I was wondering when I am buying a car (classic), sometimes the seller says they've got the original protect-o-plate or something like that. Is this something that all classics or old cars came with and if so, how does one get this for their car? Hope this one wasn't too far fetched?
Scott, I shot some pics of my protect-o-plate so you can see what it looks like. http://www.buickpartsdirectory.com/images/protect1.jpg http://www.buickpartsdirectory.com/images/protect2.jpg http://www.buickpartsdirectory.com/images/protect3.jpg The plate shows the name of the first owner of the car at the top of it in cleat tape stamped with letters kind of like the dialed tape labelers people used way too much a while back. It was used by the dealer to keep track of warranty repairs...basically. Here is a quote from the paper the plate is affixed to: IMPORTANT TO BUICK OWNER Affixed above is the Buick Vehicle Protect-O-Plate. Your Buick Dealer will install the necessary owner identi- fication. Both are necessary should warranty repairs be performed so KEEP THIS CARD WITH THIS VEHI- CLE AT ALL TIME. There you have it. I don't think you can get a replacement for you car...as the original had the original owner's name on it.
Yep, they all had them originally, you can't get them anymore, and I know some people who own '69 and '71 cars that would practically kill for the original P-O-P to their (un-documentable) car.
Hey Scott!! Hope your project is going well.... The 'Protect-O-Plate' is a metal tag that is attached to the inside cover of the 'warranty book' which is included with a new Buick. The warrenty book is the same size as the owners manual. In '66, it was called 'The Buick Owner protection Plan' book. If you got one with your car, great! If not, well, you'll probably never find it....contact previous owners and see if they might have it around somewhere....most likely it ended up in a landfill somewhere...
Previous owners :beer Walt, Would you be able to tell me how one goes about locating the previous owners of a car this old?
Do a title search At your county license b.:TU: I think it is free too, or a $1.00 a copy of all the transactions within the specific county. You may have to go to more than one county. They are NOT supposed to destroy the records, but thay could be misfiled or lost, and you will be SOL. I traced a 66 Vette back to 1973 before the trail when cold. Good luck:TU:
vin check your state/province will have records only for your vehicle as long as it was registered in your county/state. if the vehicle was unlicenced for 10 or more contiguous years, chances are the documents have been destroyed . if the vehicle was purchased from another state/province, u would have to check in that state/province . however, there is an exception - if a lien has been registered against that vehicle and the lien has not been removed, the records for that vin could stay on file at the dmv forever.
