How To Read Your GM Protecto Plate

In this article I will talk about your protecto plate, this is one of those important identifying tags on your GM car from the 1960's, if your buying classic cars and restoring them to factory condition you need to know this plate.

The protecto plate came with the owner protection plan, this was in a pouch that came with the camaro when you bought it, it explained the protection plan that GM offered with the camaro that you bought the protecto plate should have the vin code so you can match it with the car.

The protecto plate should also match up with the RPO code on the machined pad on the passenger side of the car in front of the motor head, it should also tell you interior color that the car came with, paint color codes, and brand of carburetor.

The protecto plate holds a world of information that can help you know if the car you want to buy is what the seller says it is, unfortunately a lot of these plates have been lost, or misplaced over the years, I'm going to go in to farther detail on the protecto plate now.

If you don't have a protecto plate you can still decode car, but it does make the job much harder to do, you'll find information on the rear axle such as what gears the car came with, and between the protecto plate, and the rear end tag you'll know if the gears in the rear axle are correct.

The protecto plate will tell you about the accessories that the car came with, like radios, clocks, and etc , it will tell you if the car had air, power steering, and what transmission the car cam with, it's important to know this tag inside and out.

The protecto plate will also tell you the year and month the the car was built if there's any confusion about that, it's one of those things that can help you make 100% sure that your buying that car that you want to buy.

The key here is that you can't ever know to much about the car that your buying, if the owner has records from the last owner make sure that you look at those also, the owner may have records for when the car was first purchased, and that car really help.

Know the numbers on the car, it's easy for somebody to tell you that the car your looking at is a Yenko camaro, a Motion camaro, or one of the other special camaro's, it's up to you to know what your looking at, it's up to you to know that car.

You know if you read my blog, or any of my other sites that my biggest pet peeve is people who clone muscle cars, and then try to sell them representing them as something that their not, I hear these things all the time, lean, know, and protect yourself.

If you do the things that I ask, you'll find the exact car that you want, and you'll know for certain that it is that car, this will make the entire car buying experience a good one for you, and the people selling the car, so go forth, buy a classic car, and have fun.

President Obama - Death to the Muscle Car

f you love these cars that same way that I do, it's time to begin paying attention to what this idiot is doing




President Obama - Death to the Muscle Car
As if he hasn't already done enough to the automotive industry, Obama now want's to set new fuel economy standards, this could end up being the final nail in the coffin of the American muscle car, and institution that has lasted since the 1960's.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/1775904/president_obama_death_to_the_muscle.html

Gus Pualos Takes Delivery Of The First 2010 SS Camaro In Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, 5-13-2009

Gus Paulos Chevrolet has taken delivery of the very first 2010 SS camaro in Utah, stop in to see the car an mention our buy American promotion to Clay Lyon to get e great deal on a brand new Chevrolet.

The 2010 camaro is a work of art, and must be seen to be appreciated, David C. Atkin of Atkin Internet Enterprises says that the 2010 camaro is an amazing combination of new technology, with the camaro of yesteryear, it sports a sleek look the takes you back to the 1969 Camaro.

Atkin Internet Enterprises is using it's web presence to help promote Gus Paulos Chevrolet, and the restoration of the American way of life, our alliance has allowed us a special relationship with Gus Paulos Chevrolet, a relationship that we hope will help build the confidence of the public.

Atkin Internet Enterprises is dedicated to helping bring back the Buy American attitude that our country used to have, we need to think of our country, and the business that it supports, it's time to think American in everything you do.

President David C. Atkin, president of Atkin Internet Enterprises says that Chevrolet, and the big three have done a lot for our country over the years, and now it's our turn to help them, and at the same time help save our country, you can read more about this promotion at http://autorevival.com/?p=874 .

David C. Atkin is an expert article author on http://ezinearticles.com for the fields of automotive restoration, and politics, David has been writing articles on these subjects for the past three years, and is always adding to his repertoire of articles about these subjects.

David has also done interviews about the use of E85 as an alternate fuel for classic American cars, in the January 2008 issue of Muscle Car Enthusiast magazine, David is always striving to make old cars more popular, as they are an important part of our countries automotive history.

