galen govier
IIRC, he bought the info from another person/group and figured out a way to monetize it.
Everything that Govier used for his white books was available to dealership parts rooms for many years on micro fiche.
That ended just a couple years before the Daimler era.
But he basically pulled the casting and part #'s that went up to P/N 38***** and the correlating casting #.
Chrysler already had both cross referenced, so he didn't even have to do that.
The guy took advantage of something that anyone could have done, and did it.
Wish I had thought of it first.
Others knew that the info was out there free of charge, they set up decoder sites and now that info is free.
That being said,
I have had only experienced one interaction with him and that was several years ago (2006-2007).
I watched as he got schooled by another very knowledgeable individual.
In that case, he was trying to glom up a VIN on a car. The cars owner took exception to it. Apparently those two had butted heads in the past.
I'm of the opinion that there is currently enough info out there that Govier has become irrelevant.
There is also enough info on Govier that if you give him money, then you should know what to expect.
