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Tim, Good Morning from Miami, Fl. I had another brand FIA cobra for 2 years and had a chance to drive an ERA. Incredible car, rock solid, tremendous engineering - great detail work. Their FIA is an exact visual copy of CSX2345, reportedly the only FIA race car that was never wrecked. It is in the Shelby Museum in Boulder, Co (do a google search of CSX2345 and it will take you there). The engine compartment, is a visual copy of the original, so is the "drop dash" for the street configured car. Some replicas have a gas tank in the trunk, the ERA trunk is aluminum lined with a fibreglass spare tire wheel well, identical to the original (gas tank is in a cradle mounted over the rear suspension - as the original). The chasis is amzaing 3" *4" rect tube with an X cross member under the passenger compartment. This chasis does not flex. The Emergency brake mounts on a frame bolted to the chasis - it is designed as part of the car. The door latches are mounted on a steel plate that is bolted to the steel chasis (not embedded in a glass block like some do). My car is at ERA (a turnkey), with the engine installed, waiting for seats etc., and I am planning on picking it up in about 2 weeks (to have before Christmas). Send me a pm with your email and I can send you some build photos. I am doing a street car with leather seats, drop dash, roll bar, the ERA custom rear suspension (oversized outboard brakes). Jeff Burgy (Past president of SAAC) has the second one built, and it is as gorgeous today as it was some 10 years ago. Check out the ERA website and the ERA registry site for owners who will be happy to help in any way they can. Rick Durkin