COPO BE rear on craigslist - Page 4

**SuperNovaSS** · #31 01-22-2015, 03:09 AM

Doesn't look like acid to me. It looks like someone peened over the old letter , then stamped both E's.

Jason

**PeteLeathersac** · #32 01-22-2015, 03:32 AM

Look closer as the letters appear altered but not restamped w/ a hit.
It'd probably be more obvious to eyeballs and touch than a picture but what's left of the original stampings appear whiter/thinner and the areas added more brownish and fatter also more work's been done on parts of the original stampings to blend in, especially the B.
I see at least 3 obvious acid craters in the upper part of the B also a bunch on both E's, especially towards the tips of the horizontal legs...how could restamping cause this?
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~ Pete

**ANDY M** · #33 01-22-2015, 10:29 PM

This looks nothing like the stamp on my axle. The BE looks suspect, and too far from the numbers. I'll look for a picture of mine.
Andy

69LM1 · #34 01-23-2015, 12:09 AM

Looks like a BL rear to me as well....

Rich

camaromb · #35 01-23-2015, 06:53 PM

I hope the pictures after wire brushing are posted by the owner, the stamps are better to see. It is certainly odd that the E is not in the normal place and the stamp appears out of the norm also. If someone was faking a BE why would they not get BE money for it? This 12 bolt was under a 6 cyl Camaro purchased for $ 3k last week, and it had the correctly dated BE posi unit. Those are not easy to find.

It reminds me of the RS Copo Camaro on Ebay a few years ago, tired old ex race car the woman owned in Florida. That car had a BE and an original curved neck in it, frost green with deluxe interior. It was bashed as being a made up car. The current owner of this Ebay car has paperwork from the original owner showing it was a Copo car. Never say never.

**scuncio** · #36 01-23-2015, 07:14 PM

Interesting to learn the rest of the story. I agree that some aircraft stripper and a very mild nylon brush would really help see the stamping.

**cdn454LS6** · #37 01-23-2015, 07:18 PM

Why are there hit/dimple marks all round the E everywhere else is smooth?

mbxlesney · #38 01-23-2015, 11:50 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Stefano</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Same 12 bolt housing. </div></div>

Thanks Stefano and Peter for the replies. One could never stop learning about these cars...especially COPOs. Pete I did remember a article on a 12 bolt with tapered axle tubes and maybe it was about the JL8 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

**61 vert** · #39 01-24-2015, 12:44 PM

The hammer marks would suggest to me that it was mistamped when manufactured originally . Assembly line guy hit it with the wrong stamp flipped his hammer over, peened it back smooth or reasonably close and restamped it with the E.You guys seem to forget that these were all done by hand and mistakes were made.Someone needs to snap it up for their next COPO restoration project.

**61 vert** · #40 01-24-2015, 04:33 PM

I have been corrected. It appears that if a part was mistamped at the factory, a special stamp was stamped over the mistake and then the correct stamp placed elsewhere. Learn something every day.