Questions for ERA owners

[lippy]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

What is your 'local area'?

SF Bay Area/Peninsula

[ERA Chas]

Originally Posted by lippy

SF Bay Area/Peninsula

DeCooney has a great Cobra painter just north of you-Ken Pike. Do a search here.
Tom Lucas at FE Specialties is your engine builder. Value for dollar and no corners cut. Just ask RodKnock who is in this thread.

[decooney]

Originally Posted by ERA Chas

DeCooney has a great Cobra painter just north of you-Ken Pike. Do a search here. Tom Lucas at FE Specialties is your engine builder. Value for dollar and no corners cut. Just ask RodKnock who is in this thread.

Chas, actually you got it right on both counts. Ken Pike did my last paint job, and Tom at FE Specialties built my FE short block and heads for my car. Before that I painted my own cars and put together my own motors. It was nice to have these two pros at the help when it came to my ERA. Worth every penny.

Lippy,
if you decide on having your motor and paint done here locally in NorCal, feel free to send me a PM, I work closely with Tom and Ken on various projects. Both aspects were completed in a specific way, and you can do the same depending on what you are looking for for your future ERA. You are welcome to check out my car too if it helps. Be sure to come to Monterey in August if you can, plenty of nice cars will be there to look at while you are waiting on your ERA order. Tell Peter and Bob I said hello.

[ERA Chas]

Originally Posted by decooney

Chas, actually you got it right on both counts.
Lippy,
if you decide on having your motor and paint done here locally in NorCal, feel free to send me a PM, I work closely with Tom and Ken on various projects. Both aspects were completed in a specific way, and you can do the same depending on what you are looking for for your future ERA. You are welcome to check out my car too if it helps. Be sure to come to Monterey in August if you can, plenty of nice cars will be there to look at while you are waiting on your ERA order. Tell Peter and Bob I said hello.

Thanks for jumping in Duane. Not sure the OP is paying attention though...

[FIA Mike]

I used to own ERA 2047. Both of ERA's suppliers do excellent work as do Ken Pike (painter) and Tom Lucas (engine builder) here in Nor Cal. You can't go wrong either way. However, make sure since you are in California to NOT have it come from ERA as a "turn key" car. If it does, you will NOT be able to legally title it in California. It would be easier to title it using SB100 if you have Tom and Ken do the sub work. That way you can easily prove it did not come fully assembled from ERA.

Just my 2 cents worth, FIA Mike

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by FIA Mike

However, make sure since you are in California to NOT have it come from ERA as a "turn key" car. If it does, you will NOT be able to legally title it in California.

As long as the paint shop, the engine builder and/or installer are different from the manufacturer/retailer, ERA, in this case, and you have receipts to show that these are separate entities, then the car can be registered in CA under SB100.

The problem that was mentioned earlier here on CC was where the CA DMV "interpreted" that the engine builder/installer was a division of the manufacturer, IIRC. That wouldn't be the case here.

BTW, my engine builder was Tom Lucas and I recommend him, though I hear great things about Neil R. locally here in the Bay Area.