Jeff Dunham's Under Appreciated 1975 Bricklin SV-1

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• JO

  @josephhenrich7784 · 3 years ago

  As a young mechanic at a dealer that sold these cars I was chosen to fix the dozens of issues these things had. The senior mechs. Wouldn’t touch them. The colored body panels faded at different rates so most got repainted. The hatch windows kept falling in. One owner got stuck inside the car when the electrics failed. It was a lot of fun for a 19 year old mechanic.

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• SC

  @scottslotterbeck3796 · 3 years ago

  Jay is keeping automotive history alive.  I remember the Bricklin.

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• BO

  @BobMusicSnob · 3 years ago

  My dad was the chief fabricator at AVC Engineering where the prototypes were built. I think they built three of them. I watched the entire process from the clay modeling stage to the finished product. They built the Greenwood Corvettes there too.

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  @waveydaveyav8r442 · 3 years ago

  My Dad had a Bricklin when I was about 17. I remember that he had to have installed an aftermarket compressor for the doors, so that you could open it. But the compressor never really worked, so my brother and I would stop by an air pump at gas stations periodically to get them gassed up. Even STILL, the doors could only open like 3/4 of the way and they were OBSCENELY heavy. It sounded really cool inside it, and the car could have been outstandingly cool if only they'd have executed everything correctly. More's the pity. I miss that car, and I miss my dad. Cheers, Jay, for always bringing back good memories of me, my dad, and cool older cars.

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• TH

  @TheLegitAlpha · 1 month ago

  The Bricklin SV-1 was ahead of its time. It was designed so you could survive the crash.

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• WI

  @willv7868 · 3 years ago

  I love how Jay remembers the car in the Mad Max movie but not the movie title. True car guy.

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• RO

  @robertbigler7743 · 3 years ago

  In 1974 - 1975, I was a kid working at a "Jack in the Box".  A guy came through the drive-thru in a brand new Bricklin. It was kind of a mustard tan color. I was fascinated with the car and the owner was glad to tell me about it. I asked him if opening the gull-wing doors was difficult in close parking... He said the door extended only nine inches from the car when opening and he demonstrated it by opening the door in the drive-thru. (I don't remember it taking very long at all to open and close.)  As far as I remember, that is likely the only Bricklin I've ever seen.

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• PA

  @PaulDozierZZoMBiE13 · 3 years ago

  I know Jay likely won't see this, but I'm so happy he is healed up from his accident. And, if I can be a bit selfish here, I'm so glad he's back to doing this show. One of my favorite YouTube channels. Glad you're back Jay and I hope you never stop making this show!

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• JE

  @jeffbranch8072 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The assembly plant was in Canada, and HQ in Scottsdale, but engineering was done in the Detroit suburb of Plymouth, MI, not far from AMC.  Bricklin uses a LOT of AMC Hornet/Gremlin parts - brakes, chassis, etc. - not just the AMC 360 V8 in 1974.  Some of the engineers were friends of my dad, and my dad had a 1974 Bricklin brochure with notes he wrote by hand about the production ramp up plan.  I still have this brochure.

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• MI

  @MinnesotaKev · 1 year ago

  Leno might be the foremost auto historian expert in the country

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• CO

  @corybrown1498 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Mr. Leno does so much more keeping interest in cars as more than appliances than any other entertainer. His love for cars as art and technology is palpable. Thank you so much for your time and energy in bringing your passion to us all!

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• KE

  @keithwilliams1786 · 3 years ago

  Some of my most favorite episodes are of Jay & Jeff shooting the breeze about cars, philosophy, and life in general. It's easy to see why these two regular guys who are wildly successful are so well loved and respected.

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