I started my rebuild 2 months ago when I bought my first Sterling. I had the body off the rotted but running 69 vw chassis in less than a week of bringing it home
these pics are the day after I brought it home. The car under the cover is my Kelmark
the Kelmark sat on a tube chassis with a vw front suspension and a built sbc 350 sitting on a Toronado tranny. That by far was the unsafest setup ever put into the back of a car. It was very fast on the straight run but when turning or getting on the gas there was literally no steering because it was so rear heavy. I sold the chassis and drivetrain to a guy that was putting it under a gt40 replica. My original plan was to do a true mid-engine setup with it until I saw a Sterling for the first time. It was love at first sight
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So I found my Sterling in Ohio about 4 hours away and went and bought it. It is so much better of a fit and finish compared to the Kelmark. The Kelmark body has been sold to help fund the rebuild on the Sterling.
After getting it apart and doing some measuring I decided to go with a 3800 engine with a transverse tranny setup. I have a guy in Dallas that is getting my engine and tranny tweaked and ready for the car. I bought an 06 series3 supercharged 3800 engine with 13k miles on it and a 4t65e-hd tranny with 4k miles on it. He is changing the cam out for me and as well adding a stage 2 intercooler, northstar throttle body ,headers and a few other power building options. Im not even gonna go into costs on that part
The tube chassis will be getting under way shortly. Will post pics as the build progresses
these pics are the day after I brought it home. The car under the cover is my Kelmark
the Kelmark sat on a tube chassis with a vw front suspension and a built sbc 350 sitting on a Toronado tranny. That by far was the unsafest setup ever put into the back of a car. It was very fast on the straight run but when turning or getting on the gas there was literally no steering because it was so rear heavy. I sold the chassis and drivetrain to a guy that was putting it under a gt40 replica. My original plan was to do a true mid-engine setup with it until I saw a Sterling for the first time. It was love at first sight
. So I found my Sterling in Ohio about 4 hours away and went and bought it. It is so much better of a fit and finish compared to the Kelmark. The Kelmark body has been sold to help fund the rebuild on the Sterling.
After getting it apart and doing some measuring I decided to go with a 3800 engine with a transverse tranny setup. I have a guy in Dallas that is getting my engine and tranny tweaked and ready for the car. I bought an 06 series3 supercharged 3800 engine with 13k miles on it and a 4t65e-hd tranny with 4k miles on it. He is changing the cam out for me and as well adding a stage 2 intercooler, northstar throttle body ,headers and a few other power building options. Im not even gonna go into costs on that part
The tube chassis will be getting under way shortly. Will post pics as the build progresses
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