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The car was never streetable nor licensed, it was delivered to us as a trailered comp car. I am not sure that the #2049 is the correct chassis number, there is no maker plate or inscribed number on the chassis I have. Where specifically did the chassis number inscribe or identify the particular chassis? It is evident that portions of the chassis I have in my garage have been torched or cut off, perhaps this is where the chassis identifiers might have been placed.
I can use all the help I can get.
Bless you all, for your help.
Mike Heineke
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Hi Mike, and welcome to Club Cobra. CompClassics is absolutely correct that the frame constitutes the car. Attached body panels, suspension, drivetrain, electrical and trim items can come and go as they wear out or are destroyed. If the parts of your frame that carried the identification numbers have indeed been cut off, then the intent of the people who acquired these pieces is abundantly clear.
Spuriously "resurrecting" a collectible (or any) vehicle by underhanded manipulation/misuse of documents and identification numbers and then representing it as the original is nothing less than fraud and the perpetrators should be pursued and prosecuted - particularly so given the large sums of money that original Cobras command. If you actually do have the chassis of the original car, then I sincerely hope you are successful in establishing it's identity and exposing any fraudulent shysters hawking counterfeit replicas for what they are.
