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Brand new member here. I bought the Sterling in Tampa in March. The seller only had it about 6 months, but had done a lot of work on it. He was an Air Force pilot and I think was ready to move on. He had paid I think $6,000 for it to a seller in California and did a bunch of work getting it sorted out. I bought it from him for $6,000, and really haven't had to do anything to it. It is certainly not perfect. The dash is really bare bones and I need to spruce up the cockpit.
Frankly, I had not heard of the Sterling kit car before - I had possibly seen a Sterling, but hadn't really paid much attention to them. This car has been an extremely pleasant surprise. I bought the car as an interactive exhibit for our new automotive museum here in Kansas City. The museum just opened two weeks ago. When we were doing information booths about the museum over the past 3 years at car shows, I would allow the museum to use my Lamborghini Countach replica to let people sit in the car to have their picture taken. It was a great "hook" to get people to visit our auto museum info booth. I sold the Countach replica last spring, though, and we wanted more interactive exhibits for the museum rather than just being a "hands off" car collection. So, we added high tech racing simulators, 2-dimensional historic photo ops, a kids car design studio, etc. We also wanted a car that people could sit in for photos. That's when I ran across this Sterling. They are such unique looking vehicles, and frankly this one, built on a 1964 VW chassis, also fits the bill as somewhat a piece of history.
The car has been a huge hit with visitors. This week, we took it to an info booth at the Kansas City Royals stadium, and people went nuts over the car. I had a blast driving it the 20 miles out and back to the stadium from the museum. The car starts and runs perfectly - it is an excellent "fun car" to own. I've really fallen in love with it. The following these cars have on the internet was a nice surprise also. We dug up old articles from Hot VW magazine and Car and Driver for a reader board on the car. So, what was originally conceived as a minor part of the museum has taken on a much, much bigger role simply due to the uniqueness of the car and the following it has. Hats off to you all! *rock on*
Thanks to Rick and Warren for getting me signed up as a new member. I'm very active in the Porsche forums, and I'll try to be active here as well and keep you all informed of the car and it's museum activities.
If anyone is headed through Kansas City, please reach out to me. Let me know you are coming and that you're a Sterling owner, and I'll have 2 free passes to the museum waiting for you at the ticket counter!
Best regards,
Frankly, I had not heard of the Sterling kit car before - I had possibly seen a Sterling, but hadn't really paid much attention to them. This car has been an extremely pleasant surprise. I bought the car as an interactive exhibit for our new automotive museum here in Kansas City. The museum just opened two weeks ago. When we were doing information booths about the museum over the past 3 years at car shows, I would allow the museum to use my Lamborghini Countach replica to let people sit in the car to have their picture taken. It was a great "hook" to get people to visit our auto museum info booth. I sold the Countach replica last spring, though, and we wanted more interactive exhibits for the museum rather than just being a "hands off" car collection. So, we added high tech racing simulators, 2-dimensional historic photo ops, a kids car design studio, etc. We also wanted a car that people could sit in for photos. That's when I ran across this Sterling. They are such unique looking vehicles, and frankly this one, built on a 1964 VW chassis, also fits the bill as somewhat a piece of history.
The car has been a huge hit with visitors. This week, we took it to an info booth at the Kansas City Royals stadium, and people went nuts over the car. I had a blast driving it the 20 miles out and back to the stadium from the museum. The car starts and runs perfectly - it is an excellent "fun car" to own. I've really fallen in love with it. The following these cars have on the internet was a nice surprise also. We dug up old articles from Hot VW magazine and Car and Driver for a reader board on the car. So, what was originally conceived as a minor part of the museum has taken on a much, much bigger role simply due to the uniqueness of the car and the following it has. Hats off to you all! *rock on*
Thanks to Rick and Warren for getting me signed up as a new member. I'm very active in the Porsche forums, and I'll try to be active here as well and keep you all informed of the car and it's museum activities.
If anyone is headed through Kansas City, please reach out to me. Let me know you are coming and that you're a Sterling owner, and I'll have 2 free passes to the museum waiting for you at the ticket counter!
Best regards,
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