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Introducing Le Mans-Inspired Em578 Sports CarEM Motors, in western New York, introduces the new EM578. The EM578 embodies the styling and performance of the great Le Mans racers of yesteryear, but with all the advantages of modern technology, componentry, and reliability.
Each EM578 performance component vehicle is painstakingly handcrafted to your specifications with the highest degree of attention to detail and pride of assembly. The EM578, simply put, is a street-legal race car.
Designed to capture the bygone era of the Le Mans and Can-Am greats of the '60s, the EM578 brings the feeling of allout endurance racing to your favorite roads. The EM578 is a two-seat, mid-engine, nimble, exhilarating sports car. Press the engine start button and just behind you the car roars to life. Designed to accept a standard Chevrolet small-block V-8 engine coupled to a Porsche 930/4 transaxle, the horsepower is only limited by your imagination and your financial resources.
Available as a completed rolling chassis or a turnkey package, the EM578's standard equipment includes a hand-laid fiberglass body finished with DuPont Chromabase basecoat/clearcoat paint system, four-wheel unequal length double wishbone suspension, four-wheel vented disc brakes, twin brake master cylinders with adjustable bias, a complete hydraulic clutch system, Carrera adjustable coilover shock absorbers, Porsche 930 CV joints with Empi racing axles, 1 1/2-inch diameter adjustable sway bars, rack-andpinion steering with a tiltable column, a fully upholstered interior with VDO instruments installed, a 15.5-gallon safety fuel cell with twin Monza-style filler caps, a full complement of DOT-approved lights with a fully labeled and coded wiring harness, a competition Schoenfeld exhaust header set with Flowmaster muffler, and much, much more.
The EM578 performance component vehicle uses a tubular space frame that has been welded in a frame jig. The perimeter space-frame chassis design allows for maximum rigidity, strength, and safety-while at the same time minimizing weight. The ultimate goal for the chassis design was to create a stable and responsive car. The result: quick suspension response, very little bumpsteer, and adjustability to your preferred handling characteristics!
The complete EM578 full-rolling chassis includes an assembled and fully tested chassis, an assembled body set finished in choice of solid basecoat/clearcoat paint system, buffed and waxed. The EM578 comes fully plumbed and wired, ready for engine and transaxle installation.
At $34,500, the complete rolling chassis is ready to receive the desired engine and transmission assembly. Turnkeys start at a very affordable $40,800. For more information, call EM Motors at 585/554-5485, visit www.emmotorsllc.com. Also, you can visit EM Motors this spring at the 2008 Carlisle Kit/Replicar Nationals.
The Mecum Auction Company, with corporate headquarters located in Marengo, Illinois, is in their 21st year of selling collector cars, specializing in Muscle Cars and Corvettes. In spring of 2008, Mecum will sell their 50,000th car. In 2008, Mecum will host and manage 14 auctions across the United States. For more information, contact the Mecum Auction Company at 815/568-8888, or send an e-mail to Harold@mecumacuction.com.
Mecum Flagship Auction Moves To IndyThe Mecum Company's founding auction, known as The Rockford Spring Classic & Belvidere Spring Classic, will be changing location and dates in 2008. In addition, the event is also returning to its original name, Dana Mecum's Spring Classic.