Bricklin SV1 Technical Demonstration. Rare Gullwing Sport

Description

This is a demonstration on the rare Bricklin Safety Vehicle 1 (SV-1) built in Canada in 1974 and 1975. About 1500 cars are still known to exist out of the approximately 2854 to maybe 2916 that may have existed. The car was very innovative with the acrylically impregnated fiberglass exterior, (cars came in 5 colors and were NOT painted), full integrated safety roll cage built into the structure of the car, extremely heavy duty bumpers, gullwing doors which allowed the frame of the car to be at door sill height providing added passenger safety. No cigarette lighter or ashtray (because it's not "safe to smoke and drive at the same time), gas tank surrounded on all sides by heavy duty steel plates, large 351 cu.in V8 (1975). Cars actually had a 360 cu. in V8 in 1974, but rumors had it that AMC couldn't spare any extra casting capacity, so Bricklin went with a Ford engine in 1975. A truly revolutionary car, way ahead of it's time!

Keywords

Bricklin, SV-1, stock, factory, original, Gull, wing, sports, car, Ford, 351, V8, FMX, trans, Delorean, Mercedes, 300, acrylic, fiberglass

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