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Old 12-18-2017, 10:38 AM
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Evan - not sure how far over under the fender and how far down the foot box they were. Jim's picture seems too place the brake cans fairly high up near the top of the foot box. But I suspect they may be back under the fender which is why we never notice them on open hood shots of street roadsters.

I think the cans ERA supplied would work fine but I would have to work out new steel lines and some how cross over or under the ERA headers. And then I have the issue of three mounting holes in my aluminum that I would have to do something with - probably put some rivets in them or something.

But I may just leave mine alone - they are tight and don't leak and there is little point in trying to get crazy authentic with the engine bay because there are a number of other things on an ERA that depart from the originals - the wiring harness and position of the voltage regulator and wiper motor being a major one. Also, not many original Cobras survived too many years without a few owner modifications here and there.
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