Automobile
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 2dr/sports car/hardtop/gas
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0622.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bricklin Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- Bricklin/SV-1
- LOCATION
- Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 41BX5S002726
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 467.0 cm
- Width
- 167.0 cm
- Height
- 183.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 1600.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive vehicles
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bricklin
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- New Brunswick
- City
- Saint John
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
In 1974, American Malcolm Bricklin used funding from New Brunswick's government to set up two manufacturing plants-in Saint John and Minto, New Brunswick. Despite its unique design and special features, the Bricklin was actually built with Ford and American Motors components. Bricklin Canada closed its doors in 1976, after manufacturing fewer than 3,000 cars. - Function
-
Owner driven passenger vehicle for general transportation. - Technical
-
Car designed by Herb Grasse (1945-2010), who graduated from art Center College of design in California. He had worked for Ford, Chrysler during his career and also on custom cars like the Batmobile. For the Bricklin design, he was recognized as the industrial designer of the year in product design by the Industrial Design Magazine and also by the Society of Art Center Alumni with the orange award for the best transportation design. The Bricklin was marketed as the safety sports car. It is equipped with bumpers that could withstand 10-mile-an-hour crashes and a roll-cage structure bolted to the frame. Its gull- winged doors makes it easily recognizable. The body made from fiberglass. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NIL
- Finish
- WHITE PAINT/ BROWN INTERIOR
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bricklin Canada Ltd., Automobile, 1975, Artifact no. 1975.0622, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1975.0622.001/
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