My number is coming up at ERA, options / order advice?

[patrickt]

... along with the hubs, hats, caps, bearings, seals and maybe even the rotors. Bob will throw in the cotter pins. If I "ballparked" it for you I would say that little upgrade down the road is in the neighborhood of five grand, give or take.

[Bearwolf]

Also, it looks like there is a $4×× fee in my quote to install the roll bar. I know the roll bar comes with the FIA kit,is it worth that much to have them install it or is it pretty simple if I have access to a good welder?

[66gtk]

Have ERA fit your rollbar. They are each fitted uniquely to every car. Get the 6 PIN setup now. You definitely need to sit in the comp seats if you are considering them. They wouldn't be my choice for a street driven car, but they look right and are functional for keeping your ass in the seat on the track.

[DanEC]

If the 6-pin hubs are important to you - it's one of the things you should do from the start when you order. If you rebuild your own rear assembly, I believe you can get the hubs from ERA.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by DanEC

If the 6-pin hubs are important to you - it's one of the things you should do from the start when you order. If you rebuild your own rear assembly, I believe you can get the hubs from ERA.

You can save a couple of bucks by going with the 5 pins, and you can't tell the difference when the wheels are on the car. But 6 pins are more fun when the wheels are off.

[DanEC]

I get as much or more enjoyment out of restoring and working on cars than I actually do in driving them. I like hands on stuff - probably why I've rebuilt 3 transmissions in the last 2 years. This was fun compared to restoring my 66 Corvette and dealing with rust, collision damage, worn out parts, trying to make repro parts work etc. Stripping paint (it had Imron on it, sandblasting frame and parts, etc.

ERA builds an excellent car - everything just about fall in place by comparison.







Here it is 30 years later.

[RodKnock]

Good old Sunfire Yellow. The color of my old NOM ‘66 427/425 Vette Roadster. Memories.

[tboneheller]

Some insurance companies require you to have an installed on-board fire extinguishing system. At least this was the case back when I built ERA505 in 1997. Plumbing all of the hard lines from the trunk-mounted bottle up to the engine bay would have been much easier when the body was off of the frame.

[66gtk]

Originally Posted by tboneheller

Some insurance companies require you to have an installed on-board fire extinguishing system. At least this was the case back when I built ERA505 in 1997. Plumbing all of the hard lines from the trunk-mounted bottle up to the engine bay would have been much easier when the body was off of the frame.

Easier to get a different insurance company (;

[DanEC]

I'm not sure I understand that restriction. Most vintage, collector cars have been at least partly disassembled - if not completely disassembled - and reassembled over the years and I don't see collector car insurance car companies requiring the installation of fire suppression systems in them in case the mechanic or owner put something together sloppily that could result in a fire. What's the difference with kit car.

Reminds me when I called up American Collector's Insurance to add my ERA to it and the ding-a-ling lady on the phone quoted me a price far higher than my 66 BB Corvette and 67 GTX combined. I asked what the he!!. She replied that replacement parts are hard to find for kit cars and expensive. I said something along the lines of - Really, my Corvette series went out of production in 1967 and have you priced parts for them lately. The manufacture of my ERA is still in business and still producing cars. I did like Troy said - found another insurance company.

[kevins2]

Well Dan, your problem was trying to apply logic to the situation...

[RodKnock]

FWIW, Kirkham has a "Halon fire supression system" option. Worst case scenario, you could always get one of these.