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Thank you!! I'm surprised yours are so wide at 39mm. Do you have some free space between the arm and the bracket? I'll see if I can find a proper sized brass bushing. I don't know that roller bearings would work. One thing I recall from my other Sterling is that the canopy jolted at the...

My side windows are fixed in place, but the sunroof comes out, so likely something I can do there.

Alright, I'll just ask here next time. For now, I've put it here: https://sterlingkitcars.com/index.php?threads/can-someone-post-pics-of-their-hinges.2236/

I'd like to see how my hinge bases compare to what others have. My hinges appear to be made of a very thin material. As such, it looks like it's bent in a few places. I don't know if these are what came from the factory (mine is originally a UK car, so it would have been from ADD), or if...

My tube arrived this week and I was able to make my brackets. My calipers gave me a reading of 45mm OD, but I guess it was off by just a bit, because the pipe I bought was supposedly 45mm ID and it was too small. It took about an hour for each bracket grounding them out with an awl and a...

Ok, so I've made some progress. First, I got the starter bushing out. That was the good news. Bad news is that there was a set screw (aka grub screw) holding it in. It looked very unusual and perhaps one-off, so I decided to ask the folks over at Samba if they'd seen this. They confirmed it was...

Cool. I think we have the same idea with the 'soda can' cradle at the bottom. I had thought about clamping it somewhere on the ram, but mostly relying on gravity and the weight of the roof to keep it firmly in the cradle. I like your idea of trying to tie off to the top too to make sure it stays...

Another great piece of news. I found a parts yard that lets you walk around! This is nearly unheard of in France. A friend turned me on to it (the same friend that helped be buy and import the Sterling). So this junkyard has 2 sections. Newer cars (public is not allowed in here) and older cars...

Ok, so the bushing saga. I ordered a bushing (2€ + 8$ shipping), but it was for a 12v starter, and what I have seems to be a 6v starter. Can't return the bushing, as my return shipping would be more than the refund. Oh well, 10€ is pretty minimal in the grand scheme of a car build, right? So I...

Hey Rick - thanks for the reminder! I read about the bearings last night but forgot to check it until I saw your message. I took a photo, and the bearing looks ...odd. It doesn't look like it's worn on the inside, but rather on the outside. It looks like it's fallen in it's hole. I did...

So something happened that I didn't expect. My 9-year-old son is super interested in working on the car. The reason it's unexpected is because he was with me the day it got delivered 1.5 years ago, and at the time he could not have been less interested. In fact, he was playing with a pile of...

Hey Warren - Always great to get your insights. Yep, I'm guessing most car builders do this- especially on long road trips. Yep - I think the Sterling itself is deceivingly small. I'm always a little surprised when I see it parked next to a standard sized family car. I think proportionally...

Rick - my car came without a tank. I'm having a heck of a time finding something that would fit. My searches turn up boat gas tanks, and I don't see any reason they wouldn't work, do you?

Hey Squidioius - Welcome to the group! Typically when hunting for Sterlings, you're better off casting a wider search area and factoring in the price of shipping. There was a guy in Oregon with a bunch for sale. I found a 10-year-old ad of his, but I thought I'd seen something more recently...

100% correct. I had no intention of sourcing used Lambo headlights. :) I just like to see how some designers add headlights in cars. I like to take the visual cues, and see how something similar could be replicated using other (non-exotic) parts. So for instance, taking the Brera lights, but...

I'm curious if other folks are like me, in that as you drive around you're constantly looking at other cars for interesting donor parts. I always like to imagine what certain headlights would look like on the Sterling. Unfortunately, so many modern headlights have crazy compound curves that wrap...

it is a really interesting space, the only unfortunate thing is that the entrance is at an odd location. You could fit 3 cars in there, but you'd need to have two of them on rollers to get them in to place. Also, the roof is slanted (so high on one side, low on the other) which limits what kind...

Yep, I believe that's what was done. I think Warren did that? I want to say they're about $1500usd plus shipping, which isn't cheap. And I don't think the sales price is much higher than his cost. It's a fairly large and bespoke part. If you wanted to find a cheaper option, you could get a few...

So today I towed my car from my (ex) storage garage to my house. A friend towed it with his new BMW X5 and a trailer. My son just happened to have his cycling course with his elementary school today. As we were driving back, I see a bunch of kids on bikes and notice my son up near the front. I...

So my storage guy needed his parking space back. I was going to look around for other parking garages, but in the end I just decided to remove the 1 to 1.5 tonnes of debris in my future workshop and roll the car in there. I didn't want to do that previously as I have plans to make a nice...