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08-23-2007, 09:17 PM
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UNKNOWN Cobra on e-bay
Any idea who the manufacturer of this 80's era replica might be? MG suspension, center mounted gas cap, 427 grill opening, round tail lights. Whodunnit??? 
Heads up California, this one has a SB100 number!!!
Item number:
190144385493
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08-23-2007, 09:46 PM
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Location: Mckinney,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Lone Star Classics #89 Keith Craft Genesis 427 so, stroked to 482, 649 hp. Sabre GT 40 #16 351W stroked to 408, 527hp, TWM stack injection, Fast XFI, G50/50.
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Looks like an Arntz/Butler car. The early build date really limits the number of manufactures that it could be.
John
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08-23-2007, 10:05 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Searching for one to buy
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ebay cobra
It looks like it might be an early vintage of West Coast Cobras. They have a center fill on the gas tank. but now they only recommend using the 460 engine in there cobras.
good Luck
Jim
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08-23-2007, 10:25 PM
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I think Arntz/Butler was finished with manufacturing by the 80's, and they also generally have a side mounted gas cap. Due to the MG suspension one of my thoughts was also Arntz/Butler, but that fuel cap and round tail lights don't seem to fit...
Another pic of the interior sure LOOKS like it's pretty wide, like a AB would have. The listor could be mistaken about the year/era of actual production!
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08-23-2007, 10:46 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses
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Bennet was still doing them in '87. I visited his shop at that time.
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08-24-2007, 04:06 AM
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My Butler was bought new in the mid 1990's. It looks pretty close to this car, but the tail lights are square and the fuel filler is on the right rear.
Door panels, seat belts, and interior look identical. Kind of odd without the scoop and single exit sidepipe.
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08-24-2007, 05:57 AM
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Rick, you have been around forever. Nice to hear your Webbers went well. 
The paint on the car almost looks like it is polished gelcoat.
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08-24-2007, 08:35 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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It's a Bennett
Bennett Cobras, as referenced in the Ebay ad, was a cobra replica manufacturer that supposedly had a pretty good product and an accurate body shape. That is definitely not a West Coast car - these are relatively huge with bulbous fenders that gives them a distinctively different appearance.
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08-24-2007, 09:27 AM
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Good call Buzz, it was right there under our nose, BENNET! They also worked closely with ARNTZ and EXCALIBUR! They have been around since the 70's, somehow they slipped under my radar. I see they also built some cars with the fuel cap on the side. Obviously the Bennets can vary in detail from one car to another. Seems little doubt they basically use the Arntz/Butler body design. Or, would it be more correct to say Arntz borrowed from Bennet???
E-bay ad notes it was built with the 'help' of Bennet, probably purchased as a kit and homebuilt.
Heres a pic of a Bennet from the 80's.
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