Comments on: Sterling Kit Car Bought! http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/ I can scarcely move or draw my breath // Let me, let me freeze again to death Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:48:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Shannon http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 Shannon Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:07:49 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1045 I’m dying to see what you do with yours!!!

]]> By: Nicole http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 Nicole Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:33:17 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1038 It’s in great shape concidering some other kits I’ve seen. ;)

]]> By: Scienkoptic http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Scienkoptic Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:42:07 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1028 The Flat four (boxer) is such a dynamic engine. There are so many aftermarket things for it, you can’t go wrong! That and the production run was so long on VW, you shouldn’t have any trouble finding parts.

]]> By: Shannon http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1027 Shannon Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:02:42 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1027 Yeah, it’s pure VW 4-cylinder in this one — nothing like the performance/power in the Manta. They can be converted to run on alcohol (so I could have a still and make my own fuel), or even run on steam, but they’re a very nice engine as is.

The width of the door sill is in part a design issue because of the shape of the car, but it also makes getting into a low car much easier. You sort of sit down on the sill, flip your legs over the side, and then slide in/out.

This car is not built for top speed, so it’s a pretty normal car in that area, but it’s quite peppy because it’s very light.

The door/roof is operated by a hydraulic pump (but can be manually opened as well).

]]> By: Scienkoptic http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Scienkoptic Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:56:57 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1026 Sorry. Maybe looking at the V-8 in that Manta confused me.

I’ve always been turned off by the wide mating surfaces that I see in Kit car door areas. Maybe in the case of your car, this functions as some sort of
step.

What is the top speed of the Sterling?

Is the door/roof/windsheild manually/electrically raised?

]]> By: JonnyButts http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 JonnyButts Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:01:14 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1025 Congrats on the purchase. The car looks to be in pretty good shape.Can’t wait to see the finished project.

]]> By: Shannon http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Shannon Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:16:12 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1024 She’s awesome in the water — within a week she’s taught herself to swim… She swims under water with me with the deal that when she starts to blow out air I help her come up if she can’t on her own (she can now but couldn’t at first). She can swim about half way across the pool, and can dive and touch the bottom with her hands… New skills daily!

]]> By: estrojenn http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 estrojenn Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:09:49 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1023 in 5 yrs. ari can get her open water cert. for scuba diving. bet she’d *freak* over that! i wish somebody had introduced me to scuba and snorkeling at a young age and not when i was 28!!!

]]> By: Shannon http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Shannon Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:53:59 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1022 This isn’t a muscle car — it gets 40+ mpg.

]]> By: Scienkoptic http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Scienkoptic Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:45:27 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1021 Somehow, moving from civilization to rural life makes me less interested in muscle cars. Now if you put a diesel in it and ran it off old bacon grease…..

Actually, I’m going to be putting on my inspector Clouseau outfit to drive around in one of these death traps: http://zapcars.com/xebra-electric-truck

]]> By: Jeremiah http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Jeremiah Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:32:16 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1020 dude the foreskin ads are still up there hilarious. By the way sweet car, beat out the ’00 neon.

]]> By: Scienkoptic http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Scienkoptic Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:20:28 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1016 One of my family friends had a Manta or something closely resembling it.
(he also owned a real porsche RSK Spyder that he sold for $50K!?!?)

So some Shelby 5 Slots?

]]> By: Shannon http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Shannon Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:10:51 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1015 I’m not sure — something suitably dated though… I want to keep its 70s look.

A car seat will fit in the passenger seat, but that means that it’s one girl only! Caitlin or Nefarious… One for rides to school, one for dates.

]]> By: Scienkoptic http://www.zentastic.com/blog/2008/07/15/sterling-kit-car-bought/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Scienkoptic Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:09:05 +0000 http://www.zentastic.com/blog/?p=4131#comment-1014 There’s room to bolt a car seat to the roof! Ugh, it’s got those Pontiac Firebird rims. With those, all you’ll need next is the baby moon black centers and the swishing red LED array. What king of rims would be proper for that car?

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