I understand people want their car "validated" or "certified" to one degree or another. Within the investment crowd they love that crap because it equates to money/value. For the average Mopar guy/gal who owns a "normal" Mopar that has been touched by many hands over the years. changed around, etc. it has zero value. What people are paying guys like for are 2 things; first a full decoding of the car via the fender tag, broadcast sheet and perhaps what is physically there if it can be proven to have come that way (this is of course a slippery area). In most cases you are not going to learn a lot more than you already are aware of in reference to what is on the car or what it came with.
The second and actually more valuable part is the seemingly educated guess that a particular car is X of Y population; of course the smaller the numbers the better value wise. The problem comes in that Chrysler did not keep good records of many aspects of these cars so there is a lot of extrapolation going on in this action. Doesn't mean its accurate or factual but it is as close as you are going to get without a time machine.
People like GG can provide a valuable service in that they know about build trends, anomalies, dates of manufacturing, etc. They can tell you that your vehicle was built to CA specs or that it should not have had X or Y option but does. All these things are interesting and can in some cases equate to more value. The problem is that many people actually capable of doing this are few and far between and those that are out there generally reserve their services for big dollar cars.
I am not hating on the numbers gurus, only this POS because of his actions and lack of actions. He thought himself above the average Mopar owner and used his acquired knowledge to extort money from common people all the while looking down on many others. Again, this didn't have to be this way but he chose to do it. He could have not acted like an elitist and king, but chose to. For awhile he was "the man" but like all things this did not last and now he irrelevant. When he passes (like we all will), instead of being thought of fondly by the entire hobby, most will not notice, a few will celebrate and others will comment how the didn't even realize he was still around.
