Need Help Identifying '71-'76 Full-Size GM Posi Carrier (Photos)

Discussion in 'Got gears?' started by limited_driver, May 30, 2016.

  1. limited_driver

    limited_driver Well-Known Member

    Guys, can anyone identify this posi carrier? Excuse the poor photos: it's on a shelf overhead in a retired mechanic's garage, who brought it home from work in 1973 (if he is recalling correctly). This was installed in a full-size GM car that was new at the time: the lady owner wanted the limited slip removed and it was replaced with an open carrier. He brought the barely-used posi-guts home from work. Again, I'm unsure if this story is exactly correct or true. It is in a GM box with markings too faded out to read.

    After hearing it was out of a full-size car, I was going to buy it for my 1971 Riviera with open rear axle and 2.93 gears, but have since found thanks to monzaz's wonderful and informative posts that not all full-size GM axles were the same during this time. I have read my axle is a Oldsmobile-designed 9 3/8" 12-bolt unit. The photos I've seen posted of what these carriers should look like (including in this very thread), look different from this posi that is available locally.

    Can any one confirm what it is? I also own a '75 Pontiac Grand Ville Brougham 4-door hardtop with a 455, which I believe has the Pontiac 8.875 10 bolt cover, 12-bolt guts rear axle. Maybe it would work for that? If it's just an 8.5 Chevrolet carrier, I think I'll pass.

    Thanks guys!

    -Josh Noiles
    Nova Scotia, Canada


    [​IMG]Untitled by Josh Noiles, on Flickr

    [​IMG]Untitled by Josh Noiles, on Flickr

    [​IMG]Untitled by Josh Noiles, on Flickr

    [​IMG]Untitled by Josh Noiles, on Flickr

    [​IMG]Untitled by Josh Noiles, on Flickr
     

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