Is this 499 dist. real or fake?
 

[image]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/DSC03392.jpg[/image]

Re: Is this 499 dist. real or fake?
 

Looks good to me. But I have been fooled before. If you can find out if the date is valid or not is the key.

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Looks real but the roll stamp set up looks like it was adjusted deep here.

Jerry

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The "5" stamp looks to be tipped to the right quite a bit. I'm no expert though. Does look pretty deep compared to mine.
The location is some what different too. The parting line on the shaft of the casting doesn't look like mine either. Could be different moulds though. GM had more than one machine making most parts.

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no need to worry about it...i'll be happy to purchase your 499 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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I purchased this from EBAY from a well known corvette guy, looks very good to me but you never know, would not think twice if I picked this up at a swap meet for $20 like I did with my 480 dist. ...here are a few more shots.
[image]http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/DSC03460.jpg http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/DSC03449.jpg http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/DSC03456.jpg http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...9/DSC03468.jpg [/image]

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Another sample for comparison -

http://i317.photobucket.com/albums/m...6/IMG_0596.jpg

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funny , i was just coming here to ask if ANOTHER was real .

area of housing that gets stamped 80% machine turned 20 cast finish?

I'm not expert but didn't look right to me !

seller on ebay claims that "some" came this way.

I just want to know for future referance

(someone hit " buy it now " for $750)

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I cannot add this line to my previous post - so here it is.

a pic of the housing/stamping in question is attached to my previous post for viewing/reference to be able to answer.

thx

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i saw that one on e-bay...
it looked a bit strange to me https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif