Talk:Bricklin SV-1

Problems
The article lists "plastic body" and "rotary engine" under problems, as if these were self-evident. What exactly are the problems, given that there are many other succesful cars with these features? Graham 21:36, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * The car had an acrylic body and a V-8 engine, I have edited the page to correct. The problem was that AMC built the motor (AMC 360) the first year then AMC went out of business, the second year Bricklin used Ford V-8s. Clausewitz01 22:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Acually the Bricklin Company had problems getting enough supplies from AMC to build the cars so Malcolm Bricklin went with Ford since they had such a huge supply of them and less complications. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Df344better1 (talk • contribs) 19:27, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Gull Wing Doors
Why aren't the Mercedes-Benz sports coupes considered to be "production model cars with factory powered Gull Wing Doors"? And now they are not alone. Bricklin cannot be the only one as stated in this article. Can anyone fix this with good references? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.65.22 (talk) 07:24, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

Odd choice of focus?
"The Bricklin was designed for safety with an integrated roll cage, 5 mph bumpers, and side beams.". Well, the 1973 Saab Sonett III also had integrated roll cage, 5 mph bumpers and side inpact protection in the doors. What's so odd about that? // Liftarn


 * 5-mph bumpers don't tell us anything about safety, since they were mandated for ALL U.S. market cars by federal law starting in 1974. Also, the idea that the powerful V8 was chosen for safety so that the user could "pull away from potential accidents" is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. They used a powerful engine because it was a sports car, and if it was underpowered, nobody would buy the damn thing.  Chaparral2J (talk) 23:32, 27 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Amazed that unsourced statement survived for more than five years. I took it out. Kendall-K1 (talk) 21:26, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm sure I read that in one of Bricklin's books. If and when I find it, I'll put it back in.-- Auric    talk  21:41, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

They made 700,000 and only 2,000 were sold?
That seems odd to me --AW 16:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, it says 772 1974 cars. I'll clarify that --AW 16:34, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

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Easily locked out
You have obviously never driven a Bricklin if you believe it's easy to lock yourself out of the car. It is, in fact, virtually impossible.

The door locking mechanism consists of a locked/unlocked toggle switch inside the car and a locked/unlocked key lock switch behind the driver's door on the outside. To lock the car from the outside, you insert the door-lock key into the key switch and turn it counter-clockwise. The electrical circuit that operates BOTH doors is then disabled, leaving the doors inoperable. Once this is done the doors will remain inoperable in whatever position they are, open, closed, or anywhere between.

To unlock the doors, turn the key clockwise and the electrical system is again enabled and the doors can be opened or closed.

Inside the car, moving the lock/unlock toggle switch to the locked position accomplishes the same thing. Once locked, the electric door-lift system will not operate. There is a manual door latch on each door, so the doors can still be unlatched and hefted open without benefit of the electrical lift system. (It is true the doors weigh about 100 pounds, but then MOST car doors weigh at least 100 pounds).

From inside the car, if you accidentally trip the lock switch, disabling the door-lift system, you cannot get out of the car (unless you use the manual latches and muscle the 100 pound door open). And if you're outside the car you cannot lock the door without having the door-lock key to operate the switch.

Lock yourself out of a Bricklin? No way.

Bill - Owner of VIN 1643. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BrickOwner (talk • contribs) 13:28, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Moved discussion from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Automobiles. swa  q  16:23, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Well you could "lock" yourself out. What I mean by locking out is by if you use air doors the doors won't open because not enough air or hydraulic cylinder hose got disconnected if that's what you mean I guess you could say you were locked out. [ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Df344better1 (talk • contribs) 19:36, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Bricklin windshield
The Bricklin utilized a windshield from the Ford Pinto so they would not have to invest in expensive tooling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kca124 (talk • contribs) 20:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you have a source? swa  q  22:29, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

As someone who had to replace his Bricklin windshield, trust me, it's unique to the Bricklin and hard to locate. If you think it came off a Pinto, compare how the windshield slopes on each car (way more on the Bricklin). If you had taken a Pinto windshield and sloped it back as much as the Bricklin's A pillers require, the center of the Bricklin dashboard would have to come way up to meet the bottom center of the Pinto's windshield. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.174.59.80 (talk) 23:10, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Bricklin US facility
Bricklin maintained a US facility in Livonia Michigan, where they prototyped the first Bricklin. It is rumored that a few vehicles were hand assembled at this facility and sold to customers. The facility was located on Plymouth Rd. between Levan and Newburgh, north side of the road. The building still exists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kca124 (talk • contribs) 20:22, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

The funny thing about the prototypes is that when engineers needed to take their final measurements for full scale production. Malcolm Bricklin would take these prototypes to show to other dealers to sign them up. Well one of the engineers became very angry and took one of the prototypes and welded it to the floor of the factory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Df344better1 (talk • contribs) 19:41, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

conflicting information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricklin_SV-1 It is believed that less than 1,000 Bricklin cars in the entire world still exist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Bricklin It is believed approximately 1,500 Bricklin cars still exist.

Chergles (talk) 17:08, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

My scource for editing is the book "Bricklin" by H.A. Fredericks and Allen Chambers A.B. Moon (talk) 01:01, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Missing film in media section?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075931/trivia - Car was used in the movie "Demon Seed" it was set in the future, Bricklin was chosen due to futuristic design84.59.211.158 (talk) 16:48, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

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