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1974 Bricklin SV1 V-8 Rare

Sale price: $7,600.00 make an offer

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Date: 2016-05-10

Don Drake (from Nevada) offered 29,000 usd

Seller's notes: "Wear and tear for a forty year old car. Needs minor attention. Acrylic has "spidering.""

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1974
Mileage:
72,000
Engine:
360 C.I V-8
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1974 Bricklin SV1 V-8 Rare for sale

Current customer rating: current rating for this car(2.05) based on 582 votes
 This auction is a rare 1974 gullwing Bricklin. Has 72K miles.  I bought it from the third owner who put a lot of work into making a driveable car. He replaced the outdated hrydraulic lifts with the air-operated type.  This cost about $3000. 00.  It is has new seat covers. for about $1. 00. The car has not been molested and is in great shape.
I just bought this. but sourced a 1975 that has the Ford V-8 I want.  Guess I should have waited.

The Bricklin SV-1 was a gull-wing door sports car assembled in Saint John. New Brunswick. nbsp;Canada. The body panels were manufactured in a separate plant in Minto. New Brunswick. Manufactured from 1974 until early 1976 for the U. S.  market. the car was the creation of Malcolm Bricklin. an American millionaire who had previously founded Subaru of America. The car was designed by Herb Grasse.  Due to Bricklin's lack of experience in the auto industry. coupled with the funding problems. nbsp;the Bricklin factory was not able to produce vehicles fast enough to make a profit. As a result. only 2. 54 cars were built before the company went into receivership. owing the New Brunswick government $23 million.

The model name (SV-1). stood for "safety vehicle one".   The original idea for the Bricklin SV-1 was a safe and economical sports car. but due to the added weight of the safety features. the car was inefficient and simply a safe sports car.  The Bricklin was designed for safety with an integrated roll cage. 5 mph (8. 0 km/h) bumpers. and side beams.  The body was fiberglass with bonded acrylic in five "safety" colors: white. red. green. orange and suntan.  The cars had no cigarette lighter or ashtray.  Non-smoker Malcolm Bricklin believed it was unsafe to smoke and drive. The Bricklin is the only production vehicle in automotive history to have powered gull-wing doors. that opened and closed at the touch of a button. as standard equipment.

                                                      

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Comments and questions to the seller:

from Mitch, dated 24 july 2020
still available?

from Don D., dated 10 may 2016
Hello,

Is the car still for sale?

Thank You,

Don

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