Http://autorevival.com is also putting forth an effort to see that the big three get the help that they need, all sites owned by Atkin Internet Enterprises will support the big three in their efforts to rebuild their businesses, and to help them thrive.

For additional information about http://autorevival.com please contact David C. Atkin, or visit http://autorevival.com , if you'd like a copy of this press release you may visit our forum located at http://69isfine.com/forum and look in the press release area, or email webmaster@autorevival.com and put Gus Paulos Chevrolet in the subject.

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Gus Paulos Chevrolet, And Atkin Internet Enterprises Announce The Buy Ameircan Promotion

To get the deal above all you have to do is right click the image above, and click save as, and then print out a copy of the image above and present it to Clay Lyon ay Gus Paulos Chevrolet.

Through our site only you can get a great deal on a brand new Chevrolet, just think a new car rather then another used one, you'll always remember the first new car you bought, and this time you can help your country by buying and American car rather then an import.

American builds great cars, and it's time that we all take the to heart, our web site is the only place on the net that you can get this deal is our web site contact Dave and ask about the buy American promotion with Atkin Internet Enterprises and Gus Paulos Chevrolet today!!!

Or contact Clay Lyon at Gus Paulos Chevrolet, and tell him that you seen this promotion on Auto Shop Alliance, are you ready for your 2010 camaro, this is you opportunity to get just the camaro you want at a great price, it's time to think American and help your country survive the hard times.

The new GM total confidence plan offers you peace of mind that your new truck or car will never lose it's trade in value, and if you get laid off of work Chevrolet will make your payments for up to nine months at $500.00 per month, what more can you ask for.

General Motors will warrant powertrains on 2008 and newer: Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, GMC and Saturn passenger cars, light duty trucks or vans for fully backed, 5 years or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first**. This warranty will have no deductible, starting from the original in-service date of the vehicle, for warrantable repairs which are required as a result of defects due to material and/or workmanship to the Powertrain components.

The Payment Protection Program is provided by cynoSure Financial, Inc.
Purchase or lease any eligible new 2008, 2009 or 2010 Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, GMC or Saturn vehicle from a participating GM dealer in the United States from May 1, 2009 through June 1, 2009. Saab, Hummer and Cadillac vehicles, medium duty and heavy duty trucks are excluded.

You have to be employed for at least 30 hours per week for 90 days after you buy or lease the vehicle and for 12 consecutive weeks prior to your first day of unemployment.

Then, if you lose your job due to economic conditions during the next 21 months you are eligible for benefits. If you lose your job for other reasons, you may not be covered.

You are not eligible if you are an active GM employee, a seasonal worker, are self-employed, retired or receiving a severance.

If you want to read all of the detailed terms and conditions of this program, simply click on the link on this page, which leads to a sample set of terms and conditions for the program.*

The Vehicle Value Protection Program is provided by ServicePlan, Inc.
Purchase any eligible new 2008, 2009 or 2010 Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, GMC or Saturn vehicle from a participating GM dealer in the United States through June 1, 2009. Saab, Hummer and Cadillac vehicles, medium duty and heavy duty trucks are excluded.

Note: Effective May 1, 2009 Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac, GMC or Saturn vehicles are eligible for GM Total Confidence.
Vehicle Value Protection does not apply to leases or balloon payment financing.

Then, make your loan payments for at least half of the original term. After that, if you want to buy another GM vehicle, just compare your principal loan balance (not including interest or any refunds on other products/services that were part of your vehicle loan) to the NADA clean retail price for your vehicle. If you owe more than the vehicle is worth, Vehicle Value Protection will help make up the difference.

If you trade your vehicle in to the dealer and pay off the loan, you can recover the difference up to $5,000. If you sell your vehicle in a private sale and pay off the loan, you can recover the difference up to $2,500.

If your original vehicle loan was for more than 110% of the vehicle MSRP, Vehicle Value Protection won't cover the excess.
Maximum Finance Term: Up to 72 months.

If you want to read all of the detailed terms and conditions of this program, simply click on the link on this page, which leads to a sample set of terms and conditions for the program.*

How To Decide What Car To Restore

This is kind of a tricky question, but it's a question that I get all of the time, there is no definite answer to it, you need to ask yourself a few questions to begin with, the first question that you need to ask yourself, is what am I going to do with the car.

