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CHEVORLET RESTORATION PACKETS
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[[File:INFO PACKETS.jpg|thumb|400px|Chevrolet restoration packets]]
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==Basics==
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General Motors has "restoration packets" available for many vehicles. These typically include chassis and body dimensions, serial numbers, identification information, engine data, and other information useful to hotrodders and restorers.
  
The Customer Service number for the US is 1-800-222-1020. Canada is 800-263-3777 for Canada, and Internationally, 904-444-2566. A shipping charge may apply.
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Ask for a "restoration packet". Have the vehicle's [[Pre-1980 VIN decoding|VIN]] ready, as well as a mailing address.
  
'''Or write:'''
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===Price===
GM Customer Service
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These were initially free from Chevrolet. Now, they are [http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/GMRestoPak.htm reportedly] $50 ''(price needs confirmation/verification)''. However, [http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/index.htm OldCarManualProject.com] has many of them available for free online.
Chevrolet
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P.O. Box 33170
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Detroit, Michigan  48232-5170
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Ask for a Restoration Packet. Have the VIN of the vehicle that you are requesting the info for along w/a mailing address. EST hours are: 8 am - 5:30 pm Monday through Friday.
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For Canadian GM vehicles, the price is $35 for vehicles 1963 and older, and $55 for vehicles 1964 and newer.
  
The information you will receive will depend on the year, make and model. When I last used the service, they were sending the info on the exact year, make and model that was requested, i.e. 1981 Chevy Camaro. I’ve read that some info is for all models of a particular year, like shown at: http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/index.htm, and that just the VIN and the year was all that was asked for.
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[http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/GMRestoPak.htm Stovebolt.com] quotes GMCanada.com as saying:
  
In any event, there's a '''good''' amount of technical info.
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''"We can not access U.S. production information prior to 1977, as we can not find any anywhere, and we have tried. Vehicle specific information (options, production date, selling dealer, etc) is available for U.S. produced and sold vehicles 1977 and newer. However, because all this data is stored in archives, there would be a fee of $137.80 to retrieve and decode this information. (GM charges us to retrieve it from archives.) We have our own Canadian vehicle database. Fees are currently $37.10 for Canadian produced / sold vehicles for which we have no option information (about 1966) and $58.30 for newer vehicles."''
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==Trucks==
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[http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/index.htm Resto packs 1928; 1937-’42; 1946-’58; 1959 trucks]
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==Contacting Chevrolet==
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===Customer service numbers===
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EST hours are: 8 am - 5:30 pm Monday through Friday.
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*US: (800) 222-1020
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*Canada: (800) 263-3777
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*International: (904) 444-2566. A shipping charge may apply.
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===Mail===
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GM Customer Service<br>
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Chevrolet<br>
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P.O. Box 33170<br>
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Detroit, Michigan 48232-5170
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''A shipping charge may apply''.
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==Resources==
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*[http://www.gm.ca/gm/english/shopping/parts/vintage Canadian GM vintage vehicle services]
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==References==
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*http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/GMRestoPak.htm
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*http://www.chevytrucks.org/tech/restpak.htm
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*http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/chevy-restoration-packets-164543.html
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[[Category:Identification and decoding]]
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[[Category:General hotrodding]]

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