Bricklin - 1974 Let's Make a Deal

[thorshammer1348]

WoW ,learn something new everyday,i was in 4 th grade,watched lmad but never saw this car,its COOL.

[68lincoln]

Oh wow! A Bricklin! My older sister worked for Malcom Bricklin in the 1970s. It was an interesting car. And today it is prized by collectors. I doubt that any junky 2011 Nissan or Toyota or any other look-alike cookie cutter car of today will be of any interest to collectors 40 years from now.

[robertplattbell1]

Malcom Bricklin was the original importer of the Subaru - and the Yugo. Interesting fellow, sort of the Mad Man Muntz of the 1970's

[eldo59]

Saw one just like it at a car cruise in Beaver, PA

[nosuchpersonvideo]

I saw one of those cars this summer when on vacation in Eastern Canada. I was passing through Moncton, New Brunswick, not far from where they were assembled, and saw it parked in a parking lot downtown. It was orange like this one and a real head turner, too.

[alexander1485]

built in canada exclusively for America lol how ironic

[Rlotpir1972]

I'd love to see one of those babys reissued for "The Price is Right".

[freethoughtmusic]

I hope she won it.

[joesphx19]

Wow, I almost bought one that was used in 1976, instead I opted for a new Cordoba.

[samurphy]

I love how America's newest sports car is from Canada :)

[ToyKingWonder]

@samurphy American company. The Canadians provided tons of incentives for Malcolm Bricklin to build them there.

By the way, the Dodge Challenger is made in Canada, doesn't make it Canadian. The BMW X3 is made in South Carolina, does not make it American.

[bauble24]

My dad owns one.

[sammymm6]

my dad has a bricklin

[PGMEagle]

$9,000 that is a deal haha

[OnlineGamerKid]

the car of tomorrow today!

[FarangBalls]

Bricklins are badass. I have a Delorean, and i might get a Bricklin some day as well.

[AcadieNow]

New Brunswick Canada, Represent! lol, Nice Canadian Car

[markmarshall39]

$9000.00, damn!!

[CoolWhiteChick]

That was not nice of Monty to make fun of his sidekick. Boooooo, Monty!

[MCWEDS]

Infinite Mushroom made one of the truest comments ever made below? Why do people buy ugly Japanese cars? Now even GM has redsigned their cars with the same soulless features.

[deepmelody1991]

@MCWEDS, I dunno if you want an answer but here it goes.

1)car companies aren't managed by car people, but people that rely on data instead of soul because it's more cost-effective :P

2)insurance costs, rising costs of life and bad economy kills dreams and options

3)lack of taste

4)too much rational thinking that leads to purchase of functional but eye-sore cars like the Toyota Yaris

Those are some of the reasons I can think of. Anybody have any more?

[harley1450000]

they had montey on chop cut rebuild,unvailing the brickland they re done

[YesYou123333]

I wonder how many people hit their head when getting in and out of that car.

[InfiniteMushroom]

We've gone from making cars that looked fast and beautiful, like the Bricklin, to misshapen boxes like the Nissan Cube, Kia Soul, and the Smart.

It is a marvel of marketing and gullibility that can make Americans get excited over cars that resemble Ladas for the proletariat albeit with slick paint jobs.

[CDTbossy]

true, and America has just started, in Europe people have been treated this way with cars for 20-30 years

[robdrums69]

$7000.00 ????? man, I could get a few of them now.. lol

Rob

[arandomperson240]

7695 dollars... that is about what we can get for a used bricklin today...

[brick0036]

One in good condition would be more, but it is possible to find one that needs work for around this or less. You just really need to know what you are getting into like any car project.

[generic53]

I owned one of these cars years ago. Orange. Doors already converted to air from hydraulic. Looked good and got a lot of attention but weren't fun to maintain. Air system gets leaks and hard to find anyone to work on it. Sparse interior. Doors notorious for leaking when it rained, even after I had a custom door sealer installed by a Bricklin mechanic/fabricator guy. I bet you could find one to buy today in great condition for anywhere from $10k to $20k EASY.

[InfiniteMushroom]

Cars today look like cubes, kidney beans, potatoes, and turds. Who the hell actually buys Pontiac Aztecs, Scion xB's, Honda Fit, Smart's, and other ugly cars? The design studios are punking out today's car buyers on purpose. Cars used to be status symbols and attractive. Now, today's cars look ashamed of themselves.

The '70's may have been a controversial decade but, some of the most beautiful cars came from that era.

[mesmeridium]

So true. You can't find a new car these days that doesn't make you hungry for jelly beans.

This clip prompted me to look up the Bricklin on Wiki. They are quite rare. But, as one previous owner has said here, the wing door motif of these cars, DeLoreans and others have unforeseen headaches.

[NowhereMan1966]

@InfiniteMushroom

Agreed, with few exceptions, most of today's cars are bland, I like the cars from the 1950's to the mid 1980's.

[moderndisco]

@InfiniteMushroom I agree with you 100% about todays cars being ugly regardless of maker. While 70's cars were junk quality wise, they were distinct and had personality and the same for 80's cars. I have a '74 Bricklin now and would'nt trade it for any car made today.

[bricklinamc]

351's are slow engines amcs 360 was so much better in this car

[nmzanie]

did it have automatic door closers or what?

[brick0036]

It has a push button on the inside and outside for each door. A press of the button would raise and close the door. A lock on the outside to disable the buttons to prevent theft.

[bobanddoug96]

i think it was very smart for mr.bricklin to switch to a 351 windsor engine after 1974 that way the car was entirely built in canada.

[heine71]

This was the original DeLorean?

[brick0036]

No, this was designed and sold before the Delorean was even thought of. A lot of similarities in the cars.

[canadiantimberwolf1]

@heine71 this was 1974 and the Delorean was 1980's.So your a bit off base.

[67tr876]

@canadiantimberwolf1 Not much the first delorean was showed off in 1976 but they did not sell them in till 1981 as you know.

[nailclippers3]

I work in the building where they used to make these cars :0)

[hightonight]

Just bought one 1974 #136 Help!

[kryss119]

9k back in '74. That's actually very expensive if you think about it for the time. Very cool cars, and very rare.. I've only seen 1 in my life and it wasn't even up close.

[brick0036]

A little inflated price on Let's Make a Deal, but that is normal. 74 price was $7655, 75 $9985.

[kevinduanerichardson]

Weren't the Bricklins built in New Brunswick? I was to a huge car show about a month ago in Moncton, NB and there were 3 of them there. All 3 were in showroom condition.

[brick0036]

They were built in New Brunswick and sold in the US.

[KoraggRules]

a real beautiful car with a wonderful year it was too

[Cheez137]

whoa!!!i have one of those!!

[Vengelion]

I just saw this show on channel 412 Game Show Network on my digital tv and was surprised since it's so old.

[ghostgal30e]

Thanks for sharing this bit of history. 5***** G.G.

[picklo69]

"americas newest sports car" the bricklin was a canadian car

[brick0036]

Built in Canada for exclusive sale in America. You could not buy one in Canada while these were being built.

[picklo69]

oh didnt know that, thanks man, well its known as the canadian car cause its the only car desined and built in canada, so kinda stupid how the sales at that time were only in america

[brick0036]

They just felt the initial market was in America. Once the company was running to capacity they would have been sold in Canada. Just never got that far.

[generic53]

The designer is AMERICAN.

[brick0036]

Correct Herb Grasse designed the car and is still very active with the Bricklin owners group

[bluebear1985]

The Delorean company seemed to have taken the idea off of this company.

[bricklin88]

finally ive been looking for this video for ever thanks for posting it