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Sherlock said:
Hey! I remember about the Manic GT...

As I recall reading, it was supposed to be quite a sports car.

As the story goes (if I remember correctly), a Quebec guy wanted to import the Alpine sports car in but wasn't allowed to, so he developed the Manic GT instead around the same concept. It never got very far, and there are very few left today.

There, how's that, and I didn't check out that website yet.
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I'm impressed - Renault was supposed to provide the undercarriage/ drive train and they were to provide warranty coverage - didn't happen hence the lack of success. I remember seeing one as I walked to school every day as a child. there was one for sale in Mississauga a month or two ago - had a VW beetle drivetrain - I thought the body would be cool on an MR2 drivetrain - but alas (or fortunately) it was sold

Back to Bricklin's - this one works for me

https://tinyurl.com/38uxyj
 
JPSmit said:
Back to Bricklin's - this one works for me
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That one even has a 'vintage' cell/car phone still mounted in it. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif
 
Never saw one in person, and I'm glad.
Designed by a car importer / marketer Malcolm Bricklin, who made his money first with a hardware business, then by importing the Subaru 360;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_360
which was rather innovative in that he started the Japanese car phenomenon in USA.
He wasn't a car designer, though he designed this one.
He wasn't even a college graduate.
 
It's still a sow's ear, IMO.
 
Saw this outside the local Blockbuster. I've been calling it a Brickman for the last year. Oh well... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif


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