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Kinja'd!!! "Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig" (AndySheehan-StreetsideStig)
09/06/2013 at 15:22 • Filed to: None

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I told my friend, "Yeah, that's a Bricklin SV-1!"

But the Bricklin is a gullwing and the nose is all different. Halp.

EDIT: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! says it's a Sterling Nova, but all the other Novas I've found are really different, without pop-up headlights and such.


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Kinja'd!!! Ghost Dog - For the kittens > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/06/2013 at 15:28

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Bradley GT II.

Why this one has "Side pipes", I have no idea...

Edit: Sorry. I was wrong. Some form of a Sterling Nova?


Kinja'd!!! pdthedeuce > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/06/2013 at 15:31

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it's this.

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Kinja'd!!! Dogapult > Ghost Dog - For the kittens
09/06/2013 at 15:32

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it's not a Bradley.

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that's a Bradley GT II.
it's a modified Sterling.


Kinja'd!!! Takuro Spirit > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/06/2013 at 15:34

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Whatchu takin a pik-chur of, boy?


Kinja'd!!! Ghost Dog - For the kittens > Dogapult
09/06/2013 at 15:36

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Good call. Just caught that. Wiki does have one with a canopy. Cheers.


Kinja'd!!! McMike > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/06/2013 at 15:38

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Yup, it's a Sterling. All 70s, all fiberglass, and all homemade. No two 70s kit cars are the same.


Kinja'd!!! lonestranger > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/06/2013 at 15:45

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Sterling Sebring Turbo. Likely this very one .

http://www.nationalsterling.org/About.html

EDIT: it is the same one, it's even parked in front of the same store.

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Kinja'd!!! Meatcoma > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/06/2013 at 15:45

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It actually looks a lot like a sterling except the hood and lights. It's some kind of kit car for sure.


Kinja'd!!! Lime - Light > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/06/2013 at 15:48

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Pretty sure it's a...well, you know what's next, dude.


Kinja'd!!! LuczOr > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/06/2013 at 15:52

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One of these:

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They are kit cars so they can come in all manner of finished noses and lights and such.


Kinja'd!!! Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > lonestranger
09/06/2013 at 15:54

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Definitely that very one. Right down to the Thrush exhaust. Thank you, sir or madam! And for your trouble, here's what's under the bonnet:

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EDIT: Interesting that the exhaust has to go back toward the front of the car first. Gotta fit those mufflers somewhere...


Kinja'd!!! lonestranger > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/06/2013 at 16:04

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Looks much prettier than stock :

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Kinja'd!!! Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > pdthedeuce
09/06/2013 at 16:05

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You're not wrong.


Kinja'd!!! Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > lonestranger
09/06/2013 at 16:19

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2.8? Interesting. Most came with the 3.8, according to the webz. I think I'd just drop in a Subaru 2.0/2.5 and be done with it.

But if I had one of those (plus another ten grand), I'd just get one of these .


Kinja'd!!! lonestranger > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/06/2013 at 16:59

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Your pic above is of the 2.8L, or at least some Chevrolet 60° V6 of whatever displacement. Stock were 2.8L, 3.1L, & 3.4L.

The Buick 3.8L has a 90° vee angle, and when they had a distributor, it was on the "front" of the engine.

And yeah, even Sterling themselves now recommend a Subaru boxer.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sterling…

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Kinja'd!!! Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > lonestranger
09/06/2013 at 17:03

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NICE.