|
Editors notes: The information on this page is taken from Byers own notes. As with the rest of the site, please keep in mind that there could be some errors - especially human errors. This page lists the Bricklins Byers inventoried at the factory when the he purchased the remaining cars and parts, after the receivership. There are 321 Bricklins listed here. I expected a lot of high number cars, which there are, but was also surprised by the wide number range of VIN's still at the factory on closing - especially when you consider the number of people clamoring to get a Bricklin SV-1 at the time Bricklins were being built. The supply could not keep up with the demand. Most of the cars were Safety Red, Safety White, and Safety Suntan. Some of the cars were sold in Canada, and some were trucked back to Columbus, Ohio for sale. Per a conversation on the telephone years ago, Rich Haines told me that VIN's 2881 and 2882 were not at the factory when Byers went there. Likely VIN 2881 and 2882 were at the factory at the time the plant was seized / bankruptcy, but gone before Byers physically took possession. 2882 was not part of the bankrupt inventory, and was promised to a lottery by Simonds Lions Club, and won by a man by the name of Grey Harrison. This page would not be possible without the help of Rich Haines, and Mike McCluskey. Many thanks to both of these men for making this page possible. 121... factory demo car 747...1974 demo car. (originally built as a white 4 speed - at closing inventory listed as yellow in color.) ( see notes below ) 785...factory demo car. 809 867 869 877 878 894 895 902 912 916 918 920 922 929 935 939 940 943 963 965 967 968 969 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 983 984 988 992 1010 1021 1023 1032 1034 1039 1042 1043 1050 1055 1057 1058 1059 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1072 1078 1095 1115 1123 1133 1134 1145 1154 1164 1284 1372 1659 1746 1770 2340 2424 2429 2434 2437 2460 2530 2560 2561 2597 2611 2628 2645 2646 2647 2648 2649 2652 2653 2654 2660 2661 2662 2663 2664 2669 2670 2676 2678 2679 2680 2681 2682 2683 2684 2685 2686 2687 2688 2689 2690 2691 2692 2693 2694 2695 2696 2697 2698 2699 2700 2701 2702 2703 2704 2705 2706 2707 2708 2709 2710 2714 2715 2716 2717 2718 2719 2720 2721 2722 2723 2724 2725 2726 2727 2728 2729 2730 2731 2732 2733 2734 2735 2736 2737 2738 2739 2740 2741 2742 2743 2744 2745 2746 2747 2748 2749 2750 2751 2752 2753 2754 2755 2756 2757 2758 2759 2760 2761 2762 2763 2764 2765 2766 2767 2768 2769 2770 2771 2772 2773 2774 2775 2776 2777 2778 2779 2780 2781 2782 2783 2784 2785 2786 2787 2788 2789 2790 2791 2792 2793 2794 2795 2796 2797 2798 2799 2800 2801 2802 2803 2804 2805 2806 2807 2808 2809 2810 2811 2812 2813 2814 2815 2816 2817 2818 2819 2820 2821 2822 2823 2824 2825 2826 2827 2828 2829 2830 2831 2832 2833 2834 2835 2836 2837 2838 2839 2840 2841 2842 2843 2844 2845 2846 2847 2848 2849 2850 2851 2852 2853 2854 2855 2856 2857 2858 2859 2860 2861 2862 2863 2864 2865
Below this point are Bricklins, that at the time of Byers inventory, were on the assembly line, with notes of general degree of completion.
2866... on line. last stage of assembly line. appears ok. minor adjustments. 2867... on line. last stage of assembly line. appears ok. minor adjustments. 2868... on line. last stage of assembly line. appears ok. minor adjustments. 2869... on line. last stage of assembly line. appears ok. minor adjustments. 2870... on line - no tires or wheels - needs interior work - paint finish 2871... on assembly line. Engine and entire drive assembly. Body. No doors - no interior - no wheels or tires - no hood. 2872... same as 2871 2873... same as 2871 2874... same as 2871 2875... same as 2871 2876... same as 2871 2877... same as 2871 2878... same as 2871 2879... same as 2871 2880... same as 2871 2881... same as 2871 ( see notes below ) 2882... same as 2871 ( see notes below ) 2883... same as 2871 2884... same as 2871 2885... same as 2871 2886... same as 2871 2887... same as 2871 2888... same as 2871 2889... same as 2871 2890... same as 2871 2891... same as 2871 2892... same as 2871 2893... same as 2871 2894... same as 2871 2895... same as 2871 2896... same as 2871 2897... same as 2871. ( This was the last car on the assembly line per Byers inventory. )
2898... Byers built from the frame up. 2899... Byers built from the frame up. 2900... Byers built from the frame up.
