20round

my buddy is trying to find a rear housing dated properly for his car. there are tons out there and i get confused talking to him about it. his car is a may 15 65 car i believe he told me. i understand that a housing prior to may, like a jan feb march april. but really how far back is realistic? and how close too the car build date could it be stamped? thanks guys troy

Powershift

NCRS allows 6 months prior for full judging credit. Realistically this date is about 2 weeks prior for most cars.

Larry

20round

thanks larry, so then for instance may 15th, should be a end of april stamping on the housing? he has found one housing that was 4 days before his build that had a 355 gear in it. that is the gear he is thinking about. but i thought it might be too close to his build date? thanks for the imput..troy

Powershift

The rear gears for the C2 cars didn't sit around very long. My 1967 car was built on March 28, 1967. (It just turned 50 years yesterday ) My rear gear housing is stamped March 23, 1967...............a difference of only 5 days.

And I KNOW my rear axle is original to the car.

Larry

EDIT: Corrected rear axle date.

JohnZ

You might point out to your buddy that the "numbers" on differentials aren't judged in NCRS Flight Judging - only the external configuration.

20round

thank you JOHNZ! it is good too see you back! thank you for the info. he is just making sure nothing is out of the norm for his car if he did decide to do somthing with it..thanks again troy

20round

thanks larry, happy birthday too your ride! so yours only has a 5 day span?! very cool! so this might work for him. good too know..thanks troy

20round

thanks larry, happy birthday too your ride! so yours only has a 5 day span?! very cool! so this might work for him. good too know..thanks troy

still cruzin

My 1967 car was built on March 28, 1967. (It just turned 50 years yesterday ) My rear gear housing is stamped May 23, 1967...............a difference of only 5 days.
Larry[/QUOTE]

Larry, I'm sure you meant March 23.

My 67 build date was Feb. 24 (Friday car). My housing date was Feb. 21.

Bob

Powershift

Larry, I'm sure you meant March 23.

My 67 build date was Feb. 24 (Friday car). My housing date was Feb. 21.

Bob[/QUOTE]

Bob:

Thanks for the correction. You are correct..........the rear axle build date was March 23, 1967 and not May 23, 1967. I made the correction in my earlier post above.

Larry