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

[moparted <moparted_70@xxxx>]

I agree 100%. I met Galen at Englishtown a few years
ago and was part of a group that he joined for dinner.
seems like a very nice person. 


--- sherwoodk@xxxx wrote:
> 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 
> 
> 


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