Actually, The Bricklin HAD It's own Engineered frame,it DID NOT come from any other vehicle in production,it WAS made/engineered as a Safety Sports Vehicle...Bricklin (SV-1)(the same as DMC had started onto the Delorean,(DSV) but later just switched to DMC)the Massive frame along the side of the Bricklin was put/engineered there for the Safety of the passengers,(for side impact) the Gullwing doors were part of the safety cage "birdcage"(in Bricklin terms)that totally surrounded the passengers,just think of a massive square frame running along all sides of the car,then a MASSIVE FULL safety cage is installed on top of that frame(roll cage)So basically Not only do you have a massive frame running along the side of the Bricklin..but you have a SECOND frame bolted on top of that(the safety cage)making it IMPOSSIBLE to put anything but Gullwing doors...or GT-40 style doors..Again the Bricklin is Truly a Gullwing car/Safety Vehicle...There was NO WAY around not putting gullwing doors on it...The four things that were all Bricklin is the Engineered Frame/Safety cage, and the Body and the body panels and wiring..just like the Delorean..which had it's own engineered frame Body and Body panels and wiring.And like the Delorean..everything else was from other cars parts bin. Claude --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@...> wrote: > > They designed the Bricklin with Gullwing doors just like they > designed the Delorean to have Gullwing doors, they could of dropped > the body-line down to accommodate regular doors but who would have > bought the car then? > > Yes the Bricklin used a STOCK Ford frame but do you see any Fords > with Gullwing's? > > Ford I guess should of had Gullwing's on the Car that used that Frame > then. > > It is all about Design and the Bricklin could of been designed better > to use regular doors and all of the other things that were bad about > the Bricklin, but that is a whole different topic that does not need > to be discussed on a Delorean forum. > > > Mark V > > > > On Dec 16, 2007, at 9:52 PM, cbl1739 wrote: > > > I have to strongly disagree with the Bricklin doors being only for > > appearence... Yes for appearence...BUT...If normal doors were to be > > put on a Bricklin it would be VERY VERY hard to egress into and out > > of a Bricklin since it Does have a Rather MASSIVE Frame(think Ford F- > > 350 frame)running along side the car,that is very high on the side of > > the car,just as with the Mercedes Gullwing,that is what/why they have > > the lower black panel it hides the Massive frame that runs along side > > the car..About the ONLY way to put normal doors on a Bricklin,would > > be to have Basically the same style Doors as Fords GT-40 in which the > > doors are part of the roof(basically Gullwing doors but hindged like > > a the normal door. > > On the other hand The Delorean could have had doors like the Lotus > > Esprit,which would have also been nice as a option. > > > > Claude > > Bricklin 1024 > > since 1980 > > > > > [snipped by moderator] > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/