My ERA visit

[cobraviper_99]

As the original owner of jagxjr5012's ERA#208, I can also vouch for the entire buying experience at ERA. I got to know Peter quite well during the time my car was being constructed and when I was producing the show Wild About Wheels for the Discovery Channel in 1992, we shot a feature at ERA which helped spread the word about them. jagxjr5012 and I have exchanged emails and he's told me how well the car has held up after over 20 years of use. I'm not surprised. I love my CSX car that I have now but if I were to go back to a non-Shelby car, ERA would definitely be my first choice. In fact, I priced a new ERA with Peter in 2001, shortly before deciding to bite the bullet and go with an aluminum-bodied Shelby.

One other quick note: About a year after driving ERA#208, the engine began acting very strange. Loss of power, rough idle, etc. A friend of mine ran a compression test and found I had some severe irregularities. I had the engine taken apart and a motor which was supposed to have been balanced and blueprinted was neither. I won't name the shop which built the engine for ERA, but when I called Peter and told him about the problem, he said to bring the crankshaft down to him so he could see the lack of any proper balancing on it. I did, and when he saw how botched the job had been done, he told me to have any engine builder of my choice go through the motor, make the needed repairs and he would cover it. The tab came to over $2000.00 and Peter was true to his word. You'll probably hear similar stories from other ERA customers and I've been a big fan of Peter, Phil, and Bob ever since.

I just wish Peter wouldn't jab me about CSX cars not being "real Cobras".