Reference to GM archives, Is it True?

[Benny]

I don't think GM is going to make a decision to publish the information based on the amount of lawsuits that would be launched. It's not like they would be dragged into court over a fraud case. All they would do is supply factory information.

Any court cases would be for fraud and misrepresentation. These cases occur everyday between small cheesy car dealerships and individuals who bought these cars e.g.(speedometer tampering, hidden collision damage, etc.). You don't see GM, Ford and Chrysler being dragged into the courts over those do you?

Let's not forget, Jim already does this for Pontiac and GM of Canada does it. If lawsuits would be a reason for not doing it, Jim and GM Canada would have stopped giving out the information a long time ago.

I'm no left wing democrat, but a business that is so interwoven in our culture has a corporate responsibility - If you can prevent fraud and crime from occurring and make a few million doing it, why wouldn't you?

Here's a question to put to you guy's - How much would you pay to document your car(s)? I don't have a high dollar car (z/28) but I would pay $1,000 per vehicle no problem!

If the records exist, they probably will NOT be of much value to people that have buildsheets and verifiable docs already. I would suspect if they exist at all, they might include RPO info and a VIN (sort of like GM of Canada docs) but probably will not have the engine dates included. This means the guys selling fake "models"..COPO's, L78's, LS6's will up the proverbial creek, but not the guys with factory docs already. That is why in my opinion you would be crazy to spend big money on cars with nothing more than a POP right now. I know it takes time to get the info together and out, but I keep wondering whether it is a "pipe dream," that the info will be released at all...I'm curious as to why some of the big NCRS guys were never allowed access to it earlier..they after all are the ones' mainly responsible for the level of restoration going on today, and the interest in collectible GM cars as investments.