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.