About Tough to Crack Car Puzzle #190: 1975 Bricklin SV1

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Was last week's quiz that easy? We received no less than 15 answers. Thanks for sending them in.

The car was indeed a Bricklin SV-1. A lot of info can easily be found on the web, so that's why we asked for extra info.

Info like Steve Kupferman sent: "the location in the photo, it's Joshua Tree National Park in the Southern California desert. One of my favorite rock climbing places on the big granite boulders. Also a great photo op for cars."

The first info we were looking for, make and history was sent in by a lot of people: "Bricklin SV-1, only model of the Canadian manufacturer Bricklin Vehicle Corporation, was produced in 2875 copies from 1974 to 1976. The SV (Safety Vehicle) on the base of the AMC Hornet impressed with bumpers withstanding collisions to 19 km/h and the welded steel structure of the passenger compartment. The car had wing doors, pop-up headlights, an acrylic layer (infive safety-colours) applied to the fiberglass body and a three-speed automatic-transmission, top-speed of 175 km/h."

The initially used AMC ohv-V8 produced 95 kW out of 5899 cc, from 1975, there was used a Ford-Windsor engine with 5161 cc."(Fritz Hegemann)

Ace Zenek told us about the production location: "Bricklin originally brought Subaru to the United States. Production by Checker (cab company), and in the vacant Renault plant in St. Bruno, Quebec were proposed, but assembly happened in Saint John, New Brunswick."

From Fried Stol we heard a bit more about the builder of the car: "Malcom Bricklin a hardware millionaire invested $20.000.000 in this car." And Erler Thomas added: "Malcom Bricklin imported already the little Subaru 360 into the states and managed to get 23 mio CND for building a new factory. I cost twice as much to build than the sale price.".

Regular competitor Gerd Klioba told us: "The eight prototypes even had Opel fours, Chrysler and Argentine Kaiser Tornado sixes fitted. Characteristic for the SV-1 were its gullwing doors and the composite bodywork of color-impregnated acrylic resin bonded to fiberglass, the latter one causing much trouble during the production of the 2,875 SV-1s built. After the company's demise, Malcolm Bricklin impoted successfully Bertone X1/9, Pininfarina Azzurra and the infamous Yugo."

And Bruce told us: "Legend say that John Delorean visited Bricklin factory, and was inspired a lot for his own project..."

Verner Johnsen told us more was inspired from the car: "The Bricklin is known as the Canadian Sportscar, and it has been issued both on a Canadian stamp and a coin."

Thank you all for the good answers. We enjoyed reading them. So, all that lasts is the winner of this week. It was quite hard and we concluded it was that extra info that Verner Johnsen gave that gives the extra points. Congratulations Verner.

Current top 5, in the six month competition, sponsored by Hans Compter Rare Cars.

1. Gerd Klioba: 38 points

2. Fried Stol: 31 points

3. Frits Hegemann: 24 points

Source: AM Klassiek

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