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From: Christian, Mark [SMTP:mchristian@ci.scottsdale.az.us]
Sent: Friday, May 01, 1998 2:46 PM
To: 'Ronald Auger - LACB System Architect'
Subject: RE: The Bricklin automobile
Mr. Auger:
Thanks for pointing out the mis-spelling on the Scottsdale Police web
site. I should know better as I had driven the Bricklins when we had
them (and there aren't many of us left that remember the PD even having
Bricklin's).
We had three Bricklin's which we leased from Malcolm Bricklin for one
dollar per car per year. Towards the end of our lease, we had to use
parts from two of the cars to keep the third one running.
I've looked for and not been able to find the VIN's for our three cars.
If I ever do locate them I will forward them to you.
The Police Department has several photo's of the Bricklin's. The one on
our web page is not the clearest. If you want I can send you some other
photo's we have or scan them in and send them to you e-mail.
The cars were fun to drive. One night during a vehicle pursuit one of
our officers had the Bricklin up to 135 MPH. I never heard of anyone
taking one faster. That officer said the car's front end got light at
that speed.
The biggest problem we had was with the doors. When you started to make
a traffic stop, you hit the button to open the door hoping the door
would be open when the other car stopped. Unfortunately, many times the
door opening mechanisms did not work and usually we would pop open the
hatch and climb out the rear. The cars were popular as they had AM/FM
stereo's and at that time our marked police cars didn't even have AM
radios.
If I can do anything else for you, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sgt. Mark Christian
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>From: Ronald Auger - LACB System Architect[SMTP:ron.auger@olsy-na.com]
>Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 10:00
>To: Christian, Mark
>Subject: The Bricklin automobile
>
>Someone pointed me to your website and I thought I would inform you of a
>needed correction. Under "Historical Photos", the car is called a Bricklin,
>not Brickland. Malcolm Bricklin, an AZ resident, started a new auto
>manufacturing company that bore his name. I maintain the club's website
>http://bricklin.shel.olsy-na.com. I believe the Scottsdale Police Dept.
>were leased 2 cars for $1/year as a promotional scheme. Only some 2900 were
>ever produced in the 2 and a half years from 1975 that Bricklin operated.
>If you know of the disposition or the VINs of either of those cars, I would
>be interested in getting that so the club can track the remaining examples.
>
>
> Ron Auger
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