Almost bought a DeLorean once. Had it on the hook, was ready to sign the receipt, and walked away. Hate that some days. Also had a beautiful Bricklin, less than 50K original, only small usual cracks in the acrylic on the hook. And the dealership that had taken it in on trade sold it out from underneath me (they had it listed on eBay).
As far as troublesome, both of them are nothing but trouble. Both the Bricklin's and the DeLorean's build quality were horrible. The U.S. DeLoreans don't sit right, because the laws changed just before they hit the shores and all vehicles had to have a regulated bumper height. The cars were already built and ready to ship, so they couldn't re-engineer the fascia, so instead they re-engineered the suspension. Makes them bouncy. The Bricklin's were Acrylic bonded plastic. Very heavy. Very prone to cracking. Especially around the door hinges. Also, on the topic of the beautiful doors, DeLorean's require *hours* of adjustment to get individual doors to fit properly, so *most* aren't. That means the don't raise and lower quite like they should, and need to be slammed to closed. (A properly adjusted DeLorean door can be raised with a finger, and closed with two) The Bricklin's doors are so heavy they can't be opened manually, which is why they are fitting with a "leaking from the factory" hydraulic system. Almost everyone that daily drives a Bricklin has had the original engineer's air powered refit installed. He passed away a couple years ago. Actually reached out to "him" when I was looking at the Bricklin that was local here. I think it was his son-in-law that answered the message. Guess he is running the company now. Like DMC in Texas for DeLoreans, if you own a Bricklin you knew Terry Tanner in Virginia. But you don't stop loving a car just because it is trouble. EdB On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 16/02/2017 2:01 PM, Ed Booher via Mercedes wrote: > >> Bricklin's are where it's at man. >> >> EdB >> >> > I think Bricklins were troublesome. How about a Delorean. Sort of have to > like silver as a color. > > RB > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- "Das beste oder nichts." - *Gottlieb Daimler* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
