COPO BE rear on craigslist

[Kurt S]

By popular demand....

[m22mike]

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] well that's interesting

[L89DRMR]

An obvious altered &quot;E&quot;. The &quot;E&quot; is in a large depression caused by grinding. Interesting that the large crater is precisely where the &quot;E&quot; was re-stamped. It appears to me that the person added similar but smaller craters in the stamping area in an attempt to deceive by making it seem as though the craters are typical.

Dave

[luzl78]

That certainly looks like a former F.

[Fast67VelleN2O]

[m22mike]

The other fishy thing is the placement of the eaton posi single &quot;E&quot; under the main stamp, I have never seen one that far from apporximate center

Mike

[mbxlesney]

Doesnt the BE rearend have straight axle tubes from the carrier to the axle flange whereas the BV and other lesser 12 bolts have a taper in the last 1/2 inch or so at the rear side of the flange where the backing plate bolts are. I always thought BE 12 bolts had the larger Full Sized (Impala) etc outboard axle bearings and larger carrier bearings also? I know there was no pic of this area but can someone tell a BE by external appearances besides the stamping. Ive read the gears are heat treated also. Can anyone shed any light on this? Just curious Thanks

[Stefano]

Same 12 bolt housing.

[mbxlesney]

<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]

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.