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09-22-2003, 03:48 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: God's country,
ME
Cobra Make, Engine: Original ERA 427sc, Powered by Gessford
Posts: 2,678
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ERA & UHaul trailer?
Bob (or anyone else for that matter),
I am taking the car tomorrow for the safety inspection at DMV and I rented one of UHaul's autotransporters (the kind where you drive it up on the trailer and all four wheels of the car are on the trailer- not the one where only the front wheels are on a dolly and the rear wheels are on the road).
Do you know if the ERA nose will clear that trailer? Should I go to Home Depot and get some 2 x 6s to use as ramps? Or should I just back the car on the trailer?
Thanks for your help.
Mike
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09-22-2003, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: LI,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA / nascar side oiler
Posts: 211
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Last edited by John 550; 09-22-2003 at 05:35 PM..
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09-22-2003, 04:46 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
SC
Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
Posts: 12,711
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Which station are you bringing it to??? if you had asked, I would have given you the enclosed trailer for the day.
Bill S.
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09-22-2003, 06:12 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: God's country,
ME
Cobra Make, Engine: Original ERA 427sc, Powered by Gessford
Posts: 2,678
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Bill-
I'm going to Morristown bright and early. And I predicted a month ago that it would be raining tomorrow and guess what? 
That is a nice offer (and I may take you up on it in the future  ), but I also needed to rent a truck to tow the trailer with. I couldn't expect (and wouldn't want to borrow) someone's trailer and truck. I've never had an accident in my life (knock on wood), but if it were going to happen it would be when I was towing my cobra using someone else's trailer and truck.
I'll give you guys the update tomorrow afternoon.
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09-22-2003, 06:48 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Greenville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, 65 Sunbeam Tiger, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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HHHHHmmmmmmmmm, I could always "sell you" the truck and trailer ....
Bill S.
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09-22-2003, 07:20 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Bloomfield Hills, (Detroit area),
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance 156, ex Paxton 351, now a 392 Ford Racing Stroker
Posts: 1,666
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chaplin...dont have an era but have had my spf on a u=haul trailer on a couple of occasions. i raised the front of the trailer using the trailer 'jack' assembly at the hitch area to reduce the angle of the drive on ( while hitched to the tow vehicle) . i had to remove the license plate on the trailer for clearance. i have 3-1/2" clearance underneath the bellhousing which cleared the trailer with no trouble and have just about 5" clearance under the front body oil cooler scoop area which also did not 'touch'. . just have someone watch as you pull on and if it looks like you will touch, then back it on. trailer worked fine for me and hopefully for you too. good luck with the u-haul and the dmv. bill |
09-22-2003, 07:49 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: California,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
Posts: 6,592
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I have had to transport my car to a couple of places and have found that the slide back tow trucks work pretty well. No trailer to mess with or truck to arrange for. The drivers were always very carefull and actually interested in the car, so they took good care loading and unloading it, and it is up out of harms way too. The oil cooler scoop clears too.
Just a thought.
Rick
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09-23-2003, 04:20 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: God's country,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Original ERA 427sc, Powered by Gessford
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Thanks guys for the responses.
For future reference-
I loaded the car on the trailer today and you do need about an extra inch or so of clearance to clear the sidepipes, every other part of the car cleared without a problem. I laid some 2 x8s right on top of the ramps on the trailer and it went right up without a problem.
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Replica is not a dirty word.
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09-24-2003, 03:43 PM
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Join Date: May 1999
Location: Tyler, TX U.S.A.,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA, Ford 428 SCJ
Posts: 332
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I transported my ERA from Texas to Oklahoma on one of those U-Haul car trailers with no problems loading and unloading.
Best $40 bucks I ever spent.
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