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The company also sold replacement parts to owners around the world who own an original Sterling car. In the UK, the Sterling was copied from the Nova kit car. The name Nova was already trademarked by General Motors in the United States in the 1970s, and "Sterling" was chosen as the new name.
A parts kit is a collection of weapon (notably firearm) parts that, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), "is designed to or may be readily be assembled, completed, converted, or restored to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive."
The Sterling fell to the bottom of J.D. Power surveys, while its twin, the Japanese-built Acura Legend, had enjoyed top rankings its first year. During its run, the instrumentation had been changed to gauges sourced from a different component builder (losing the oil pressure gauge and voltmeter in the process) and build quality had started to ...
The Sterling Engineering Company Ltd was an arms manufacturer based in Dagenham, famous for manufacturing the Sterling submachine gun (L2A3), ArmaLite AR-18 and Sterling SAR-87 assault rifles and parts of Jaguar cars. The company went bankrupt in 1988.
The Sterling submachine gun is a British submachine gun (SMG). It was tested by the British Army in 1944–1945, but did not start to replace the Sten until 1953. A successful and reliable design, it remained standard issue in the British Army until 1994, [18] when it began to be replaced by the L85A1, a bullpup assault rifle.
Chrome Specialties was an American manufacturer and distributor of custom and replacement parts for Harley-Davidson motorcycles.Founded in 1984 by brothers John A. Kuelbs and Gregory G. Kuelbs, Chrome Specialties grew into one of the largest aftermarket motorcycle parts distributors in the world, [1] offering over 12,000 products from a 900-page catalog.
Bowman is the name of the tactical communications system used by the British Armed Forces. The Bowman C4I system consists of a range of HF radio , VHF radio and UHF radio sets designed to provide secure integrated voice, data services to dismounted soldiers, individual vehicles and command HQs up to Division level.
The Eureka was offered both as a kit car and as a fully assembled vehicle. [5] The coupe body had no doors, with access being via a manually operated one-piece canopy, although a power-operated canopy was later offered as an option. [5] A Targa top version was also available from the early 1980s on. [2] Three models of the Eureka were produced.