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Default Original Rear Found!

Just sharing my recent experience. i met a guy, who knew a guy, who knew a guy ....that had the original 4.11 rear to my 38k mile L71 Corvette! The car has never left our county since new.
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How do you know it was “your” born with rear and not from another car?
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How do you know it was “your” born with rear and not from another car?
Good question. The guy who had the rear was friends with the original owner. He acquired it when it was pulled from the car to put the 3.55 rear in. It's the original rear.
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Very nice piece, congrats in tracking it down. Sweet '67!!
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Good question. The guy who had the rear was friends with the original owner. He acquired it when it was pulled from the car to put the 3.55 rear in. It's the original rear.
Awesome! Congrats.
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Good question. The guy who had the rear was friends with the original owner. He acquired it when it was pulled from the car to put the 3.55 rear in. It's the original rear.
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Awesome!
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Very cool Skip. As Danny would say. "another piece of the puzzle"!
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Congrats also nicely done!
Is your engine/trans original too?

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