Ownership Log – ERA#2124

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Fullchat289

With my dad not knowing I was getting serious about a Cobra, I decided on a little “surprise unveiling” while he and my mom had stopped by for a visit..

Wow. That is absolutely priceless. Very nice.

[Jim Holden]

Great story. Your picture of the car on the Tail of the Dragon inspired my wife, Suzanne, and me to do the trek to the "tail" in Oct.



Remember, it's the journey that counts!

Jim

[Fullchat289]

Originally Posted by Jim Holden

Great story. Your picture of the car on the Tail of the Dragon inspired my wife, Suzanne, and me to do the trek to the "tail" in Oct.

Remember, it's the journey that counts!

Jim

Jim: I gotta say that am quite honored to learn that my photo inspired you to make the trip. I hold you as one of THE "legendary" ERA owners out there. Also, looking at your photo, it appears that your passenger (wife?) is wearing one of Fran Kress' Terlingua team hats. I just picked one of these up from him when I was out there visiting with a friend. I never would have noticed this if I didn't have one of my own...

Tim: I really appreciate your support and comments. Lots more updates to come. I must reciprocate your comments as well b/c I'm really enjoying your build thread.

- Allen.

[Fullchat289]

My car was not spec’d with an oil cooler so the nose of the car was left rather “unfinished” in that there was no division between the main radiator opening and the oil cooler opening. This bothered me a bit, so I decided to replicate the panel that ERA fits to the car on the small block cars when an oil cooler is used.

I first started by carefully making a cardboard pattern to mock up the panel, then traced the panel on a piece of aluminum. To get the radius’d form in the back of the panel for the rear attachment points, I utilized the down-tube of my roll bar as I really didn’t have anything else to put the form in it. To accomplish this, I just clamped the aluminum to the down-tube and used two long pieces of wood to keep even pressure along the length of the sheet, then applied He-man strength to form the sheet around the down tube – worked like a charm!

Here’s a picture of the sheet clamped to the down-tube:



Here’s a shot taken from one end of the panel so you can see the formed radius:



Here’s a shot of the panel once fitted to the car – I’m much happier now.