COPO BE rear on craigslist

[the427king]

My first impression was that someone ball peened in the original letter and stamped an E in the craters.[I was the first person to get a photo of the rear which is posted here] After seeing close ups of this wo paint,that isnt the case at all. I have a April BE with similar divits that really arent that deep and in the same location.Some of the letter E is in a smooth area of the tube. Add to the assumption that someone would find an original 519 dated rear which is a known copo date[and that they would know that] ,stamp an E in it[that is assuming they could find a 519 dated non BE copo rear]. Put the rear in a 3000.00 nova and sell it. And for good measure,find a 3500.00 posi unit dated correctly for the rear[and similar to the match of other 519 known copo housing combinations ] and then give it away in a 71 nova .While this is a 427 enthusiast site Id bet only a handful here would even know the difference on the posi units from standard units, let alone someone out there forging a rear . Highly unlikely. The eaton posi E stamp is irrelevant as far as location,I have seen rears with it stamped on the opposite tube,or 6 inches away from where it normally is. If this was a 373 posi,there wouldnt be any question whatsoever. I have seen pics of this rear that dont look anything like the first pic posted of it. Same enlarged rounded ends on all long tails of the Es While someone would be "pouring acid on it in thier laboratory" to use in it thier nova ,they could have unbolted the posi unit and swapped it out and sold the posi unit for more than the BE rear,posi unit , and the car combined. .....I stand corrected.

[camaromb]

My point exactly, no one goes to that much trouble to give away $$$. The seller had no idea it had the correct posi unit until I talked to him, almost impossible to find with the correct date.

[the427king]

If you look at this picture a member posted earlier in the thread,it also has the same"scoop" marks on it that arent hammer marks ,and oddly the large one on top looks very similar to the impressions the exhaust system makes when hitting the axle tube. I have seen rears with the letter removed completely from interference with the exhaust system over axle pipe over time sometimes due to an exhaust hanger/suspension issue.

[DW31S]

So WHO bought it?