Unable to verify computers eligibility with Apple to install OS X

Hello,
I am using a Mac Book Pro 13inch aluminum Uni-body design. I can not give the specific model as the writing on the bottom is worn off. Basically it is the body style before they got rid of the CD Drive. I am not sure on how to get any further system information without an OS. The last operating system I had was Lion.
My hard drive failed a few weeks ago and I have bought and installed a new drive and reformatted it in ________. I can not get the install to work though from there I have tried several methods which list below and none seam to work.
1. Installing from an internet recovery:
I can get the internet recovery to load however when trying install I either get:
Could not find installation infomation for this machine.
An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again.
2. Installing from an other computer booted in 'T' mode.
     The other computer had Mavericks which could have been a problem but the computer I am trying to reload is new enough that it is eligible for the free Mavericks upgrade anyway.
3. Installing from the old drive put into an external case using the option method when booting.
     The recovery system boots but when trying to reinstall OS X the boot process just spins and spins while trying to verify computers eligibility with Apple. I left it over night and still it did not get past this screan.
4. Installing from a bootable USB
     I keep getting the error "This copy of the install OS X mavericks can't be verified."
Any suggestions?

Did you install Lion yourself or did the MacBook Pro come with Lion?  If it is a model that came with Snow Leopard, do you still have the install disk that came with the machine?  If you do, restart holding the C key so you boot the install disk and use that to format and install SL.  Then you can upgrade to Mavericks.
If you do not have the install disk, and can boot the old drive in an external case, boot the old drive, download a copy of Carbon Copy Cloner, and clone the old drive to the new internal drive.  That wll allow you to clone all content and the recovery hard drive partition and make the new drive bootable.

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