How long has E.R.A. been in business?
E.R.A. began in 1968, doing restorations of Porsches, BMW’s and several British cars. In the first year, we fixed a totalled 289 Cobra (bought for $1500 at the time by our current general manager, Pete Portante. The car was sold about 5 years later.) 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 our 427SC. So far, we’ve delivered over 800 kits to 30+ states and a half-dozen countries. We currently have around 16 full-time and several part-time employees. Our workers are approximately evenly distributed among the fiberglass, welding and fabrication, kit assembly, final assembly, R&D, wiring, and office staff, with many wearing several hats each day. We sublet some fiberglass and sheet-metal parts, but the final product is always processed right here.
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 re
