possible copo

[Jeff H]

I doubt it's the original rear as well. 2 weeks is a long time frame for a car to have been started and then sit around waiting for a component like a BE rear. I would think they would stick a regular 4.10 rear in a car to keep the line moving then pull something aside like that. Chris, what are the dates on the other components inside the rear? Are there any signs that the rear could have been removed at some point in it's life or are the u-bolts so rusted that it looks like it's been there forever? Kurt, does CRG have any cars on record that have documentation like the p-o-p with a rear that was stamped incorrectly? I'm wondering what the chances would be that it's an 0510 rear that was stamped 0610? I just think it's a curious situation and the car sure seems to be a COPO but the rear really throws an odd curve. I still think it would be an amazing coincidence that someone would end up swapping one BE rear for another BE rear especially if most people didn't even know the significance of those rears way back when. This is the kind of stuff that helps us all learn more so I hope I'm not wasting anyone's time with my comments! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[CJP_69]

Jeff H,
I haven't pulled the cover yet to check the rear internals.
The car has rusted J bolt traction bars. Axle tubes have extra welding to center section and leafspring buckets are tack welded to body. A BE swap with that close of a date is absolutely possible but how probable. In the Dealer Order Procedures thread, T Billigen states he has a February dated Yenko with a March rearend. Is that rear original? Maybe he can reply.

Kurt S,
Do you have data on any 05E COPO with body number or vin before or after this car with known rear end dates?
Thanks-Chris

[T Billigen]

I will check on the correct date on my rear sometime this week. My car is a 2-D and I think my rear is a March the third?

[JoeC]

Does it have the original front fenders? If so see if there are any numbers hand written inside the forward lower panels.

[CJP_69]

T Billigen,
Thanks for your input.

Joe C,
I already checked. Layer of surface rust. Nothing observable. Thanks anyway-Chris

[shor]

CJP, Does your BE stamp look like this? Do you have a picture?

[Kurt S]

All 05E cars have May axles, COPO and non-COPO.
Later 02D cars can have early March axles. Not relavent to the 05E cars.

And the cast date of E26/8 9 means the June code is correct. Cast about the same time the car was built. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Several COPO's in RI. I still like the swapped with another racer theory. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[COPO_Anders]

Kurt, you didnÄt reply on the mail I sent you about my car.
VIN is N661631 and it`s built in 06A.
The BE-rearend is cast in F 4 9 and itÄs stamped BE0619G1.
I learn new things every day !

Anders

[elcamino]

The letters are not consistant, which makes me wonder if the BE was stamped at a different time than the other.

Everyone seems to put so much emphasis on the dates always being correct. Also they way these cars were driven, it would not be unusual to find the engines, trans and axle to be changed. I had a friend who parents bought him a new 1967 Camaro 327 with manual trans on floor, 3sp or 4sp, can't recall. He beat the living hell out of car. We were always racing it. He wore the rear tires out in several months. I don't recall thought that he ever broke anything but he raced anything and everything.

Just my 2cents........

[CJP_69]

Shor,
The characters are just like that with the date being 06 11 G2. A buddy of mine will try to upload a copy of a few digital photos he took before his battery died. You can just make out the BE and the date with the E underneath for Eaton posi.

Kurt S,
What are the dates and numbers that you have for these 05E Copos. I'm not interested in the whole sequence of the vin or body number as I respect peoples' privacy if they don't want them published, but what do you have? I will find this enlightening so maybe this can be put to rest.

Does anyone have any info on Bob Johnson from Scuncio Chevrolet. I am doing my own research to track down a Scuncio to see if any records still exist as this was the closest hi-po dealership. During the 1980's one of the Scuncios lived in my old neighborhood while the dealership was still open, but I know when the dealership folded, he moved elsewhere.

ANY INFO IF THERE WAS DATE CODING ON HARRISON TANKS?

Someone must have info on this. Brian from the Supercar Workshop?

Thanks-Chris