02-20-2012, 10:14 AM
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Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: arroyo grande, ca,
ca
Cobra Make, Engine: NAF 427
Posts: 1,774
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Hi all. Many (6 or 8) years ago I stumbled on a beautiful NOS Trico washer and pushbutton pump for $25.00 exactly as used on the original Cobra's. It was on e-bay from a UK source. When I bought it I asked the seller to keep his eyes open at UK swap meets and about 6 months later he found another NOS for $50.00. So now I have two.
And very recently when Bruce Canapa restored his Cobra he commissioned a decal shop to exactly replicate the decals on the Trico bottle and I was able to buy 2 spare decals from his shop.
I have very very rarely seen the bottles on e-bay again, but I don't have a comprehensive listing of the vehicles that used that size bottle. I know they were used on some Hillman and Lotus cars of the era but you generally have to search by vehicle name rather than simply by Trico.
There are many bottles that come up on e-bay that are close (generally too tall and wrong decal), but sometimes you get lucky and find a seperate bottom on one auction and a seperate top on another.
You can try sourcing some of the British old car sites in the UK and ask them to keep their eyes open for one.
Good luck
Cheers
Greg
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