John,
First - I am sorry if comeone already responded to this question. I just got
back from a little vacation and was bombarded with Email and I looked over it
fairly quickly and may have missed the response.
You asked about the police Bricklin.
I live in Balto. but while visiting Florida 4 years ago (January 1994) I came
across a Bricklin in a Police Museum in Miami (i have no idea how i ended up
there). I was awed by the fact that it was the only car on display in the lobby
and it was a Bricklin. I hope that it is still there.
I dont know if this is the car that you were looking for but it may help in
the search for all exisitng Bricklins.
Maybe if anyone is in the Miami area they can check to see if it still is
there and what the # is.
Jamie
* Jamie Olenick olenick@ssims.nci.nih.gov
* "Dad always thought that laughter was the best medicine, which I guess
* is why several of us died of tuberculosis" J.H.
-----Original Message-----
From: John T. Blair [SMTP:jblair@exis.net]
Sent: Friday, April 10, 1998 5:56 PM
To: Bricklin@autox.team.net
Subject: Patrol Bricklin
Anybody know what happened to this car?
John
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>X-From_: slyons@surfari.net Fri Apr 10 02:43:40 1998
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>From: "Stephen Lyons" <slyons@surfari.net>
>To: <jblair@exis.net>
>Subject: Patrol Bricklin
>Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 23:40:40 -0700
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>Hello John -
>
>I just visited the Bricklin Int'l website for the first time, & although I
>didn't want to necessarily subscribe to the e-mail forum, I did want to
>share with you a recollection of mine regarding this automobile.
>
>Back during the period when Bricklins were being made, I remember the
>Police Department of Scottsdale, Arizona operating at least one as a marked
>enforcement vehicle. I also recall that the emergency lighting on the roof
>was of the flashing strobe variety, which was being experimented with by
>many agencies at this same time.
>
>I was told that the officers' main complaint about the Bricklin concerned
>the gull wing type doors, as many felt it unduly hampered the rapidity with
>which they could get out of the car when the circumstances required a quick
>exit.
>
>I was wondering if there is a surviving example of the Scottsdale Police
>Dept. Bricklin.
>
>Feel free to post this to your e-mail forum if this information not
>appeared there before & you think it might be of general interest.
>
>Stephen Lyons slyons@surfari.net
>
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John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
71 Saab Sonett III 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
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