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Chifo,
I would say that if you could engineer and build an upper-end car along the same lines as the original Butler, you'd have to charge at least 50K+ for it even today to make it worth the time, money, and energy. If you look back at some of the original materials on Butlers, they were being sold for as much as $65K for turnkey cars back in the 1980s. You might be able to save and find the old tooling leftover from the defunct (G&S Motorsports - if I recall) company that tried to continue making the Butlers... etc. If you have a passion to build cars, that might be one way to justify it. But if your passion is to be in business and make money, there are probably better, more profitable ways to accomplish this vs. building another replica Cobra.

I agree with some of the others posts, if you were going to create, build, and replicate something..., then create or replicate something different, new, and exciting... Tell ya what, if you still want to create yet another new Cobra company, go drive a nice ERA and see if you still think its worth trying build a competetive car in this price range. If you could make improvements, and build something faster, better, and cheaper than an ERA, you might have something. Tough task if you ask me. Good Luck.