Recent content by professor229

Funny fact.... When I decided to go with linear actuators, I asked a good friend, the AG teacher in our school to design the relays for the switch. Gave him an hour and on a piece of scratch paper, he drew it all out (I still have it) and said he was certain it would work for the up and down...

Hey.... life got in the way and in 2015 we moved to the big city. There was way too much going on with the new house and grandkids. I put the Sterling in a four place enclosed snowmobile trailer that I rebuilt and then expanded a Menards utility shed four more feet and that is its new home. It...

Wow... sticker shock!!!! I might research this a little further but there has to be an aftermarket starter out there that I could try... but for now, I will just go with what I have... My theory on this has proven to be true several times as I do use an expensive trickle charger and every time I...

Good morning... I got an education two days ago after a long long day...... I worked in my garage on a new shed project, and needed a sheet of fiberboard in the rafters directly above my Sterling. Obviously it was a good idea to move the Sterling out to the driveway so I didn't make a major...

Just an update on a couple of things before I head to the lake to chase some fish around this morning.... I am still debating the high speed linear actuators and I found a reason NOT to buy them...... I went to the original manufacturers website where they had the diagrams/info on this one. The...

Hi Rick... it's been a few years.... life got in the way for me but I still own the car.... I have been restoring quite a few cars/trucks/boats in the last few years but now, I am pretty much retired... my latest is a 1995 Chevy pickup.... that I use to pull my fishing boat.... but I have lost...

Good morning.... I would have to look back or research them a bit but they are common mirrors used to extend the view for towing applications (Ebay). I bet I tried ten sets of mirrors from swap meets etc. and some from JC Whitney too.... none of them would defeat the rear fender flares on the...

Hi..... From the beginning... I am number 095.... It is a 24 year old restoration... took four years. Experimented a ton but that's half the fun... I originally had in the standard manual lift tubes from the factory in Oakland.... They worked very well.... and for a few years I used to manually...

Hi.... problems with the front brakes after three years in storage.... car pulled hard to the left when the brakes were applied... felt like I had a flat tie on the right front... jacked up the front... left side is fine.... passenger side brakes are almost locked on tight.... stuck there... it...

Hi.... I am restoring a trailer and I am about half done, but would like to paint a Sterling logo on the front of the trailer's fiberglass front panel.... At one time, I did see a piece of art that could only be described as an abstract swoosh depiction of a Sterling body style. Does it ring a...

I learned too late that you do NOT take your car to any gas station if you are in a hurry.... But, there was one time, where we had to. We had finished the car after four years of work, and were taking in on a shake down on quite a long trip. On our way home, my son was driving, and I was...

I did some scanning of the car build from the early days, and I honestly don't have a clue where I should post all these but here are some scans of just a few of the projects that have been done on this car with more to come, when I get more time; have you heard that before? Flickr...

Hi guys.... it's been awhile. Since finishing my Sterling (are they ever finished?) I have completed "several" builds and for the last two winters, I have been working on a 1928 Chevy truck. (Flickr: 1928 Chevy's Photostream) click on the word slideshow on the right side of the first screen, sit...