1969 427 camaro copo????? - Page 4

ronnieredline · #31 01-31-2011, 05:07 AM

im trying like crazy but i cant find but one of the muncie with the numbers on it, but it says 4 dowloads?

ronnieredline · #32 01-31-2011, 05:21 AM

i know everyone is going to ask "what are the hammer marks next to the "BE" well i dont have an naswer for it, its the way its been since i discovered it about 20 yrs ago, its to far away to try to erase the first code or what? nobody knew what a code was back then? why mess with it? i have looked at the hammer marks and under a high powered magnifying glass there is nothing there, looks like a vice jaw or something??? anyone with any suggestions besides a re-stamp??? a re-stamp is not the answer, it hasnt been messed with since i bought it over 25 yrs ago, could this be a factory mess up? god as my witness i dont know why they did this?

ronnieredline · #33 01-31-2011, 05:31 AM

here are some more pic's, i have to clean these cars up they have mildew on them and i got to clean them soon, but they dont smell and it wipes right off. i got to do it this spring. or sooner

ronnieredline · #34 01-31-2011, 05:32 AM

here are some more pics

ronnieredline · #35 01-31-2011, 05:41 AM

wow only 5 away fgrom my body number? i had a different guy tell me the same thing in an email that alot of copo's were done at this time and mine was right in the middle of the nest of them is what he told me.

**enio45** · #36 01-31-2011, 05:49 AM

Do I see a faint indication of a C about 3 spaces before the BE stamp? My 10D camaro has the C before the BU stamp on my z28. The late cars did have this as well as the 1970 rear housing casting number.

IF this was built early and waited around for installation, that will expalin the mid yr casting date and a late production stamp. Not sure if all rears installed that late got the C stamp or not.

ronnieredline · #37 01-31-2011, 05:54 AM

i think they made thousands of these copo cars, im begining to think they are as common as a rs/ss z28 or something, it seems everyone has one? glockner chevrolet is about an hour from me, and edgewater raceway is about and hour away, i took my car down there yrs ago and pulled an 11.60 flat with it, some old guy about 75 or 80 walks up and says hey you got that car now? it still looks like it did back in my day??? im like what?? yeah he says, it was here alot it raced against alot of chryslers and fords, it had a good record with the guys, but i asked who raced it? he couldnt remeber, he said the guy was a quiet type and looked alot like me?? good grief?? have i been cloned???, he said the guy had a big engine in it and it was all hot rodded up??
that must be his old school terms, but he said it looks just as it did back then hood and all, he checked it out, those were the days he said, and walked off in to a haze it seems now, i really wondered to this day what its all about???
i am baffeled by this, maybe the guy who sold it to the kid i got it off of is the guy this older gentlemen was talking about? man this is to much to figure out, i will never figure it out, the raceway doesnt keep records does it? i should call them, its worth a shot. maybe ole grumpy owned it or fred gibb hhhaaa hhaaaa i doubt it big time.

ronnieredline · #38 01-31-2011, 06:00 AM

well i can check but there alot clearer when you see them in real life and there is no "c" at all on this rear diff none, i will check the photos to see what your looking at
thank you

ronnieredline · #39 01-31-2011, 06:03 AM

i went out and checked and there is no way that there is a "c" there, it must be dirt or a hammer mark or something else in the photo, it is clear as a bell only a "BE" and thats it, could this help in research? i will show all i can, i have a better camera but i have to go get it and take some more pics.

ronnieredline · #40 01-31-2011, 06:09 AM

you see this is how its been for about the last 15 yrs any one i talk to has a different answer, im not complaining but the story just goes round and round and has for years and years, thats why im on here for all the help i can get, i appreciate all the help, but now its supposed to have a "c" there? what if human error comes into play and the guy stamping it just didnt feel like stamping it right or the person was new? or something, but yours has a CBU on it huh? hmmm well the hammer marks are to far away to hammer away the "C", its just to far away? this car is supposed to be a mistery and never solved, i guess thats the answer??? i even cjecked the whole rear diff out it does have a conv 1 on it and a bunch of numbers going 12345, 67890 or something garbeled up it makes no sense either??? this is going to be a fun one to figure out guys, and thats if we do???

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