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Old 11-17-2004, 03:06 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #2097 -289FIA . 351W. PSE Torq Thrust 17" Ds. All Black.
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Getting bolt on wheels on my ERA. Two reasons: (1) the original Shelby Cobra (which this one is patterned after) that I saw in 1967 for sale ($3300) had 5 spoke wheels - not sure what make, maybe Cragers, but looked exactly like the "D"s. (2) lots of the early cars had the spoked wheels. ERA even advertises its 289 with "Ds" (web site 2nd picture).
Considered wire wheels but don't want the maintenance. Considered Halibrands but too much like "cookie cutters."
Might not have the most admirers (the Ds) but that's the first Cobra I saw/almost bought, so it's not like it wasn't an option on the originals.

The BDR wasn't given to anyone. The winner received a $5000 credit toward the $20,000 purchase price rather than the car since the number of tickets sold was not enough to buy the car from BDR and give half the proceeds to the charity.

Last edited by TampaFla; 11-17-2004 at 03:10 PM..