Editors Notes: 2881 and 2882 are shown on this list, because they were on the Byers list of Bricklins on the assembly line. They were not on the inventory list of Byers, and per a conversation with Rich Haines years ago, they were not at the factory when Byers went to the factory. These 2 Bricklins are thought to not have been part of the bankruptcy receivership. Surely, 2881 and 2882 would have stood out on the assembly line, 2881 being Safety Red, and 2882 being Safety White, and the other 30 cars on the line being Safety Suntan. Note that VIN 747 was yellow when being inventoried. Decades ago, I had heard that Bricklin was considering dropping Green and adding Yellow. Speculating, perhaps VIN 747 in addition to being a factory demo car, was perhaps being evaluated for what a Safety Yellow Bricklin would look like.
Truck loads of Bricklins shipped back to Columbus, Ohio :
Load-01: 2682, 2722, 2796, 2797, 2803, 2815, 2858 Load-02: 1770, 2704, 2793, 2807, 2809, 2814, 2837 Load-03: 2685, 2768, 2791, 2801, 2848, 2861, 2460 Load-04: 978, 1057, 1284, 2769, 2780, 2855, 2853 Load-05: 935, 1066, 2680, 2684, 2778, 2794, 2813 Load-06: 1069, 1070, 2694, 2698, 2824, 2834, 2870 Load-07: 2686, 2706, 2771, 2779, 2852, 2866, 2868 Load-08: 971, 2561, 2681, 2772, 2790, 2805, 2859 Load-09: 1078, 2732, 2784, 2811, 2869, 2839, 2700 Load-10: 967, 1095, 2770, 2828, 2829, 2872, 2873 Load-11: 975, 1050, 2628, 2660, 2690, 2854, 2871 Load-12: 983, 2773, 2795, 2840, 2841, 2850, 2874 Load-13: 2611, 2723, 2764, 2802, 2823, 2845, 2856 Load-14: 2826, 2836, 2849, 2862, 2863, 2867, 2875 Load-15: 878, 973, 2645, 2720, 2725, 2786, 2832 Load-16: 969, 2692, 2695, 2669, 2718, 2822, 2835 Load-17: 1123, 1659, 2710, 2766, 2788, 2843, 2851 Load-18: 918, 968, 1059, 2701, 2702, 2758, 2765 Load-19: 2683, 2646, 2709, 2719, 2877, 2879, 2883 Load-20: 1034, 965, 974, 2340, 939, 1042, 1023 Load-21: 977, 2842, 2830, 1115, 2887, 2653, 988 Load-22: 992, 2825, 1043, 2691, 2889, 929, 1010 Load-23: 2787, 2733, 2693, 2661, 2782, 2847, 1154 Load-24: 877, 1021, 2654, 2648, 2649, 2647, 972 Load-25: 912, 2884, 940, 2857, 1164, 2833, 2888 Load-26: 2865, 2597, 2886, 979, 2876, 2844, 2880 Load-27: 1058, 1072, 967, 916, 902, 2827, 920 Load-28: 943, 922, 2731, 1039, 2831, 963, 809 Load-29: 2878, 2717, 2818, 869, 970, 2885, 2696 Load-30: 2890, 2891, 2895, 2896, 2897
|
|||
 |
1976 Bricklin SV1 VIN 2899 door data plate
Photo courtesy of Michael Donnelly |
||
 |
1976 Bricklin SV-1 VIN 2889 door data plate
Photo courtesy of Steve Stratton |
||
 |
1976 Bricklin SV1 VIN 2895 door data plate
|
||
