[Jim Holden]

My first ERA was the most difficult to finance and I managed it just as Chaplin has described by "leveraging" my way in by making installments over a period of time. I had ERA do the absolute minimum. (They painted the chassis but I bonded on the body, not a big deal. I purchased additional parts from ERA in a "just in time" fashion as I built the car. I scrounged my own XJ rear; found in a farmer's field for $75.00 etc. etc.) In the end, I have made money on all my ERAs and as a result have moved up to progressively more expensive cars.

There are certainly other companies out there that have been in business for a long time and have good reputations, but there isn't any one that offers a product so compelling to me that I would make a change.

Jim