BE REAR END WHEN DID THEY START PRODUCTION?

9SECONDYENKO · #1 01-12-2007, 01:23 AM

A Freind of mine bought a rear end last night out of a camaro and the code on the rear has a BE stamped on the tube and it looks like the build date is c-18-8 which should be a march 18th 68 is this too early?

**William** · #2 01-12-2007, 03:44 AM

Waaaaaaay too early.

69L72RS · #3 01-12-2007, 05:25 AM

Ray,
If the casting date is March 18th of 68, it is too early.
Post a picture of the axle stamp, cast date, and or the R&P and posi unit.
Eric

9SECONDYENKO · #4 01-12-2007, 06:08 AM

Will do I will try to look at the rear end this week end.I was just checking.I Thought that was way too eary.

**ANDY M** · #5 01-12-2007, 07:18 PM

BE rears do not use a letter date. If it was a March build it would be stamped "0318", followed by the shift it was built on, 1, 2, or 3, and a letter "G" for the Flint plant.
So for March 18, 1969, 2nd shift, it would have to be stamped "BE 03182 G".

The BE was a '69 only code. Post a pic!

69L72RS · #6 01-12-2007, 08:09 PM

It is actually plant followed by shift.

ie: "BE 0519G2"

**ANDY M** · #7 01-13-2007, 10:12 PM

Right you are, Eric. My bad.

Jeff H · #8 01-14-2007, 10:10 PM

Are you sure it's C-18-8 and not C-18-9? The casting #'s can get pretty ugly and tough to read.

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