My ERA is 23 years old and still goin' strong. Check out my gallery and you can see that it is not a trailer queen but a car that is driven. There is an overhead group picture (
http://www.clubcobra.com/cgi-bin/pho....pl?photo=3028) taken with cars less than a third its age, except for Jamo’s, and you will notice it still looks great (from 10 feet you cant see the road rash).
Cheers, Pete
PS The engine is a low cost compromise in that it has the "right" FE look and feel at a fraction of the price of a 427 SO. It is a blue printed, balanced 390 with 427, polished, ported heads, 2, 450 cfm fours, forged pistons, solid, shell lifters and a 427 B cam.