First Pics of ERA #795

[kevins2]

Made a road trip to ERA last Friday to pick up my "half roller". Ripped open a trailer tire getting the trailer into ERA's parking lot. The ERA boys had the spare mounted on the trailer in less than 3 minutes. Couldn't get the trailer lock open so I said "Guess we'll have to cut it off" The ERA boys came out with a cut-off tool and the lock was off 20 seconds later. Their customer service knows no bounds

Photos in my album.

Dan, you asked about the engine. I have an opportunity to buy a side-oiler short block and am arranging to have a local engine builder disassemble, clean, magnaflux and possibly pressure test the block. Hopefully the block, crank and rods can be made like new again and that will be my starting point.

Merry Christmas....Happy Holidays, everyone. I'm off to spend some quality time in my garage

Regards,

Kevin

[patrickt]

I clicked on your album and there's nothing there.

[lippy]

Nice, congratulations. I have ERA 797 but mine is significantly behind yours. With some luck ERA will get it to the paint shop in Jan and I may get the car delivered by end of April. It's been a long time.

[kgs365]

Kevin

the car looks great...I was up there 2 weeks ago and it looked even better in person!...good luck and get wrenching!

Kevin

[kevins2]

Thanks guys,

Lippy, I mailed my deposit to ERA on Dec. 23rd, 2011 so it was 363 days. I agree it is a long time, but well worth the wait. Working with ERA is a very pleasant experience.

Kevin, I remember seeing your car when I visited ERA...sounds like you did the same. They all look better in person .

Patrick, try again. There are 10 photos there and it seems others have seen them. Maybe you got there before they were processed? I just uploaded them.

Regards,

Kevin

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by kevins2

Patrick, try again. There are 10 photos there and it seems others have seen them. Maybe you got there before they were processed? I just uploaded them.

It's there, and it's beautiful. You can't post too many photos, IMO. The more the better, and the high def ones are the best. Congrats.

My favorite:

[tkb289]

Kevin,

Congratulations on taking delivery of 795, and just in time for Christmas ... now the fun really begins!

Time to start a build log and keep us posted

- Tim

[427 Street]

Great! I am looking forward to the updates. Connecticut Custom Car painted my car...yours as well?

[kevins2]

No, mine was painted by Brandon at Big B's Auto Body. Used to be called Tony's and is the other painter that ERA recommends.

I can certainly post updates but I'm not planning any major mods, so will be pretty straight forward.

[REAL 1]

Outstanding color. Wheel centers match stripes too.

[DanEC]

Beautiful car Kevin. Looking forward to following your progress with it.

Dan

[lippy]

I think the heated seats are a great idea. Was that option supplied by Era? Any details you can provide would be appreciated. Thanks.
Lippy

[kevins2]

Patrick,

I'd love nothing more than to keep it coming but, unfortunately, I have a week-long business trip coming up and several days of preparation to get done before next Sunday. It will take all the discipline I can muster to stay out of the garage and get my work done. So, probably not much to post in the near future.

Lippy,

I purchased the seat heaters from cobraheat.com (warmseats is the name of the product) and had them shipped directly to ERA. They inserted the pads in the seats (the pads can be cut to conform to the seat size) and the connectors come out the rear of each seat in the center. There is an upper seat back pad as well as a seat pad, so should be pretty effective. Peter makes a note on the work order for Doug to see and Doug screws the side panels on rather than riveting them in place so you can remove them to route the wiring. He even drilled holes, inserted grommets and suppled some rivets in a little zip lock baggie to put the side panels on! So, when finished, nothing at all will be visible. Doug will also give you a drawing with recommendations for mounting the controls under the dash using the supplied "L" shaped brackets. I chose to cut those brackets in half and use the half that the switches snap into and drill holes to mount them directly in the dash as you can see in the photo. There was a nominal charge for their part, but no big deal.

Regards,

Kevin

[DanEC]

Great progress. I'm impressed you didn't have any more of a struggle with the front suspension assembly. Keep the reports coming.

Dan

[kevins2]

Dan,

My son benches 240 so he laid on his back and pressed the control arms up and in and moved them around while I pushed the bolts in. I'm sure it would have been a real struggle if I did them alone. It was actually pretty easy, although I did hear him grunt a couple of times

Not to hijack my own thread, but you've been a bit quiet lately. Let us know how you're coming along. As I said earlier, work is about to get in my way for a bit.

Regards,

Kevin

[DanEC]

Kevin - my car kind of had to take a back seat to an on-going home improvement project this Fall. Another delay was waiting on the ceramic coater to finish the exhaust. I planned to get back into it over the holidays but came down with the crud and winter blahs in general. I did get out a couple of hours today to work on hanging the mufflers but nothing photogenic to report yet.

Take care and enjoy the project.

Dan

[lippy]

Originally Posted by kevins2

Patrick,

I'd love nothing more than to keep it coming but, unfortunately, I have a week-long business trip coming up and several days of preparation to get done before next Sunday. It will take all the discipline I can muster to stay out of the garage and get my work done. So, probably not much to post in the near future.

Lippy,

I purchased the seat heaters from cobraheat.com (warmseats is the name of the product) and had them shipped directly to ERA. They inserted the pads in the seats (the pads can be cut to conform to the seat size) and the connectors come out the rear of each seat in the center. There is an upper seat back pad as well as a seat pad, so should be pretty effective. Peter makes a note on the work order for Doug to see and Doug screws the side panels on rather than riveting them in place so you can remove them to route the wiring. He even drilled holes, inserted grommets and suppled some rivets in a little zip lock baggie to put the side panels on! So, when finished, nothing at all will be visible. Doug will also give you a drawing with recommendations for mounting the controls under the dash using the supplied "L" shaped brackets. I chose to cut those brackets in half and use the half that the switches snap into and drill holes to mount them directly in the dash as you can see in the photo. There was a nominal charge for their part, but no big deal.

Regards,

Kevin

Kevin, this is great, thanks! I think I'm going to do this as well. Did you look at other brands as well, like Check (http://www.heatyourseat.com/)?

[kevins2]

Hi Lippy,

No I didn't come across that one when I was looking at seat heaters. I read some good reviews on Warmseats and I know they've been used on Cobra replicas before, so I bought them. Obviously, I won't know how well they actually work for some time yet... the wire harness is solidly built and the controls feel like good quality. I never even saw the pads themselves since I shipped directly to ERA and they installed them. As you research this, you'll probably want to choose a product that can be trimmed to fit the seats. Some can be trimmed and some can't, depending on how the heating elements are designed.

Regards,

Kevin

[tkb289]

Kevin,

Nice photos, you are making good progress. Bet you can't wait to get back on it ...

[RAO-3]

ERA also put seat heaters in my car, but not sure if they were the same ones as you have; I'm sure Peter would know the ones they typically use, and if these are different.

Ray