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Freebird
Intermediate Member
Username: Freebird
Post Number: 188
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 9:44 pm: | 
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does anyone know where i can get a knob for a cobra 2000?all i need is 1 knob the original tone knob.i bought a used cobra 2000 and it was missing alot of things and im still looking for a knob for it theres none on e bay.thanks |
Bc910
Intermediate Member
Username: Bc910
Post Number: 272
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 10:11 pm: |
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try other Cobras
I know most Cobra knobs are the same
But I can't remember what the tone knob looks like on a 2000 sorry
BC |
Freebird
Intermediate Member
Username: Freebird
Post Number: 189
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 11:18 pm: |
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i have many cobras but none are th knobs are the same size as the cobra 2000 knobs.  |
Freebird
Intermediate Member
Username: Freebird
Post Number: 190
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 2:23 pm: |
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i dont know why i cant find this knob its kinda strange. |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 4796
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 4:31 pm: |
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Freebird,
Strange? not really, Sorry but I would guess that almost 90 to 95% of them that were made have long since been scrapped.
And the ones that do still own them are saving the parts & extra parts or selling them at a very, very high price.
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
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Yankee
Intermediate Member
Username: Yankee
Post Number: 386
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 10:56 pm: |
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I would say that most of them are in the hands of collectors and in like new condition. There is even a club of the Cobra 2000 GTL collectors, I just did a websearch and got nothing. I do know where there is a real nice one, looks the same as the day it came out of the box, this unit was well cared for and the mod doesn't show. has one speaker. |
Mdiver
Intermediate Member
Username: Mdiver
Post Number: 212
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 11:22 am: |
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Darnit out west here there is alot of people selling those radios the last one I heard about sold for $100.00---just the external speakers are going for alot.
Steve Northern California |
That ELCO Guy (Unregistered Guest)
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| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 1:48 pm: |
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Re Bird guy...
Most knobs on radios fall into one of a handful of categories. Some are half moon based. Some are split based with little catch grooves.
IF IF IF you cannot locate the originals try to find a set from another kind of radio that has enough knobs to complete a set and which fit on your radio. Just switch out a partial original set (sell them to those who need one knob) for a complete set that fits.
I remember seeing the cobra radio in the radio misc section that has gold knobs. Perhaps these will work. OR you could just get a set of the standerd silver knobs from another radio. Spray paint them with that gold chrome paint, followed by a light spraying of clear cover paint (perhaps satin for that antique look) and use these modified knobs to give the rig that look of class.
Later
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Freebird
Intermediate Member
Username: Freebird
Post Number: 193
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 3:59 pm: |
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100 is cheap for a cobra 2000 just look on the internet auction sites they sell for 200 and up.i got this on for 200 had the channel mods done i did the clarifier but it was missing a knob and some other things so now im trying to put it all toghter. |
Ashtray
Junior Member
Username: Ashtray
Post Number: 24
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 5:59 pm: |
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A stock 2000 GTL in almost mint condition just sold on a internet auction site yesterday for almost $600.00
ridiculous. |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 4810
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 6:08 pm: |
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Ashtray,
A used radio is ONLY worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
And if they are Happy, then that is all that counts. 
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
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Racer X (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 6:17 pm: |
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I'd really like to get hold of a mint Cobra 2000 myself, but I don't think I'd ever spend more than what they sold for when they were being made. They really are VERY nice radios. I don't know why base radios have moved toward the rack mount style when the console style of the Cobra 2000 is so nice to use. |
Tech808
Moderator
Username: Tech808
Post Number: 4812
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 7:44 pm: |
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Racer_X,
All you have to do is use the internet to search for one or keep checking the Internet Auction Sites.
Lon
Tech808
CEF808
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Ashtray
Junior Member
Username: Ashtray
Post Number: 25
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 9:32 pm: |
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I hear ya, Racer X...I'd like to get one myself. Just to have one, ya know?
For now I'll be happy with my president madison. I'm a big fan and collector of old president radios. Once I satisfy that craving then maybe I'll move on to the cobras. |
Racer X (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 9:56 pm: |
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Madisons are great radios. They're basically the same as a Cobra 2000 - just no frequency counter.
I can't bring myself to spend money on another radio unless I get a really good deal, so I probably won't get a 2000 anytime soon. |
Freebird
Intermediate Member
Username: Freebird
Post Number: 194
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 11, 2005 - 10:19 pm: |
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i think the cobra 2000 i bought is one of the last ones made it says 1992 inside it. |
Dogfacedsoldier
Junior Member
Username: Dogfacedsoldier
Post Number: 36
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 3:14 am: |
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i wish i knew what size im lible to have some that fit laying around...
P.S. u get those tuners yet ashtry? did they fit? |
Ashtray
Junior Member
Username: Ashtray
Post Number: 26
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, February 12, 2005 - 2:23 pm: |
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Oh yeah Dogfacedsoldier...I got 'em. I posted that in the thread where I asked for them. They were exactly what I needed. Thanks for your help bringing the Dwight D one step closer.
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Dogfacedsoldier
Junior Member
Username: Dogfacedsoldier
Post Number: 37
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 3:35 am: |
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oh ok ashtray i must be going blind lol good to know they was |
