‘Canadian Corvette’ (sort of)
Only about 1700 Bricklin SV-1 automobiles are estimated to remain in the world. Where Les Dahl lives, he’s more likely to see Sasquatch than see a Bricklin. Except for the one in his own garage, that is.
Dahl, a resident of Olds, Alberta, Can. — about 40 minutes north of Calgary and a stone’s throw from the eastern foothills of the Canadian Rockies — doesn’t live out in the middle of nowhere. But nowhere isn’t too far from there. It’s not a place where you’d expect to find a weird, racy, low-production sports car from 45 years ago.
“No, there aren’t too many of them around here!” laughs Dahl, talking about his Bricklin one morning surrounded by some of his buddies over breakfast at the local diner. “But they were built in Canada, you know!”
If you don’t remember the Bricklin, don’t be too hard on yourself, eh. For a pretty memorable car, the futuristic little buggies really don’t receive
