I didn't like the high stance of my car, or the ride quality when I first got it together - I was using Granada leaf springs and had them de-arched a little bit per the assembly manual. The front springs had a couple coils cut out, also per the manual. I was running drum brakes on the back also - really went the low cost entry way into the kit.
At the time I did the car, there were only a few other replicas around at the car shows. When I saw an ERA up close, I really liked the stance. So I wasn't trying to make my car look like an ERA per se - just wanted to drop it down.
I bought the EM kits to convert the front end to coil overs and tubular arms, and also the rear 4 bar w/panhard setup. While we were doing the conversion, we also narrowed the rear to get the tires tucked in and moved it about an inch+ forward in the wheel well so that the tire arc wasn't centered in the wheel well arc. We had to cut the wheel tubs a little bit for clearance. I also changed over to a disk brake kit in the rear.
There is a decent picture of the car (pre roll bar) on the EM site - the rear 3/4 view kinda shows how tucked in everything is now.
http://www.everett-morrison.com/cust...felercobra.htm
- Dan