Re: [Bricklin] Bricklin Salesman

["Smoky & Connie Panepinto" <panepintos@verizon.net>]

I was involved in a small Bricklin club YEARS ago in the Phila., PA area... 
I saved our newsletters.  The rear hatch weather seal (black rubber that 
lines the window and creates the 'hold' to the hatch frame) was cut too 
short on many cars.  We added about an inch or an inch and a half and after 
35 years my hatch glass is still tight...
A much easier fix than adding metal - at least for me.

Smoky P
Perkiomenville, PA

1302, Suntan.
 original owner


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bricklin0095@aol.com>
To: <isensee@aol.com>; <bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Bricklin] Bricklin Salesman


> The rear hatch glass falling out was a common problem. Most cars have been
> fitted with little angle shaped peices of sheetmetal that bolt along the 
> lift
> support. These are supposed to keep the glass from dropping.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: isensee &lt;isensee@aol.com&gt;
> To: bricklin &lt;bricklin@autox.team.net&gt;
> Sent: Sun, Aug 29, 2010 2:27 pm
> Subject: [Bricklin] Bricklin Salesman
>
>
>
>
> I took my Bricklin to a car show today and a guy who stopped to look at it
> told me he was a salesman at a car dealership that sold Bricklins back in 
> the
> 70s. He says he thinks it may have been the largest Bricklin dealer in the
> country. They had 50 on their lot at once at their peak. The dealership 
> was in
> Dallas and he said the heat caused problems. On warm days the heat would
> soften the weatherstrip around the hatch glass and the glass would 
> sometimes
> fall out. He said that happened to 10 cars in a single day once. He said 
> it
> was really hard to talk anyone into buying a Bricklin when there were some 
> on
> the lot with the glass out.
>
> Scott
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