Decision made, ERA on order

[Chaplin]

Originally Posted by xracerbob

GF-
Congratulations! I put my order in about a month ago and was also told it would be about 5 months which I'm OK with. Also ordered the ERA rearend. Still picking out the other options/features.

Here is what I know:

Powder coated frame
Bonded body
Chrome roll bar
oil cooler
rectangular tail lights
SW gauges
Std. S/C dash
ERA steering rack and column
Tremec TKO w/ .82 5th gear
3:31 rear end gear
tonneau cover
Trunk mounted battery (going to use the little Kirkham style battery)
17" wheels
paint by Tony or??

What I'm not sure about:

5 or 6 pin wheels- $$ concerns
leather or vinyl seats- same
Which 17" wheels
heater/defroster or not
sway bars- probably will add later
and of course- the motor. FE for sure, but the budget will dictate either budget 390 for now or KC all aluminum 482 c.i.

Bob-
Wheels are purely up to you. I got the 5-pin knockoffs with the adaptors because I liked the original look, but there are a lot of nice non-trigo looking wheels out there that look good too.
Get the leather, you will like it.
Get the heater- especially if you're not getting a top. It really does help to keep you warm when its cold out.
And might as well get the sway bars now too.

As for the motor, if I was going to do it again, I think I'd get a well built 390 and drive that for a while and save up the $$ for an aluminum stroker.

Your other option for paint is Connecticut Custom- they did my car and did a very nice job.