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12-02-2020, 06:57 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Oberaegeri and Indio CA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Butler Build 04/1967
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Help Wanted to Identify
Hi Community. I bought a AC Cobra with a 427 Chevy Engine. The Cobra was listed in a famous "Barret-Jackson" auction as "Butler Build", back in 2012. The VIN is 7R03T177836. It was issued by the state of California. First matriculation 04/1967.
Who is able to help me out, to identify the car and find out if it is a real Butler and what the effective year of built it is.
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12-02-2020, 08:20 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Royal Oak,
MI
Cobra Make, Engine: Looking for an Arntz/Butler, Contemporary Classic, ERA or Superformance Cobra
Posts: 43
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Please share more pictures of the vehicle including the interior, decklid, chassis including front and rear suspensions.
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12-03-2020, 06:13 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Little Rock area,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA Street Roadster #782 with 459 cu in FE KC engine, toploader, 3.31
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Dang, can that distributor cap be removed for servicing the distributor? Possibly old aluminum L88 heads on that motor - nice. Helps keep the weight of that big block down.
But, no help on your question.
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12-03-2020, 06:48 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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Definitely looks like an Arntz/Butler body with the beautiful, accurate shape and lines. Did Butler have the radical mid-engine setback as well, or was that strictly a feature of the Arntz Cobras? Some cars even had an extra cutout or notch at the rear of the hood opening to allow easier access to Chevy distributors. That combination no doubt gives the Ford blue-bloods painful hemorrhoids, but I'm sure its a rocket with that big rat motor between the fenders. 
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12-03-2020, 07:38 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner of Long Live the Bow tie Contemporary #102 427 Chevy .30 over Merlin heads 11to1, TBI injection
Posts: 746
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Long Live the Chevy in a Cobra!!! Or should I say Chevy in a AC ?
Last edited by Thor maine; 12-03-2020 at 09:12 AM..
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12-03-2020, 09:01 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: (Beautiful) Sequim,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Pacific Roadster, 347 cu.in. 5-speed
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Messing up a perfectly good Cobra by putting a Chevy in it  what's next, a Dodge V-10 Oh wait that's been done too What's this world coming too  Cheers TommyRot. |
12-03-2020, 12:22 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Mesa,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #2119 289FIA
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My NAF, that I had for 13 years had a 496 Chevy with a TH400 trans. The world was coming to an end, when I told it to GO. I'd carry the LF wheel into high gear and ran 10.70s with MT street radials. GOD how I miss that power! That big old truck engine would plow corn and pull stumps all day long and still run like a stripedassedape!. 
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12-03-2020, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Royal Oak,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Looking for an Arntz/Butler, Contemporary Classic, ERA or Superformance Cobra
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After buying the assets of Arntz Industries, Ron Butler Racing built an additional 104 vehicles between 1980-1994. Ron Butler Racing cars have a stamped number on the front of the frame on the drivers' side, just behind the bumper mount which starts with BRI. The digits after BRI represent the month, year, chassis number. For examples, SoTxButler's chassis number BRI391086 which decodes as March, 1991, chassis#86.
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12-03-2020, 01:29 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Royal Oak,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Looking for an Arntz/Butler, Contemporary Classic, ERA or Superformance Cobra
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Please share additional pictures of your car, especially of the interior, trunk, front and rear suspensions. Since a Mustang VIN was used, my guess is that it is a home-built vehicle of some sort. Pictures will help us identify which kit this could be.
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03-08-2021, 01:19 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Oberaegeri and Indio CA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Butler Build 04/1967
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There are more pics... Thanks for your help!
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03-29-2021, 02:18 AM
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On behalf of Allroadbiturbo more pics of his Cobra. Thanks for your help!
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03-29-2021, 02:20 AM
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more pics
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03-29-2021, 02:28 AM
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more pics ..
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03-29-2021, 02:30 AM
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more pics ...
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08-06-2021, 10:14 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Butler Racing/427 side oiler
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Looks a lot like My Butler for sure!
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08-07-2021, 11:52 AM
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Bumper overrides are mounted upside down.
Larry
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08-07-2021, 06:33 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: currently Cobra-less
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa02
Messing up a perfectly good Cobra by putting a Chevy in it what's next, a Dodge V-10 Oh wait that's been done too What's this world coming too Cheers TommyRot. |
You forgot a 4 door charger and a SUV Mustang,
Those execs must be high on something..
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08-08-2021, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: BRADENTON,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KIRKHAM 427 S/C, SHELBY 427 ALUM. STROKER
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Front suspension MGB ?
Beams i in doors ?
uh oh, fuel cell ! Beware !
Otherwise looks well built.
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08-08-2021, 10:12 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Former owner of Long Live the Bow tie Contemporary #102 427 Chevy .30 over Merlin heads 11to1, TBI injection
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What's wrong with a fuel cell?
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08-09-2021, 06:31 AM
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Location: BRADENTON,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KIRKHAM 427 S/C, SHELBY 427 ALUM. STROKER
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Thor:
Limited life and expensive.
This appears to be an older replica, so the cell could be bad ( they tend to disintegrate with age)
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