Re: [Chrysler300] VIN De-coder,1960 Chrysler 1960.1965.

[sherwoodk@xxxx]

Ron/lists: 

Why shouldn't Galen Govier (GG) sell his knowledge instead of sharing. He has 
uncovered a great deal of info that couldn't be found anywhere. It is his 
livelihood!

As for personal experience with Galen -- I will relate this personal story. I 
had a 71 Dodge Hemi Charger that I had saved from an insurance salvage yard 
in 1979. Totally stripped and one of 32 426 automatics. I had to sell the 
hulk in 1993. It was then totally restored. Then it ended up in a bankruptcy 
court in 2000. I bought my car back although stripped again. I received a 
call from Galen who informed me he had found my original numbers matching 
Torqueflite in Michigan. The trans hadn't been touched since pulled out of 
the car in 1974 when it was traded for a 4speed trans. Galen gave me the 
phone number of the man who had it (he had kept it in his data bank with my 
cars serial number) and matched the number to a letter he had received 8 
years ago from the man who had the trans. Now with an NOS warranty block I 
have a matching number car with warranty block instead of an original car 
with matching nothing. His price for all this -- nothing at all. It's just a 
service he provides. 

The man is entitled to make a living on the information he has developed, 
stored and printed. Galen has such knowledge that he is hired as an expert 
witness in fraud cases around the country (There are people who make 
something that wasn't). That's his expertise. Is it any different than my 
experience in construction that allows me to be an expert witness in court 
and be paid, as well. Yet, I, too, have been an expert on earlier Chrysler 
products -- especially early 30s Chrysler Imperials. I get paid for that, 
too. I chose to do things a little differently -- I gave 13 years being 
president and editor of the WPC News. Galen does his with his publications. I 
make a livelihood from construction. Galen makes it from his particular 
knowledge...

To all, A Happy Thanksgiving

Sherwood Kahlenberg