Make your yourself a list of the things that you plan to do with the car, put the list in order of priority, in other words put the things that are most important at the top of the list, and as you complete each one mark it off so you know where your at.

Next you need to look at the cars that you think that you'd like to restore, and do the same thing here, put make a list and put your favorite one at the top, and work in order of importance to you, which car do you like the best.

Then if this is your first restoration you should look at the difficulty level of the particular car that you choose, take your list of favorites and figure out which ones that you can get that are in decent shape, you should start with one that is not a rust pit.

After you have determined witch one is in the best condition, you'll need to look at the parts situation, how easy is it to get the parts, parts are one of those things that can take a long time to find, if you have a lot of patience then it OK to take a lot of time looking for parts.

If your restoring a muscle car I will give a few ideas on the easiest ones to get parts for here, first you'd want to look at how many were made, in which case you'd look at the Ford mustang, they built more mustangs than any other muscle car ever built.

Obviously the more they build, the easier it's going to be to get parts for them, if your a fan of the mustang it may be a good idea to build one of them, you'll enjoy the restoration process, and you'll be able to find most of the parts that you'll need.

Don't get me wrong here, it can still be hard to find some of the parts that you'll need to restore a mustang, this all depends on which mustang you choose to restore, there are a lot of different mustangs, and some parts can be hard to find, but usually they are available to you.

If the mustang is not quite your idea of a great muscle car to restore, maybe your looking at a Chevrolet, if your a Chevrolet person then you should be looking the the direction of the camaro, Chevrolet built a lot of camaros, and parts are usually easy to get.

But like the mustang there are certain one that are hard to get some of the parts for, if you decide to restore a 1969 ZL1 to original, the obvious problem is going to be to find the all aluminum 427 engine for the car, being as how they only built 69 of these cars.

Your next step in the world of Chevrolet would be a chevelle, this is another car that Chevrolet built a lot of, and you should be able to find a good car to start with, but like the two cars above there are some parts that can be very hard to find, and hard to find also means expensive.

The people that deal in hard to find parts know, if your calling then it's because you can't locate the parts you need for any other source, and they will charge accordingly, and no this is not a rip off, it's people that seen it coming and took advantage of it.
All I'm saying here is simply this, the restoration is supposed to be fun, it's supposed to be something that you can enjoy, rather you do it yourself, or have a shop do it for you, if you get all of your ducks in a row it will be fun, but you need to know, there is always frustration involved.

If you realize up front that no matter how well you plan it thing will happen, you can have the fun of restoring your car, along with being able to finish the job, if you get upset at something, take a break, there is nothing making you keep going.

I'll say it again, the main thing is that you have fun restoring your car, and the next thing in line is that you complete the restoration of your car, this will make all the work worth it, remember that about thirty percent of the car get sold before their done.

It doesn't have to be that way with your car, make yourself the exception to the rule, have fun restoring your car, realize that it won't be done over night, and rather then getting mad at the car, take as many breaks as you need, and above all have fun.

Invest In Classic Cars – Insure Your Financial Future

Invest In Classic Cars – Insure Your Financial Future

I've been out doing some reading about the economy, and different ways that you can help your self through the bad economy in the long run, as usual it starts with cash and investments, the investments I'm talking about aren't gold or silver though.

I'm talking about old cars, has gold or silver gone up 10-15 times since the 1960's, the answer is no, have classic cars went up in value 10-15 times, and in some cases a lot more, the answer to that question is a big yes.

Of course I'm talking about restored to factory original specs cars, not hot rods, street rods, or any other form of custom, you do those kind of cars to fulfill a dream, if your buying them for an investment they need to be original as possible.

It's imperative that you do your studying about the cars that you purchase, you need to know them inside and out, or you could get a big surprise, and not the good kind of surprise, I've seen Hemi mopars go for $2,000,000 or more.

These cars would have went for between $1,800 - $3,000 back in the 19609's and 1970's so you do the math, a 1970 GSX Buick stage II 455 would have went for about $2,800 on the market back in 1970, the last one of these I seen sold for $650,000, and not at an auction.

