for the car and what car the part originally came from. You may notice that the front end does not look like a normal Bricklin. I decided to change the front end for a variety of reasons; the main reason being aesthetics. I am not a big fan of the protruding front bumper. I wanted something that gave the car a more up-to-date look. As you can see from this picture of the original bumper, it had faded to a different color then the rest of the car. Finally, I wanted to allow a greater volume of cool air to get to the radiator. My design doubles the volume of air going to the radiator. The interior is in excellent condition and the car has the updated center console with the glove box. I still have the original console which goes with the car when sold. The car runs perfect. The air doors work perfect and the car dives like a champ. The gull wing doors DO NOT leak water into the car when it rains. The car has power steering, power brakes and power doors. How many cars out there have power doors... not many. This is how the air doors work. There is a regular door lock on the drivers side. You can lock or unlock the doors from this just like a regular car. When the doors are unlocked, you hold in the switch (similar to a power window switch) in the up position and the door raises. If you press the switch with the doors locked, nothing happens. It only takes about 1 second for the door to shoot up. There is also a button on the passengers side to raise the passenger side door. However there is no physical lock on the passenger side, the drivers side exterior lock opperates both doors. Once inside you can close the doors with another set of buttons in the center consule. They close in about 1 second too. There is a lockout switch inside the car. You flip this switch while driving and the doors will not operate at all. This prevents them from opening if you accidentally hit the switch open while driving. The windows in a bricklin roll down all the way. In a delorean the windows do not roll down. Once again, all the original parts including the original nose come with the car when it is purchased. I dont think the car has the original radio, but I am not sure. The radio in the car is a digital one with a cassette player. I have replaced the original speakers with Pioneer ones(still have the original). Click here for a high detail picture of the engine The picture file size is large so give it a minute to load. All of the electricals work great (lights wipers, horn). The car starts, runs, and drives excellent. This car is a real attention getter, so you had better be prepaired to answer alot of questions about it when you park it somewhere. < YOU are responsible for all the shipping charges and arrangements. The car must be picked up from my house in Deptford, NJ. I will NOT arrange shipping. I sold the Bricklin and bought a Ferrari 308. It was a great car and i miss it. I purchased the Bricklin for $7500 and sold it for $9000. I put about $700 into the car while I owned it. The only thing i did not like about the car is that the trunk leaked in water. It sure did run like a champ though. |