Founder of Subaru Canada (he brought the cheapest, lightest car into the country because it didn't require a safety inspection), Malcolm Bricklin also formed a gull-wing sports car manufacturer based in New Brunswick.
Not to be mistaken for the Delorean, apparently the Bricklin was much less reliable and only 2,854 cars were built.
What to do about all the taxpayer dollars lost by the NB government? Put out a coin to commemorate it! I wonder if Ireland did the same for John Delorean?
At least it fits in with February's stop smoking month and win an auto campaign here in Toronto.
The cars had no cigarette lighter or ashtray. Malcolm Bricklin believed it was unsafe to smoke and drive.
A radical, safety-conscious sports car.
During the 1970s, Saint John, New Brunswick, was the automotive capital of the world as it began producing the gull-winged wonder known as the Bricklin. Looking very much like Italy's Maserati (but at a fraction of the cost), the Bricklin promised to deliver performance and safety innovations that were years ahead of its time. Plans were ambitious but short-lived - Bricklin Canada closed its doors after producing just 2,854 cars.
Limited to 15,000 coins worldwide.
Apparently a film company called Cojak (insert shoveling under construction sign here) got some more taxpayer dollars to produce a movie on the subject. (though not a web site)
Bricklin will play himself in the opening scene of the movie, which depicts his plane diverted to Moncton just following the Sept. 11 attacks, Cool said.
"So there he is, back in New Brunswick. He swore he'd never come back. And he sets foot in New Brunswick and his hell car – this wrecked-up, burnt Bricklin in some junkyard – wakes up and these pistons start screaming his name: Malcolm, Malcolm!"
The Briclkin Movie - http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2004/10/19/bricklinfilm041019.html#skip300x250
I wonder how Michael J. Fox would have looked in a Bricklin?
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