The list goes on and on, it's littered with Chevrolet's, Ford's, Chrysler's, they all built special cars that people just loved, and that love translates in to dollars, it translates in to security for the people who own them, and it translates in to fun.

How many investments do you know of that have risen this sharply over the years, you may be able to name one or two, but the one thing that classic cars do that no other investment will ever do is this, they don't lose value, the economy has not driven them down in price.

What I'm saying here is, buy, restore, and have fun with these cars, they are a part of our countries automotive history, and there are still a lot of them to be found, yes they are getting harder to come by, but with a little American ingenuity you'll locate the right one for you.

Once you've caught the classic car bug, you won't be able to stop, and the more you get, the more you're estate will grow, and you net worth will rise with every one you buy, well except for the one that you mistake on, and it will happen.

Those are the ones that you can have fun with and customize, the ones that are good daily drivers, because you've got to know one thing, the less you drive your collector cars, the more their worth in the end, of course you should have fun with them though.

Take them to the shows and have fun with them, just try to stay away from driving them every day, get your kids interested in them, and make it a family affair, and then you'll have to hear about the time you spend with your cars, have fun and enjoy, I hope this helps.

How To Inspect A Corvette For Rust Before You Buy It

This isn't going to be a huge article that drags on for hours and hours, I will cover the areas that you need to look for rust in 1963-82 corvettes, it will be a basic article designed to help you save money on the purchase of your corvette.

A corvette can be a very illusive thing, you think rust, how is that possible it made out of fiber glass, for this article we won't be talking about the body of the car we'll be talking about the frame, and a few other areas of America's sports car.

I know you love corvettes, and I do to they are without a doubt a very special car, and considered to be America's only sports car, but when your buying one what you don't know can hurt you, and it probably will, so it's time for me to lend a helping hand.

Obviously the entire car is not fiber glass, the car sits on a frame made of steel, and steel will rust it that can't be changed, but it can be fixed, so let's dive in to this article head first, if your thinking of buying a corvette this will help you for sure.

First of all let's start with the windshield of the car, it is fiber glass wrapped around steel, and obviously steel will rust, so lets begin by looking around the frame of the windshield, if it's rusted badly it may show as fiber glass separating from the post at the bottom of the windshield.

Just because you can't see the rust in this area doesn't mean that it's not there, you may need to discover this rust after you have bought the car and have begun to restore it, if these areas are rusted you'll need to rebuild them, they are a part of the structure of the car.

Corvettes also have heavy steel reinforced doors, to look at the doors of your corvette you'd never know that they have any steel in them at all, the doors in you corvette are actually wrapped around a steel frame, this means that you need to inspect the edges of the doors.

You'll be looking for bubbles in the fiber glass, or areas that appear to be raised, also look for cracks in the fiber glass that rust is creeping through, fiber glass has the inherent problem of stress cracking under pressure, and water can seep in through these cracks, and it will.

Look at the door latch, this can be a very telling area of a corvette because they aren't hidden, all you have to do is open the door and look at it, also look the hinges, and the hinge mounts for the doors these are also tell tale areas of a corvette.

Sometimes rust can hide in a corvette, so don't get in a hurry, the best thing you can do is to take your time wile inspecting the car, ask the owner if you can take it to you mechanic and have the once over done, use this time to inspect the car.

Now we'll look at the frame it's self, a floor hoist would be nice here, if you need to go to a shop and rent one for a couple of hours, one of the most common places for the frame of a corvette to rust is just in front of the rear wheel on each side of the car.

Pay very close attention here, make sure that you take notes so you don't forget what you have found, usually you'll find the rust that I speak of on the out side of the frame just in front of the rear wheels, in bad cases it will creep down to the bottom of the frame.

As in most cars the corvette will rust in the radiator support area, so pay close attention to this area of the car your looking at inspect this area very carefully, rust can go unseen in here for years, and you don't want that in your corvette.

Look for puffy, or flaking steel in the rear suspension trailing arms on your corvette, this is a very common area for the corvette to hide rust, and as you can imagine you don't want your rear suspension to give out on you, so pay very close attention here.

I hope this helps you with the purchase of your classic corvette, now you know that they do rust and you'll more then likely be fixing some rotted areas of your car, don't let this discourage you, let it be a reason to learn about your corvette.