Been around these cars for a long time now and this will be my 2nd cobra. Built the first from the ground up in 1999 and have helped at least 5 others build theirs. Worked with different brands but never ERA. ERA has made the short list in my search as it did the first time I built a cobra.
This time I think I'm going to buy a completed car but even then, unless it it exactlly like I would have built it which is highly unlikely, it will be driven to the garage, dismanteled and rebuilt and repainted to my specs. This car will be the base for me to build from. Even doing that, as long as I work a good deal on the car, I will come out ahead on the $$$ side vs building new. Lots of spreadsheet work and price checking firmed that up.
Patrickt, sold my other car as a roller so there is a very nice 550hp FE engine sitting in my garage that will be cleaned up and put into use if necessary
I haven't decided ERA is that way to go just yet but like I said it's on the short list of 3 and I hope to decide which way I'm going to go in the next few weeks.