carsntrucks4you Posted August 20, 2018 Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) This time it was an easy one. A car build in Canada with gullwings a 1974 - 1976 Bricklin SV-1 Edited August 25, 2018 by carsntrucks4you
MrObsessive Posted August 21, 2018 Posted August 21, 2018 Yeah, that one I haven't seen on the streets here in a looooong time!
El Roberto Posted August 21, 2018 Posted August 21, 2018 I sat in one at the dealers and wasn't too impressed. I'm only 6'1" but I had to tilt my head down to my chest to fit under the roof.
carsntrucks4you Posted August 21, 2018 Author Posted August 21, 2018 It seems that this weeks challenge will be the one with the most correct answers since I had take over the quiz
sjordan2 Posted August 21, 2018 Posted August 21, 2018 I had a neighbor who would occasionally drive home while sitting on the door sill with the malfunctioning door raised up.
peteski Posted August 22, 2018 Posted August 22, 2018 11 hours ago, carsntrucks4you said: It seems that this weeks challenge will be the one with the most correct answers since I had take over the quiz Probably an American car that is not too new or too old - just right from the group's demographics. It looks familiar to me too, but I don't feel like doing the research.
dshue76 Posted August 22, 2018 Posted August 22, 2018 14 hours ago, peteski said: Probably an American car that is not too new or too old - just right from the group's demographics. It looks familiar to me too, but I don't feel like doing the research. It looked familiar to me and was the quickest search I've ever done for one of these quizzes, but I'm sure my search terms would offend many enthusiasts of this type of car.
dshue76 Posted August 22, 2018 Posted August 22, 2018 14 minutes ago, bandit1 said: You aren't supposed to give the answer away...
blunc Posted August 22, 2018 Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) unfortunately, the subject post does NOT include the reminder NOT to give the answer away. Edited August 22, 2018 by blunc
Xingu Posted August 22, 2018 Posted August 22, 2018 I removed the post, hopefully only a few folks saw it.
carsntrucks4you Posted August 23, 2018 Author Posted August 23, 2018 Thanks guys for giving the hint to bandit1. I didn't see his post. I'll leave this thread because I it is not fair to close it due fact that I forget the reminder not to post the answer in this thread. I had started a new thead with the rules. In the any future auto quiz thread will be closed immedately if someone post the answer in th ongoing thread.
bobthehobbyguy Posted August 23, 2018 Posted August 23, 2018 Its sad when we have to tell people the obvious but I guess that's why we have warning messages that food put is a microwave w7ll be hot. Would have hecer guessed!!
carsntrucks4you Posted August 25, 2018 Author Posted August 25, 2018 This time we had a 24 correct answers these were submitted by: ChrisR sjordan2 matthijsgrit Pete J. dshue76 blunc Phirewriter Earl Marischal Matt Bacon dw1603 Thom MrObessive 1930fordpickup Bucky bobthehobbyguy Bainford Xingu El Roberto Deano otherunicorn landman Badluck13 Dave Ambrose slicks56 Congratulations to all winners
Can-Con Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 The body panels were made in an unheated warehouse in my home town and final assembly was done an hour away. Unheated in the middle of one of the worst winters we had. People who see the cars always remark on the poor quality of the body. It's a miracle any were made at all. But they could still hold thier own with the Vettes sold at the time and I'd have one in a heartbeat.
Bucky Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 I have seen somewhere around half a dozen Bricklins here in Tennessee down through the years. Always thought they were very cool looking cars. More exotic looking than a DeLorean.
sjordan2 Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 I always thought they looked like a cheap kit car.
Earl Marischal Posted August 25, 2018 Posted August 25, 2018 5 hours ago, sjordan2 said: I always thought they looked like a cheap kit car. I would second that. steve
dshue76 Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 11 hours ago, sjordan2 said: I always thought they looked like a cheap kit car. Yep, I thought they were. But from what I have read their crash impact tests were some of the best of the times. Their downfall was due to lots of reject bodies and their reliance on engines from AMC and Ford which caused delays. I used the search term "ugly 80's supercars" Jay Leno has said that cars of this very style produced in the 80's were really designed in the 70's but were too far ahead of their times. It seems that my thinking it was from the 80's means that there is some merit to that.
Can-Con Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 26 minutes ago, dshue76 said: Yep, I thought they were. But from what I have read their crash impact tests were some of the best of the times. Their downfall was due to lots of reject bodies and their reliance on engines from AMC and Ford which caused delays. I used the search term "ugly 80's supercars" Jay Leno has said that cars of this very style produced in the 80's were really designed in the 70's but were too far ahead of their times. It seems that my thinking it was from the 80's means that there is some merit to that. The "downfall" is that Malcolm Bricklin was a con man and sucked our provincial government into a deal that couldn't work in the time allotted to it. A lot of politics and back door dealings went on. Yes, there were a lot of reject body panels ,, A LOT. But you try curing fiberglass and laminating acrylic to it in an unheated warehouse in January in New Brunswick when the daytime high is about -20 C. There was no way they could meet production quotas under the conditions. Things got farther and farther behind. Eventually the whole deal just fell apart under it's own weight. But hey, at least out Premier at the time, Richard Hatfield got his free bright orange SV-1.
dshue76 Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 1 minute ago, Can-Con said: The "downfall" is that Malcolm Bricklin was a con man and sucked our provincial government into a deal that couldn't work in the time allotted to it. A lot of politics and back door dealings went on. Yes, there were a lot of reject body panels ,, A LOT. But you try curing fiberglass and laminating acrylic to it in an unheated warehouse in January in New Brunswick when the daytime high is about -20 C. There was no way they could meet production quotas under the conditions. Things got farther and farther behind. Eventually the whole deal just fell apart under it's own weight. But hey, at least out Premier at the time, Richard Hatfield got his free bright orange SV-1. It seemed odd that an American got Canadian Government funding to build a car in Canada that would be sold in the US, what I read never mentioned Canadian sales. I think they proposed a $3500 car and when all was said and done the retail was closer to $7800. A base 74 Corvette coupe started at $5700.
Can-Con Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 11 hours ago, dshue76 said: It seemed odd that an American got Canadian Government funding to build a car in Canada that would be sold in the US, what I read never mentioned Canadian sales. I think they proposed a $3500 car and when all was said and done the retail was closer to $7800. A base 74 Corvette coupe started at $5700. Yes, it was all very odd. And is wasn't even Canadian federal government funding, it was the province of New Brunswick funding the deal. No, they were never officially sold in Canada but there are quite a few here. There were at least 3 here in Fredericton, which is the provincial capitol, alone. You're much more likely to see a Bricklin on the street here than a '50s or '60s Vette.
MrObsessive Posted August 26, 2018 Posted August 26, 2018 I was in high school when these were new and I always thought that is WAS a kit car and not a real car company! For whatever reason, the car reminds me of the Kelmark GT kit car that a guy I knew was building in our shop class back when these were on the road. Maybe that's what made me think kit car! $7800?? You could have bought a new Caddy for not much more than that, and at least you'd have the full backing of GM for whatever that was worth considering that period of time.
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