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Old 11-17-2010, 12:06 PM
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Is that a dark green?
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Old 11-17-2010, 02:32 PM
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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!

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Old 11-17-2010, 05:14 PM
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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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Old 11-19-2010, 08:29 AM
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Love it!

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Old 11-19-2010, 08:47 AM
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Nice choice!

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Old 11-19-2010, 10:22 AM
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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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Old 11-19-2010, 11:34 AM
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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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Old 11-19-2010, 05:33 PM
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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!
No crap - I'm drinking heavily over the subject.
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At this rate,
He may have it done by Christmas! Holy Smokes !!!
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Old 11-19-2010, 09:51 PM
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wolf,
Beautiful color! You are making great progress, what's next?
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Old 11-20-2010, 08:44 AM
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He may have it done by Christmas! Holy Smokes !!!
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!
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Old 11-21-2010, 07:37 AM
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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.
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Old 11-21-2010, 09:43 AM
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OHHHHHH! that explains a lot, still moving quickly though.
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Old 11-21-2010, 07:01 PM
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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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Old 11-22-2010, 07:04 AM
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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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Old 11-22-2010, 08:38 AM
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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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Old 11-22-2010, 09:40 AM
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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.

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Old 11-24-2010, 06:55 AM
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Old 11-24-2010, 07:13 AM
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Now that's what I like to see!!!! Yowza!~ Now, go find ya some valve covers!
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