15" vs 17" wheels

[patrickt]

Please take pictures and post them in your gallery. Visiting ERA is really a lot of fun. I was up there when they were making the big transition from the #730 and before cars to the #731 and after cars. Having Bob P. point out the differences (and having both types of cars sitting next to each other) was a real treat.

[Jim Holden]

ROA-3:

I have found that taking a "burnt offering" to Peter (a/k/a the Wizard or OZ, Yosemite Sam, Keeper of the Flame, etc.) can be helphful in getting Peter's limited attention (the "span" at his age is very short). I would suggest the hottest stuffed Italian peppers you can find.

As for wheels, I favor the traditional look, ie: 15". I do think that 15" make the cars easier to sell, but having said that it is easy to swap them out. Far different than picking the "wrong" color.

Jim

PS: JW: "Development shop"? Surely you jest...

[decooney]

Originally Posted by Jim Holden

ROA-3:
ie: 15". I do think that 15" make the cars easier to sell,

C'mon now Jim, that's usually not part of the consideration when owning an ERA, unless you are selling it to build yet another ERA to replace it with of course. I see from your profile, replacement isn't an option either. One ERA with 15s and another car with 17s on it. That would work too!

[Jim Holden]

decooney:

Just to be clear, I presently have ERAFIA2045 and an almost complete ERAGT2077. My other "children" have gone on to other happy homes. For me, my ERA odyssey has been 25 year joy ride. Each ERA that I have built over the years was never done with the intent of selling... but in each instance that day did eventually come... usually unsolicited. (Cars are cheaper to change than wives). Based upon my experience there is a stronger demand for cars done "in period." Folks that deviate from that often find their cars harder to sell because of the "mods" that they felt compeled to do.

So, in my opinion, one cannot be oblivious to what the "market" is looking for in an ERA or any other car for that matter. I have never built one of these cars as an investment, but I wanted to be sure that when that day did come I could get most if not all of my money out of the car to inable me to go on to the next project. In doing so, I should add, I also aquired my spouse's approval of my motormania activities.

Jim

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Jim Holden

decooney:

Just to be clear, I presently have ERAFIA2045 and an almost complete ERAGT2077. My other "children" have gone on to other happy homes.

Hmm, when I bought my ERA Peter told me I wasn't allowed to sell it. He said "all ERAs come with restraints on alienation -- you have to keep them forever."