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10-10-2018, 04:47 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Cape Coral,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 3018 - Lykins 289 H.O. SBF
Posts: 244
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ERA Slabside 3018 is underway...
Frame just got back from the powdercoater. Peter says it will be ready for paint within two weeks.
After a long wait, things are moving fast.
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10-10-2018, 04:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Cape Coral,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 3018 - Lykins 289 H.O. SBF
Posts: 244
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10-10-2018, 04:59 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Kenosha,
WI
Cobra Make, Engine: TBD
Posts: 34
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Congrats! I look forward to watching the build.
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10-10-2018, 05:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Seattle,
Wa
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 3012
Posts: 141
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Very cool! It is interesting to hear that the frame was the long pole. My frame was completed something like a month after I sent in my initial deposit, but the body was what took so long.
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10-11-2018, 06:00 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Cape Coral,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 3018 - Lykins 289 H.O. SBF
Posts: 244
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The body was finished first. Then the frame.
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10-11-2018, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Cobra Make, Engine:
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Very exciting. I love the slabsides. Looking forward to more details about your build as it progresses.
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10-11-2018, 01:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Kenosha,
WI
Cobra Make, Engine: TBD
Posts: 34
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What are your anticipated Build details?
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10-11-2018, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Hardwick,
VT
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Slabside BRG 289
Posts: 302
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Wonderful! Truly a timeless and beautiful automobile. Great people to work with and well worth the wait.
Looking forward to continued updates.
Best,
John
ERA Slabside #3010 289 BRG
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10-11-2018, 02:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Coopersburg,
PA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #829, Ford 427
Posts: 219
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Nice! When did you put down your first deposit to get inline before you had to send in your second installment?
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10-12-2018, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Cape Coral,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 3018 - Lykins 289 H.O. SBF
Posts: 244
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Deposit was placed in April 2017, so an 18 month wait. Second deposit in early September. Balance of the base kit (less options) will be in about two weeks. The wait was no biggie for me.
I'm painting it Indigo Ink Pearl (dark metallic blue Lexus color 8P4), and the seats are a medium brown leather. Should be a nice contrast. I'm using Brandon. He's got three cars in front of me, so most likely he won't get to mine until the end of the year or January. Then back to ERA for final assembly. Looking at March 2019 to actually have it in my possession.
I'll most likely be going to Brent Lykins for the engine/tranny set up. Brent had mentioned using a 289 block for authenticity and I like that idea. TKO 5 speed, .82 final drive, 3.54 rear end.
Undermount exhaust. Wire wheels with whitewall tires. Sort of a Steve McQueen look, haha.
Some of the other options are the removable steering wheel, 3 fluid cans, inboard rear end, sway bars both ends, heater/defroster, windshield wipers, Tripode headlights, seat tracks, and tonneau cover. No side curtains, no top. I will treat this as a four wheel motorcycle, weather-wise. Fortunately we have seven months of dry weather from November to May, and it's warm.
Last edited by dacobb; 10-12-2018 at 01:51 PM..
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10-22-2018, 08:13 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Louisville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: I'm Cobra-less!
Posts: 9,417
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dacobb
Deposit was placed in April 2017, so an 18 month wait. Second deposit in early September. Balance of the base kit (less options) will be in about two weeks. The wait was no biggie for me.
I'm painting it Indigo Ink Pearl (dark metallic blue Lexus color 8P4), and the seats are a medium brown leather. Should be a nice contrast. I'm using Brandon. He's got three cars in front of me, so most likely he won't get to mine until the end of the year or January. Then back to ERA for final assembly. Looking at March 2019 to actually have it in my possession.
I'll most likely be going to Brent Lykins for the engine/tranny set up. Brent had mentioned using a 289 block for authenticity and I like that idea. TKO 5 speed, .82 final drive, 3.54 rear end.
Undermount exhaust. Wire wheels with whitewall tires. Sort of a Steve McQueen look, haha.
Some of the other options are the removable steering wheel, 3 fluid cans, inboard rear end, sway bars both ends, heater/defroster, windshield wipers, Tripode headlights, seat tracks, and tonneau cover. No side curtains, no top. I will treat this as a four wheel motorcycle, weather-wise. Fortunately we have seven months of dry weather from November to May, and it's warm.
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I've got a really nice 289 block and crank here that I can put your name on...…  |
10-27-2018, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Cape Coral,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 3018 - Lykins 289 H.O. SBF
Posts: 244
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So I took Brent up on his offer and put a deposit down for that 1965 289 block. Now the search for Hi-Po heads begins...
Brandon might be taking my car for paint within two weeks. Moving right along.
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10-27-2018, 05:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Coopersburg,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #829, Ford 427
Posts: 219
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Sounds like a neat engine build will happen....
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10-28-2018, 04:37 AM
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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: 4,528
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dacobb
So I took Brent up on his offer and put a deposit down for that 1965 289 block. Now the search for Hi-Po heads begins...
Brandon might be taking my car for paint within two weeks. Moving right along.
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Good luck on the head search. The Mustang and early Shelby crowd really lust after and hoard those things but they are out there. |
10-28-2018, 05:54 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Cape Coral,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 3018 - Lykins 289 H.O. SBF
Posts: 244
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Brent found a pair on Ebay for $1800, "refurbished" whatever that means.
Funny thing is you can take a regular pair of 289 heads and with a little machine work, make it just like a hi-po.
If I can find a pair for around $1000-1500 I might bite.
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10-13-2018, 12:32 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Coopersburg,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #829, Ford 427
Posts: 219
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Thanks for info. I am getting my 427 drivetrain from Brent. I heard good things about him and we have spent some time working on my specs etc. I do recommend him. I am looking forward to the day my drivetrain arrives. It won’t be for some time since my car is still a paper car... not in the build phase yet so no need for a motor sitting around.
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10-20-2018, 09:01 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Cape Coral,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 3018 - Lykins 289 H.O. SBF
Posts: 244
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Body is mounted to frame. Ready for paint, but painter not yet ready for me. Two new photos in album.
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11-01-2018, 05:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Manchester,
NH
Cobra Make, Engine: AK1085 (302 Street), HTM111 (427 Comp), CSX2375R (289 Comp) and COB5999 (427 S/C)
Posts: 19,081
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1 or 3.
Cost of Hi-Po heads may not really make huge difference so I think 3 allows for Weber add.
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11-03-2018, 02:10 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Cape Coral,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 3018 - Lykins 289 H.O. SBF
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I'm going with the Dart heads. The hi pos are stupid expensive and the Darts blow them away performance-wise.
My car is a tribute not a real Cobra, so the cost to go original vs better just doesn't compute. Autolite carbs are like $2400, for example. It would cost thousands of dollars more to make it "original", when in fact the car isn't original.
So, common sense versus insanity.
Brent, the build just got more expensive. ;>)
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11-03-2018, 02:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Carlsbad,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: SAI FIA, 289HP (5-bolt), 48IDA Webers
Posts: 1,244
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Who typically supplies the wire wheels for these builds?
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