possble copo??

[RUQUIK]

Got a customer that swears he has a copo car, no motor or trans. 02A built car, x11, 6912437NOR252921 on tag vin 9n593??? Yes, no, maybe?

[al8apex]

the rear axle code will tell if it is original COPO or not

bb heater core?

tire size sticker?

[William]

A BE axle means nothing. I have had several and decent fakes have been made out of BL axles.

There are no known COPOs near that VIN. The first grouping of Yenkos were N578xxx-N579xxx. The next batch [a few Yenkos, Bergers, Emmert] were N608xxx-N610xxx.

There are several very well-done COPO clones out there. A real one needs bullet-proof paperwork to be accepted as such.

[RUQUIK]

Thanks for the help, the car is a total basket case and the rear end is gone.

[SuperNovaSS]

BE rear means nothing? Wow.


Jason

[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SuperNovaSS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">BE rear means nothing? Wow.


Jason </div></div>

It means somthing if it's never been screwed with... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

[William]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SuperNovaSS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">BE rear means nothing? Wow.


Jason </div></div>

The presence of a BE axle is hardly a foolproof indication of a COPO. Neither is a curved-neck radiator.

[Fast67VelleN2O]

I would think that a BE axle that is untouched and looks to be original in a project car or survivor to be a good tell tale sign.

[William]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fast67VelleN2O</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I would think that a BE axle that is untouched and looks to be original in a project car or survivor to be a good tell tale sign. </div></div>

I looked at a BE under those circumstances some time ago; an untouched axle in a project car. It was in a '67 Camaro and had been there for decades.

Both of the loose BE axles I had ended up in COPOs because neither had the original. One is in a Yenko; the other is in ZL-1 #40. I sold it to Lewis Swan when he owned the car in the '80s. I took the axle out of an Olympic Gold Yenko in a junkyard in 1981.

Many COPOs have been destroyed; some existing COPOs do not have their OE rear axle. The axles are out there somewhere.

[markjohnson]

Yeah, BE codes and curved-necked radiators don't mean anything special at all and should not influence a person's purchase decisions!