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Which Classic has the best Records? And how do I find things out if they don’t.
camaroworld.macswebs.com/tech/gm_information_kit.htm
“After the end of a year's production, the build records have very little business value to Chevrolet and therefore were not considered to be high priority for retention. GM record retention policy required the assembly plants to retain said documents for only about six months.”
This is normally the case for all three of the big three.
So who has the best records.
Chryler Corp. (Mopar)
Stellantis Historical Archives has records for the 1967 and older Mopar
From an email from Stellantis: The build sheets (which were manufacturing tools) were never kept by Chrysler. We do have build records (which is an abbreviated build sheet) for many vehicles but the build records files after 1967 were inadvertently destroyed many years ago.
galengovier.com He can help with the decoding of an existing body tag.
GM
gm.com/heritage/archive
Our personal experience with this service has been lacking. While there may be ample records, our resident 1970 Camaro was not represented and will have to be figured out through automotive archaeology.
Ford
Pre 1967 You are going to have to be an Auto Archaeologist and do heaps of research on the web.
martiauto.com
If you are lucky enough to own a 1967 to 2020 Ford, Marti has the report available on your car. This is a meat and taters report that gives you what was ordered, the options it was ordered with, when it was produced, and even where it was to go. And that is all thanks to Louis Eminger
Louis Story:
Which Classic has the best Records? And how do I find things out if they don’t.
camaroworld.macswebs.com/tech/gm_information_kit.htm
“After the end of a year's production, the build records have very little business value to Chevrolet and therefore were not considered to be high priority for retention. GM record retention policy required the assembly plants to retain said documents for only about six months.”
This is normally the case for all three of the big three.
So who has the best records.
Chryler Corp. (Mopar)
Stellantis Historical Archives has records for the 1967 and older Mopars
From an email from Stellantis: The build sheets (which were manufacturing tools) were never kept by Chrysler. We do have build records (which is an abbreviated build sheet) for many vehicles but the build records files after 1967 were inadvertently destroyed many years ago.
galengovier.com He can help with the decoding of an existing body tag.
GM
gm.com/heritage/archive
Our personal experience with this service has been lacking. While there may be ample records, our resident 1970 Camaro was not represented and will have to be figured out through automotive archaeology.
Ford
Pre 1967 You are going to have to be an Auto Archaeologist and do heaps of research on the web.
martiauto.com
Thanks to Lois Eminger.
If you are luckjy enough to own a 1967 to 2020 Ford, Marti has the report available on your car. This is a meat and taters report that gives you what was ordered, the options it was ordered with, when it was produced, and even where it was to go. And that is all thanks to Louis Eminger
#Mustang #Cougar #Falcon #Fairlane #Torino #Comet #Montego #Maverick #cartok #Camaro #Chevelle #Challenger #Charger #cuda
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Which Classic has the best Records? And how do I find things out if they don’t.
camaroworld.macswebs.com/tech/gm_information_kit.htm
“After the end of a year's production, the build records have very little business value to Chevrolet and therefore were not considered to be high priority for retention. GM record retention policy required the assembly plants to retain said documents for only about six months.”
This is normally the case for all three of the big three.
So who has the best records.
Chryler Corp. (Mopar)
Stellantis Historical Archives has records for the 1967 and older Mopar
From an email from Stellantis: The build sheets (which were manufacturing tools) were never kept by Chrysler. We do have build records (which is an abbreviated build sheet) for many vehicles but the build records files after 1967 were inadvertently destroyed many years ago.
galengovier.com He can help with the decoding of an existing body tag.
GM
gm.com/heritage/archive
Our personal experience with this service has been lacking. While there may be ample records, our resident 1970 Camaro was not represented and will have to be figured out through automotive archaeology.
Ford
Pre 1967 You are going to have to be an Auto Archaeologist and do heaps of research on the web.
martiauto.com
If you are lucky enough to own a 1967 to 2020 Ford, Marti has the report available on your car. This is a meat and taters report that gives you what was ordered, the options it was ordered with, when it was produced, and even where it was to go. And that is all thanks to Louis Eminger
Louis Story:
Which Classic has the best Records? And how do I find things out if they don’t.
camaroworld.macswebs.com/tech/gm_information_kit.htm
“After the end of a year's production, the build records have very little business value to Chevrolet and therefore were not considered to be high priority for retention. GM record retention policy required the assembly plants to retain said documents for only about six months.”
This is normally the case for all three of the big three.
So who has the best records.
Chryler Corp. (Mopar)
Stellantis Historical Archives has records for the 1967 and older Mopars
From an email from Stellantis: The build sheets (which were manufacturing tools) were never kept by Chrysler. We do have build records (which is an abbreviated build sheet) for many vehicles but the build records files after 1967 were inadvertently destroyed many years ago.
galengovier.com He can help with the decoding of an existing body tag.
GM
gm.com/heritage/archive
Our personal experience with this service has been lacking. While there may be ample records, our resident 1970 Camaro was not represented and will have to be figured out through automotive archaeology.
Ford
Pre 1967 You are going to have to be an Auto Archaeologist and do heaps of research on the web.
martiauto.com
Thanks to Lois Eminger.
If you are luckjy enough to own a 1967 to 2020 Ford, Marti has the report available on your car. This is a meat and taters report that gives you what was ordered, the options it was ordered with, when it was produced, and even where it was to go. And that is all thanks to Louis Eminger
#Mustang #Cougar #Falcon #Fairlane #Torino #Comet #Montego #Maverick #cartok #Camaro #Chevelle #Challenger #Charger #cuda
Episode 680 Autorestomod
Sponsors:
npdlink.com
Insta: @npd_nationalpartsdepot
eatondetroitspring.com
Insta: eatondetroitspring
Facebook: facebook.com/eatondetroitspring
rrsusa.com
Insta: @rrs.usa
Facebook RRS USA
