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05-16-2018, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Jdata -- somehow I thought you wanted a 427 car. Are you leaning towards a FIA? They are two entirely different cars in almost every regard.
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05-16-2018, 01:50 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Portland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA, 1964 289->Webers
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I looked at both cars pretty heavily. The fender flares & the aluminum interior really kept me going back to ERA.
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05-16-2018, 03:55 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by *13*
I looked at both cars pretty heavily. The fender flares & the aluminum interior really kept me going back to ERA.
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I didn't. The only two cars I seriously considered were ERA and Kirkham. And for the four or five reasons I went with ERA, the next guy might very well choose a KMS for exactly the same (or opposite) reason.  |
05-16-2018, 04:41 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Canandaigua,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF MKII Riverside Racer FIA
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Originally Posted by patrickt
Jdata -- somehow I thought you wanted a 427 car. Are you leaning towards a FIA? They are two entirely different cars in almost every regard.
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Yes Patrick they are entirely different cars. I liked my 427 semi comp car, but the more I saw 289's the more that I was drawn to them. When the opportunity came to race an FIA, I just could not pass it up. Really nice handling car.
Jim
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05-16-2018, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Portland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA, 1964 289->Webers
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Originally Posted by patrickt
I didn't. The only two cars I seriously considered were ERA and Kirkham. And for the four or five reasons I went with ERA, the next guy might very well choose a KMS for exactly the same (or opposite) reason. |
KMS would have been on the table, had the budget room to stretch that way. KMS slab with comp Flares, in fact!
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05-16-2018, 06:22 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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Originally Posted by 1795
Yes Patrick they are entirely different cars. I liked my 427 semi comp car, but the more I saw 289's the more that I was drawn to them. When the opportunity came to race an FIA, I just could not pass it up. Really nice handling car.
Jim
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Good luck this weekend. Keep the shiney side up! |
05-16-2018, 07:13 PM
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Location: Canandaigua,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF MKII Riverside Racer FIA
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Originally Posted by Mark IV
Good luck this weekend. Keep the shiney side up!
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Will do my best! It is a torrential downpour right now. Tomorrow afternoon I may be able to get in a couple of test sessions in a light rain. Not sure if I will race Friday as they are predicting 2" of rain. Saturday and Sunday look doable with mostly just light rain and some breaks of sunshine.
jim
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05-16-2018, 11:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
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Originally Posted by 66gtk
My ERA has the comp style FIA dash - LOVE IT! I also like the 427 dash offering and the street 289 offering on these cars. It's all about personal choices.....
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Troy, yep, agreed. It is about personal choices. I have always wanted a 289FIA Cobra replica, and back in 2011, an ERA 289FIA was at the top of my very short list of one.
Back then, I placed a deposit with Peter, but difficulties with bringing a car into Australia was the major reason for having my deposit returned nearly a year later.
I still think that ERA’s 427s, 289 variants, and their GTs are top-notch as far as being extremely faithful replicas of the ‘60s originals.
The only thing that (to my eye) isn’t correct on ERA’s replica FIA/USRRC cars with drop-centre dashboards (CSX2409 CSX2459, CSX2514, CSX2557, CSX2558 all had drop-centre dashes) is the depth of the dash.
This pic of the drop-centre roadster dash is from ERA’s website:
….and this one shows CSX2514’s drop-centre dash. There is some degree of difference there....
Cheers,
Glen
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05-17-2018, 06:14 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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I think the 289 original glove box is larger than on a 427 also and I think ERA is installing the 427 version on both. However, for a small fee I suspect ERA could revise all of those things for a buyer.
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05-17-2018, 01:44 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Mooresville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five chassis/Mr. Bruce slabside
Posts: 601
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Originally Posted by xb-60
The only thing that (to my eye) isn’t correct on ERA’s replica FIA/USRRC cars with drop-centre dashboards (CSX2409 CSX2459, CSX2514, CSX2557, CSX2558 all had drop-centre dashes) is the depth of the dash.
This pic of the drop-centre roadster dash is from ERA’s website:
….and this one shows CSX2514’s drop-centre dash. There is some degree of difference there....
Cheers,
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I couldn't agree with you more.
John O
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Last edited by jolsen42; 05-19-2018 at 10:18 AM..
Reason: posted wrong picture.
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05-17-2018, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickt
Jdata -- somehow I thought you wanted a 427 car. Are you leaning towards a FIA? They are two entirely different cars in almost every regard.
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Patrick,
I still want a 427 car! 😀
The body differences were interesting.. |
05-19-2018, 10:28 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five chassis/Mr. Bruce slabside
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Quote:
Originally Posted by xb-60
The only thing that (to my eye) isn’t correct on ERA’s replica FIA/USRRC cars with drop-centre dashboards (CSX2409 CSX2459, CSX2514, CSX2557, CSX2558 all had drop-centre dashes) is the depth of the dash.
This pic of the drop-centre roadster dash is from ERA’s website:
….and this one shows CSX2514’s drop-centre dash. There is some degree of difference there....
Cheers,
Glen |
I couldn't agree more. The ERA car is just beautiful, but their dash is so out of proportion. I made my own and I'm extremely pleased the way it came out.
John O
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