Lippy's ERA #797 build log

DanEC · #1 (**permalink**) 06-26-2013, 05:06 AM

Great progress. Makes me look like a real slacker - I haven't hardly touched mine since March due to a landscaping project. I agree on the weatherstripping - work 3 or 4 inches at a time and go sparingly on the adhesive.

patrickt · #2 (**permalink**) 06-26-2013, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by DanEC

Great progress. Makes me look like a real slacker - I haven't hardly touched mine since March due to a landscaping project. I agree on the weatherstripping - work 3 or 4 inches at a time and go sparingly on the adhesive.

I think most high-quality, individual builds of ERA cars seem to take about three years.

DanEC · #3 (**permalink**) 06-26-2013, 10:41 AM

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I think most high-quality, individual builds of ERA cars seem to take about three years.

I'm going on 3-1/2 years now. As an excuse I ordered mine as a retirement project but then after I retired they came after me and convinced me to come back to work until they could find my replacement. 3 -1/2 years later they have found my replacement but they also found a lot of other stuff they wanted me to do. However, there does appear to be some light at the end of the tunnel and I may finally be re-released at the end of August. My wife has been taken care of with the swimming pool and landscaping so hopefully I can finish my retirement Cobra project.

Lippy - I also have a Corvette camped out in my garage - a 66. It's also been largely ignored for the last several years - I think even more than yours. That's something else I need to get back to some occassional drives in it one of these days.

lippy · #4 (**permalink**) 06-26-2013, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by DanEC

Great progress. Makes me look like a real slacker - I haven't hardly touched mine since March due to a landscaping project.

Dan, I sympathize. Two years ago we moved into a house that needed quite a bit of work, so I spent every weekend on house projects. Once the Cobra came, I decided to take a break from the list of house projects. The Cobra is sort of a break for me and I'm not doing *anything* on the house that doesn't require immediate attention until this car is built. Only way to keep my sanity.