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11-17-2010, 12:06 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Northfield,
MN
Cobra Make, Engine: B&B, FR302
Posts: 218
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Is that a dark green?
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11-17-2010, 02:32 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Scotts Valley,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289 FIA #2108
Posts: 1,882
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Ahhhh, reminds me of the day I got #2108 delivered...
I really enjoyed building my ERA 289FIA, and people are really surprised when they learn that I actually put it together myself. Have fun!
DD
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"You're kidding, right?"
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11-17-2010, 05:14 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Augusta,
MO
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold ERA FIA 2139, 331 Weber IDF
Posts: 279
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It is GM Cyber Grey, which is metallic grey with some blue and green pearl. As of now, no stripes or meatballs.
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11-19-2010, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: McConnellsburg,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA #2124
Posts: 687
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Love it!
- Allen.
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11-19-2010, 08:47 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Northfield,
MN
Cobra Make, Engine: B&B, FR302
Posts: 218
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Nice choice!
Roger
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11-19-2010, 10:22 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Scottsdale,
Az
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA #2119
Posts: 310
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I remember those days. Good luck, great start, perhaps you should name it Flash as you seem to be moving at light speed.
 
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11-19-2010, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Birmingham,
AL
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 289 FIA, 363 Stroker
Posts: 751
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I'm sorry, but did you really take delivery on the 5th and manage to have your car painted 12 days later?? If so, i am damn impressed!
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11-19-2010, 05:33 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
AR
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
Posts: 4,519
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RestoCreations
I'm sorry, but did you really take delivery on the 5th and manage to have your car painted 12 days later?? If so, i am damn impressed!
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No crap - I'm drinking heavily over the subject. |
11-19-2010, 07:38 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: VALLEY FORGE,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: SUPERFORMANCE w DOUG MEYER ENGINE
Posts: 1,958
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At this rate,
He may have it done by Christmas! Holy Smokes !!!
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11-19-2010, 09:51 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA 'Street' Build
Posts: 2,127
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wolf,
Beautiful color! You are making great progress, what's next?
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11-20-2010, 08:44 AM
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Proud Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: North of Baltimore,
MD
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 2121
Posts: 137
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JBCOBRA
At this rate,
He may have it done by Christmas! Holy Smokes !!!
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I'm thinking he'll have 1,000 miles on the clock BEFORE Christmas! 
Kidding aside, great progress wolf k. Welcome to the ERA family! |
11-21-2010, 07:37 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Augusta,
MO
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold ERA FIA 2139, 331 Weber IDF
Posts: 279
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Thanks for the kind words fellas!
Actually, I am not posting in real time. Took delivery at the end of August, a week to disassemble and familiarize, five weeks for body work and paint. Engine work and gathering parts is on the agenda now. |
11-21-2010, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Scottsdale,
Az
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA #2119
Posts: 310
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OHHHHHH! that explains a lot, still moving quickly though.
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11-21-2010, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Canton,
GA.
Cobra Make, Engine: E.R.A. #505
Posts: 216
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I like to let all fiberglass parts sit outside in the sun for a few months before any bodywork is performed. This allows the fiberglass to totally cure & keep the fresh body work from looking like "ass" 6 months down the road.
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11-22-2010, 07:04 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Augusta,
MO
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold ERA FIA 2139, 331 Weber IDF
Posts: 279
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That is a good idea, this body was out of the mold at ERA in the early months of 2010. Not sure if they let them sit outside though.
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11-22-2010, 08:38 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Birmingham,
AL
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 289 FIA, 363 Stroker
Posts: 751
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I agree-the glass definitely needs some time outside to cure.
Gear Drive ehhh? I hope you like it noisy!
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11-22-2010, 09:40 AM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: White Plains,,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA140, ERA 267, ERA GT2038, ERA FIA 2045, ERAGT2077 ERA2893000EXP
Posts: 1,117
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The fiberglass body "normalization" process at ERA is indeed a complex proceedure. Just ask Sammy.
Once the fiberglass shop (accross the road in the barn behind the green house) pops the body out of the mold, it is carried accross the street and left outside the door of the assembly shop, like an orphan child abandoned on the church steps, for an indeterminant period, exposed to the elements of each successive season.
It is only then that is dragged into the assembly shop and flipped on its back like a beached whale for the insertion of the inner panels. RIghted again, it is only then "married" to the chassis. This assumes the straightforward process, which, for any given body can be sidetracked while the frame is off at powdercoat or the welding shop has gotten behind or the shop is taking it's midwinter break, etc. etc. Then the body can end up on the roof of the shop or stashed in the storage trailer.
Jim
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11-24-2010, 06:55 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Augusta,
MO
Cobra Make, Engine: Sold ERA FIA 2139, 331 Weber IDF
Posts: 279
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11-24-2010, 07:13 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Portland,
OR
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA, 1964 289->Webers
Posts: 3,689
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Now that's what I like to see!!!! Yowza!~ Now, go find ya some valve covers!
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11-24-2010, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Northfield,
MN
Cobra Make, Engine: B&B, FR302
Posts: 218
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wolf k
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