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ABOUT E.R.A.
How long has E.R.A. been in business?
E.R.A. started out in 1968, doing restorations of
Porsches, BMW's and several British cars. In the first
year, we did a 289 Cobra (owned at the time by our
current general manager, Pete Portante) and a Fiberfab
kit car, among other projects. In 1981, we started on
our 427SC replica. By 1985, all our restoration work
ceased. We were just too busy doing Cobras.
How many E.R.A. GTs have you made?
We have shipped about 65 cars to date. Our present
production is about 45 427s, 15 289FIAs and 8 E.R.A.
GT's each year.
How many 427SC's have you made.
We have shipped about 500 cars to date.
How big is E.R.A.?
We have a total of 16 full time people working here.
We do almost everything in house: Chassis, body,
small parts, rebuilding of rear suspension, upholstery,
wiring harnesses and turnkey cars. We sublet the
casting and machining, and most of our sheet metal is
done on a CNC punch machine.
What other things do you do?
Most of our energy is devoted to the kits, but we do
supply some small reproduction parts to the rest of the
kit car industry.
