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Originally Posted by pavulon
Is the ERA slabside 289 available with the ERA competition rear suspension and/or able to accomodate 289 FIA 7.5 and 9.5 x 15" knock off's (such as those offered by Trigo) ? The idea of a slabsided hot-rod is appealing.
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What I'd like to see is an ERA version of the 1963 "Sebring" or "Le Mans replica" 289's. They were pretty much a slabside body, but with an aggressive flare added to the rear wheel arch and a "spat" behind the front wheels. Instead of FIA wheels, they used the kidney-beans. Here is a Le Mans replica, CSX 2156; note the short trunk-lid that was used to accommodate the Le Mans hardtop.:
Here is CSX 2129, a Sebring car, with a conventional trunk and a recessed, centered filler cap, and missing the side air vents:
The dash is pretty cool on these cars with Smiths gauges, except for the Sun tach and slightly larger Stewart-Warner fuel pressure gauge:
