Street
Car
This
car is a visual duplicate of a British street 289 officially
manufactured by AC, as opposed to Shelby. It retained the
flares and
doors of the 289FIA |
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smooth hood and all the proper badges complete the look. |
ERA
has meticulously reproduced the grill from 24 separate
pieces of
formed aluminum sheet. And a grill guard is available too. Factoid!
The grill
originated in the AC Greyhound, but was "upside down" from
the 289 roadster. |
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car has an undercar exhaust system and genuine British wire wheels
with an "AC" logo in the wing nuts. Currently our preference is
to use Dayton wheels in their stead -
stronger and still visually very good. |
| This car is also
fitted with Smiths
instruments in a dropped-center dash complete
with clock. This combination was used in an AC street version of
the racing FIA.
Seats are the same buckets
used in the street 289 and 427SC.
The handbrake
lever is just visible in
front of the lever. A Jaguar one fits on the chassis bracket,
but E.R.A.
makes a replacement that's a perfect visual reproduction of the
original.
The handbrake acts on the inboard or (optional) outboard
rotors. Unlike some aftermarket setups, our emergency brake
setups actually work! |
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