COPO BE rear on craigslist

[m22mike]

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] well that's interesting

[L89DRMR]

An obvious altered &quot;E&quot;. The &quot;E&quot; is in a large depression caused by grinding. Interesting that the large crater is precisely where the &quot;E&quot; was re-stamped. It appears to me that the person added similar but smaller craters in the stamping area in an attempt to deceive by making it seem as though the craters are typical.

Dave

[luzl78]

That certainly looks like a former F.

[Fast67VelleN2O]

[m22mike]

The other fishy thing is the placement of the eaton posi single &quot;E&quot; under the main stamp, I have never seen one that far from apporximate center

Mike

[mbxlesney]

Doesnt the BE rearend have straight axle tubes from the carrier to the axle flange whereas the BV and other lesser 12 bolts have a taper in the last 1/2 inch or so at the rear side of the flange where the backing plate bolts are. I always thought BE 12 bolts had the larger Full Sized (Impala) etc outboard axle bearings and larger carrier bearings also? I know there was no pic of this area but can someone tell a BE by external appearances besides the stamping. Ive read the gears are heat treated also. Can anyone shed any light on this? Just curious Thanks

[Stefano]

Same 12 bolt housing.

[Steve Shauger]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The other fishy thing is the placement of the eaton posi single &quot;E&quot; under the main stamp, I have never seen one that far from apporximate center

Mike </div></div>

Mike I agree with you. I'm betting it started life as a BL 307 non posi and the E (Eaton ) was added as well.

[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The other fishy thing is the placement of the eaton posi single &quot;E&quot; under the main stamp, I have never seen one that far from apporximate center

Mike </div></div>

After looking at my pictures again, I found this one with the &quot;E&quot; a bit to the left, so I guess that may not be that big of a deal. And after seeing another , and better photo of the BE in question here I am not ready to throw it under the bus, and it is a good date, along with what Mark B added about the guts.
Some good points have been made here about the the hand done aspect of these stamps, when we find a rare housing like this we all like to see that perfect stamp, except it does not exist.
How many BE's have been not hit square and all the skeptics see a BL ?
Would be interesting to see any BL's with this date, except who takes pictures of a BL [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]
Keep an open mind, these cars were crap sometimes.



Another 0519

[camaromb]

Mike,
Thanks for posting the BE pics, the first 519BE you showed has the same fat ends on the E of the BE as the one in question. Most of the stamps have a more crisp straight line. I don't know myself on this BE but who would fake a BE with a real dated Copo posi unit and sell it cheap, that makes no sense. Here is a picture of the cast date of the BE in this discussion.