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Anyone who owns a Sterling, Sebring, or Cimbria kit car ... Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 40 seconds Anyone who owns a Sterling, Sebring, or Cimbria kit car know that one of the challenges is in finding a way to allow the side window to be quickly removed. Here is a video of the factory hinge mechanism of a Cimbria SS showing a beautifully simply solution to this problem. |
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Autometer Nexus gauge cluster with speedo Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 102 seconds Quick mock-up of one particular configuration I could use on my car. Just got these last week. First impressions: I love these gauges and highly recommend them. |
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Autometer Nexus in a Sterling kit car Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 375 seconds I was playing with my Nexus gauges this weekend. So far I absolutely love them. This is a rough mock up of one possible configuration I could use in my Sterling. I can see all the gauges through the steering wheel (which is good), but I couldn't find a place for the tach in this configuration (which is bad.) |
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Side mirrors and general visibility from a Sterling kit car Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 94 seconds This is a response to a question on the SterlingKitCars.com forum showing general visibility from one type of side mirrors that can be used on a Sterling kit car. These are mirrors from an '80s Camaro with a rectangular parabolic mirror added. The video was NOT shot for this purpose, so it's not the best illustration. |
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Clearance around steering wheel -- Sterling kit car Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 56 seconds Video response to a question on the forum showing amount of clearance/leg room available around the steering wheel of a Sterling. In this case it's a 12 inch wheel on an old Corvette column that tilts and telescopes. I am 6'2" tall. Seat was far back against the wall. Not much extra room. |
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Sterling kit car rally (part 2) -- Laguna Seca Raceway, 1975 Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 196 seconds More vintage footage of a huge Sterling kit car rally sponsored by California Component Cars in the mid '70s. They just don't make 'em (the get-togethers) like this anymore! |
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Sterling kit car rally (part 1) -- Scotts Valley, 1975 (vintage footage) Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 180 seconds Biggest group of Sterlings you will EVER see in one place at one time! In the mid '70s, in the golden era of the Sterling, California Component Cars (the manufacturer) held several very successful get-togethers for Sterling owners. This clip is vintage footage from the Scotts Valley rally from 1975. |
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Sterling kit cars at Carlisle 2009 - pt3 - slide show Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 176 seconds Collection of short video and still photos of the 4 Sterlings and 1 Sebring at the Carlisle, PA Kit and import show this year. Great turnout! |
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Vintage Sterling kit car footage -- The Chase Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 237 seconds "The Chase" was a silly home movie featuring the Sterling, done by the manufacturers of the Sterling at the time, California Component Cars (circa 1975). By all accounts, the people at C.C.C were a great bunch who loved the car they were building and who knew how to let their hair down and have fun. This rare footage is good evidence of that reputation of playfulness. |
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Sterling kit cars at Carlisle 2009 - pt2 - Yellow Sterling driving away Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 162 seconds Mike F's Yellow Sterling starting, driving away, returning, parking, opening canopy -- plus bonus footage of the cup holder! |
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Sterling kit cars at Carlisle 2009 - pt1 - Revving VW engine Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 62 seconds Revving the VW Bug engine on Mike F's Yellow Sterling. |
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Sterling kit car w/turbo rotary engine -- 360 degree walk-around Posted by: SkerlingKitCars
Video duration: 142 seconds Just a walk-around of my Sterling, at idle, with it's top up. Gives a good feel for the exhaust note of the rotary engine at idle. Also, you can really hear the cooling fans when they kick on. (It sounds like I could use the car as a street sweeper! Oh my!) Please pardon the dust. |
