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06-07-2019, 09:55 AM
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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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And you might as well put the defroster tubing in as well. I've never used mine, but I'm told they do work. I'm also told that in some states you have to have a defroster functioning in order to get it registered. So, might as well throw it in to the mix up front.
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06-07-2019, 10:24 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Waukesha,
WI
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA kit on order
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Originally Posted by patrickt
And you might as well put the defroster tubing in as well. I've never used mine, but I'm told they do work. I'm also told that in some states you have to have a defroster functioning in order to get it registered. So, might as well throw it in to the mix up front.
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Absolutely. That was also an original motivation for the heater as well now that I'm thinking back on it. My 1967 GMC doesn't have the defroster in it and I have to carry extra paper towel to jeep wiping the inside of the window in spring and fall.
Troy, I apologize for completely derailing your thread.
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289 FIA ERA2159
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06-07-2019, 12:16 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: West Chester,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #795 427 S/C completed Jan. '14 - '68 FE 427 side oiler
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I have both the heater and heated seats. I've used the defroster a couple of times and it does work - not as well as in a "normal" car, but it cleared the windshield on a couple of pre-dawn rides. The heater is worthless unless, as Dan said, you have the top on. I put heated seats in at my wife's request and I'll admit I love them too. She puts a blanket on her lap and the heat from the seats is enough to keep her warm. We go for drives with temps in low 40's and stay comfortable. I mounted the heated seat switches on the bottom flange of the dash out of sight, along with a 12v marine grade socket. Oh, I had the seat heater pads delivered to ERA and they inserted them as the seats were being built.
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06-07-2019, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Pleasanton,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 824 with 470 FE BBM street 427
Posts: 550
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Originally Posted by kevins2
I have both the heater and heated seats. I've used the defroster a couple of times and it does work - not as well as in a "normal" car, but it cleared the windshield on a couple of pre-dawn rides. The heater is worthless unless, as Dan said, you have the top on. I put heated seats in at my wife's request and I'll admit I love them too. She puts a blanket on her lap and the heat from the seats is enough to keep her warm. We go for drives with temps in low 40's and stay comfortable. I mounted the heated seat switches on the bottom flange of the dash out of sight, along with a 12v marine grade socket. Oh, I had the seat heater pads delivered to ERA and they inserted them as the seats were being built.
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That’s where I mounted mine.
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06-08-2019, 01:47 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Adelaide,
SA
Cobra Make, Engine: AP 289FIA 'English' spec.
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Originally Posted by Bearwolf
....Mr. Bruce is making a LeMans top for me that I'll likely run in Fall and Spring so the heater might help a little on the more brisk Wisconsin mornings . . . but even if it doesnt help at all the $500 or so will still be put into buying the car with a heater . . . because the wife said so and $500 is worth not having to hear about how I didnt put a heater in the car for her for the next 30 or 40 years.
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If you want to fit a hardtop, Allen Bishop's "ownership log" for his car, ERA2124, makes great reading, in particular the adapting of his hardtop to his ERA 289FIA
edit: Allen's hardtop was also sourced from Bruce Chervenak
Ownership Log – ERA#2124
Apologies Troy; back to you. good luck with the search. Incidentally, where did your 289FIA go?
Cheers!
Glen
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06-11-2019, 09:24 AM
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Still looking for an ERA. Glen, the FIA went to a thrilled new owner in PA.
Troy
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06-11-2019, 09:27 AM
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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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Originally Posted by 66gtk
Still looking for an ERA. Glen, the FIA went to a thrilled new owner in PA.
Troy
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Perhaps if you dangled a dollar figure out there you would entice some ERA fence-sitters to move in your direction....
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06-13-2019, 11:58 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Danville,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 6079 482CI CSX cross ram
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Era 626
just sold mine for $65k The car is very well sorted out.
I had around $70k in the car, $40k for the roller, $10k paint, $20k motor.
Yes ERA holding their value. Only cost me $5k to enjoy ERA 626 for 16 years.
Now I am building a CSX car, I truly know the ERA car is put together a LOT better than the CSX. But I can deal with the issues as I enjoy building cars..
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06-13-2019, 12:23 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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Originally Posted by ERA 626
I truly know the ERA car is put together a LOT better than the CSX. But I can deal with the issues as I enjoy building cars..
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I feel the same way. For the most part, these cars almost require constant maintenance to always be running at their best, and something always needs to be done on them. But, so long as I don't have to be towed home, I look at that as part of the fun of owning one.
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06-13-2019, 03:18 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Austin,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA, 351W
Posts: 765
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congrats 626!
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