Fake or Real 499 distributor

[KNAPPY]

What do you guys think about this 499 distributor.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...A:IT&ih=010 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200238214293&ssPa geName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=010)

[wheelhop]

something doesn't look right on the date code, That middle letter is hard to read, I'm not an expert so we'll see what everybody else says.

[Rixls6]

Looks like it was turned down on a lathe and restamped, like quite a few I see on Ebay lately.

[Keith Tedford]

It wouldn't be very hard for an honest person to measure the diameter of the housing and put this dimension in the ad.....especially with a no return policy.

[m22mike]

May be a real stamping http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif. That "7" in the date code has that familiar little curve on the lower leg, looks like a "7" on a real 837 alternator. That particular font is not the same as many re stamps.
As far as the 2nd. didgit in the date code, could have been made that way ? Someone doing a restamp would have been more carfull ?
And if one was re stamping why not make it a more desireable 69 date?

Mike

[deuce-less]

pic of an authentic B dated 499 http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[KNAPPY]

Thanks for the response, it does not look right to me.
If anyone has a "real" Feb. date 499 let me know.

[dvss1]

defintly a typical ebay fake. Also stamped with the wrong date.

[Pacecarcorral]

I think the stamping is an original roll stamped part. The restamps are laser engraved and very nice.