ERA #745 .. seen it?

[WarrenG]

Originally Posted by sidewaysinthird

Sammy,

You sound so very excited as I'm sure I will be when I order my own ERA 427street.

Just one question though. What did you choose to do about the roll bar question? None-One-Two???

The car looks so much better without any roll bar I'm tempted, but with some of the idiots out there these days it might come in handy. Since I value my wife so its looking more like two for me. Just wanted to see what someone else came up with on that question.

Best of luck with the build. Since its an ERA I'm sure you will enjoy its quality.

Mike

Another option, if you want to maintain some form of "original" look, is a single roll bar to cover both driver and passenger. I have seen photos of racing cobras from the 60's with this type.

[SSSammy]

sideways, I originally chose *no* roll bar when I had the street configuration. I recognized that that is a more dangerous choice. My background includes many thousands of miles riding two up on a Honda Gold Wing motorcycle. So I'm conditioned to dangerous activities. From that perspective, the Cobra is a bit (not much) safer ..

The other reason I chose no roll bar was the aesthetics of the solution ERA has for the rag top with a roll bar. And I wanted an original looking car. Most of the original street cars (majority of the 427's built) were no roll bar, as far as I can tell (someone will correct me, perhaps). Anyway .. I changed my order to the SC configuration .. cancelled the rag top and went with a tonneau .. and single roll bar. My wife will ride with me some, not most of the time, I suspect .. I do plan on getting on the track at Run N Gun and Tulsa for the fun events. Not trying to be a racer ..

The more experienced Cobra replica hobbists I have met seem to regard the single side roll bar as desirable from a resale standpoint. ERA's tend to be authentic looking cars. I remain a bit conflicted about it. I would probably choose the wide hoop with two legs as opposed to two separate single hoops. That's just what looks good to me. To each his/her own ..

best regards,
Sam