Classic Sports Car 1975 Bricklin SV1

Description for Other Makes Bricklin Safety Vehicle 1 (SV1) 1975

Classic Rare Vintage Sports Car with gull wing doors that runs well. A 1975 Bricklin SV1 is ready to drive. This car has always been stored in a garage. Vin 1641. Car runs well. Gull wing doors are fully operational and have been upgraded to pneumatic. Car is white (was originally safety orange) with black trim. Original body is in excellent condition. Slight panel damage top left of passenger door which has been repaired. but not replaced and is in working order. My brother-in-law. who recently passed away. owned the car. The car was his baby and was well cared for and always stored in a garage. Maintenance and upgrades done in Bedford. VA by Terry Tanner. Car has working AC. Car has all the original manuals. Headlights functional. The Bricklin is a gull-wing sports car that was manufactured in Saint John. New Brunswick. Canada for exclusive sale in the United States. Production at the plant began in mid 1974 and continued through late 1975 with three model years resulting (1974. 1975 & 1976). There were 2854 cars built before Bricklin went bankrupt. An estimated 1500 still exist today. Bricklin International (BI) reports 570 active members with cars on the road and in restoration. The single model built was given the designation SV-1. for Safety Vehicle 1. It had a built in roll cage. side guard rails and shock absorbing. 5-mph bumpers that receded into the car. It was not only safe in an accident. but had the power and handling to avoid one. The Bricklin far exceeded safety requirements of the time. Like the DeLorean which came after it. the Bricklin was a futuristic vehicle which was well liked by owners and the automotive press. but was never produced in large enough numbers to be profitable. Bricklin owners have a club which publishes a quarterly magazine and sponsors yearly meets on the east and west coasts. The second distinguishing design feature of the Bricklin (besides the gull-wing doors) is the acrylic body. A vacuum forming process bonded color-impregnated acrylic to each fiberglass body panel.