GM To Offer Factory Restorations ????

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This is interesting ?
"The factory restoration scene used to be quite limited, with maybe a handful of automakers in Europe doing them. Then the Japanese automakers started launching their own programs and now the practice seems to be spreading to the US. At least, a recent filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office would indicate that’s the plan.

That filing was for the name “GM Restoration” with a list of old-school components like carburetors. It doesn’t take a genius to realize this could mean General Motors is weighing launching its own factory restoration program.


Before you get too excited, there is no official announcement from GM. Automakers routinely make filings with USPTO and never use the names registered, despite many automotive journalists loudly declaring that a filing is proof positive something is coming down the pipeline.

Even if GM does move on this factory restoration idea, it might be years before we see the results. After all, these sorts of programs are complicated. Sure, it’s possible GM already had this plan underway and registered the name as one of the latter details before a launch, but that’s unlikely.


With interest in classic GM cars and trucks high, it seems to make sense that the automaker would do something like this. After all, plenty of owners of Chevelles, Corvettes, C10s, Camaros, Impalas, DeVilles, etc. would jump at the chance to get factory-original parts and have their ride restored through an official program.

Automakers stand to benefit from rewarding people for collecting and cherishing classic models. That kind of enthusiasm helps build brand loyalty and it’s great advertising for others when they see a beautifully restored classic rolling down the road. If GM does go down this path, how long will it be until Mopar and Ford follow?" https://www.msn.com/en-au/money/comp...900f9021278f25

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GM to offer restoration for classic GM vehicles ?
In ya dreams. GM is about 'moving into the future' and making profits, mainly from subsidised input from various Govts around the world to build factories.
If there is to be a restoration business, it would be a private enterprise, run by enthusiasts with the money and knowhow, not by GM beancounters.

I am disappointed that HSV has not gone down this path, even in a limited way. There must be a market there, but Holden is gone, and GM can't even be bothered to bury the corpse. It is so rotten now, even the vultures wouldn't touch it.

Theoretical food for thought ............ if Falcon, Commodore and Territory were still in production now, and not relying on imported bits from OS, how would the Australian market look today. The current shortage of new cars from anywhere else may not be happening.
And for those who say ICE is dead, and EV is the way to go, and Australians are not smart enough to build EVs, the eCommodore showed us how 22 years ago.

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Originally Posted by lra

GM to offer restoration for classic GM vehicles ?
In ya dreams. GM is about 'moving into the future' and making profits, mainly from subsidised input from various Govts around the world to build factories.
If there is to be a restoration business, it would be a private enterprise, run by enthusiasts with the money and knowhow, not by GM beancounters.

I am disappointed that HSV has not gone down this path, even in a limited way. There must be a market there, but Holden is gone, and GM can't even be bothered to bury the corpse. It is so rotten now, even the vultures wouldn't touch it.

Theoretical food for thought ............ if Falcon, Commodore and Territory were still in production now, and not relying on imported bits from OS, how would the Australian market look today. The current shortage of new cars from anywhere else may not be happening.
And for those who say ICE is dead, and EV is the way to go, and Australians are not smart enough to build EVs, the eCommodore showed us how 22 years ago.

I'm still waiting for these cheap imported vehicles to be available like we were promised years ago..