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Given its origins, much of that size might be engines. The original versions were noted to be custom-built and not even include cargo space, so maybe class-4 engines on a 50T ship then (as many pilots still do) removing the shields and downgrading (or just part-filling) the fuel-tank. 

The 32nd-century version (original Elite) had one laser, no hyperspace (so no FSD) and was half the size of a cobra in at least two dimensions. Oddly, [http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Mamba_(Classic) Alioth.net] suggests that it had 10T of cargo space, but that might just be room left over from ripping out anything not essential to life-support or propulsion.