Most of you not in the greater Detroit area probably aren't aware that the
History Channel is doing (well, actually, did) a documentary on the
Bricklin. The taping took place last weekend in the Ann Arbor area.
There'll be an article in the April issue about it. Any way the show
should be aired next spring.
Jim Wajda (Pres of BI) received the following article from the producer,
of that photoshoot, and Jim asked me to pass it along to you all.
John
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From: Infield Fly Productions
To: jameswajda@msn.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: Bricklin
Hi Jim
Just wanted to thank you and all the guys again for the big effort everyone
put in to coming out this past weekend. The weather certainly worked
against us and it was heartening to see how willing everyone was despite
that. We had a pretty tough day of shooting on Sunday with Lou. He was a
real trooper and hung in until the bitter (and bitterly cold) end which was
terrific.
I'm off this weekend to Phoenix to interview Herb Grasse and Dick Dean and
the following week to New Brunswick to film everyone there.
In the meantime, I have a request. I have this feeling that there is a lot
of material (footage, stills etc) out there that I just haven't tapped
into. I would like to see if I can enlist your help in getting a message
out to your members to see if anyone has this kind of stuff in a box, in
their attic... If you're willing, could you send out the note below to your
members in the hope that it sparks some memories and helps us dig up
material that will make this a much better production.
Cheers Dugald
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Dear Members of the Bricklin International Owners Club
My name is Dugald Maudsley. I am a documentary filmmaker currently
producing a one-hour documentary for History Television on the history of
the Bricklin car. I've already had terrific help from a number of your
members including Jim Wajda, Lou Ratsos, John Cherba, Rich Haines as well
as Terry Tanner. I'm writing now to see if I can enlist your help.
To make a documentary like this we rely heavily on old footage, old photos
and other memorabilia that people may have in their possession. For
example, John Cherba gave me a copy of some Bricklin crash test footage
that he has. Priceless. Herb Grasse is providing me with a pictorial
history of the development of the Brickin. Other people have photos of work
in the New Brunswick factory, shots of Malcolm Bricklin etc.
I'm writing to see if each one of you will do me a favour and dig into your
files. If you find anything that you think might be helpful, could you tell
me what it is and email that information to me at: InfieldFly@attbi.com or
call me on 847 681 8201. Again, I'm particularly interested in moving
footage (home movies, footage of the Grey Ghost, footage of the various
prototypes made, footage from the grand unveiling of the Bricklin in New
York in June of 1974 etc, and any photos covering the Bricklin era from
1972 - 1975).
Thanks very much in advance. Your assistance will help make this a better
film.
Sincerely
Dugald Maudsley
Director, History Television
Dugald Maudsley
Infield Fly Productions
Tel: 847 681 8201
Fax: 847 681 9650
Cell: 847 691 2026
Email: InfieldFly@attbi.com
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