Can NCRS services sometimes be incorrect ?

[1967danaed]

Can NCRS services sometimes be incorrect or can early Chevrolet book keeping have flaws?

The reason is, I ran a report through NCRS services and it can back that my car was sold from a different dealer then what my cars was purchased from. My car, a 1967 Camaro SS/RS 396, was purchased from Dana Chevrolet in 1967 and comes with the original Protect-O-plate from Dana Chevrolet. The NCRS came back that my car was delivered to a different Chevy Dealership that was within 5 miles from Dana Chevrolet. I read somewhere that someone else also had a Dana car with a POP and their NCRS came back different from a Dana delivery.
I was told by someone that it was common that Chevy would move cars around from dealer to dealer in a general area to balance the model cars when needed. Dana Chevrolet sold only the harder to find Hi performance cars, so was it possible that they got cars pulled from other Dealers that were close by.

How accurate as GM’s 1960’ book keeping? What do you think?

[MosportGreen66]

NCRS paper shows where the car was ordered to, NOT who originally sold the car.

In this case, I'd suggest NCRS paper is accurate. Your car was not ordered to Dana Chevy but was sold by Dana Chevy. Dealer swap was very common.

What was the other dealer?

Dan

[1967danaed]

Angeles Chevrolet code 6 zone 20 just a few miles away from Dana Chevrolet

[SS427]

Very common. I just bought a 2015 Silverado from a dealer in south central Illinois. Went to the 'Chevrolet delivered to' dealer and test drove the truck and finalized the sale at that same dealer. However, the selling paperwork shows that it was sold to their sister dealership because that is where the salesman worked that I had been working with and wanted him to get the credit for the sale even though the truck never rolled on their property, they just did a dealer transfer.

[Canuck]

I have bought several vehicles over the past 10 years( Modern vehicles)that were delivered to other dealers initially, in dealer parlance its called a DX or dealer exchange. In most cases particularly back in the 60 and 70s the inventory was actually owed by GMAC until the car was sold.
Unless the car was ordered or "customer waiting" a creative salesman could get a car from most any dealer. A friend ordered a new 1968 442 from an east coast dealer and picked it up from Gorries in Toronto, the drove it home 1800 miles. GM Canada shows Gorries on their paperword.

Paul

[TimG]

I just bought a Lexus that was delivered to a Houston dealer and sold by a Boerne, TX dealer, two hundred miles apart. Don't worry about a five mile discrepancy. Now if the dealer was 500 miles away, I'd be concerned. Considering that your car had a smog pump (I assume), you also should be glad it was delivered to a California dealer.

[marxjunk]

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[MailOrderMotion]

I'm going to be vague on purpose with this response. I know of a 67 SS396 Chevelle that Dana got from probably that same dealer because they needed an SS396 on short notice for a 427 conversion. This info came directly from Dale Armstrong who did the work. Strange, you never hear about the Dana 67 Chevelle 427 conversions. The NCRS report shows the other dealer.

[bkhpah]

A few of the non converted 1968 Yenko Camaros were dealer traded to Kenny Ross Chevrolet in the Pittsburgh area. I doubt that anyone that bought one of those SS 396 Camaros even had a clue those were 9737 Yenko COPO cars. Imagine having a KR Camaro only to find out it was delivered to Yenko. And we also know that a few of the DANA 427 Camaros were dealer traded to DANA from other dealerships for conversion..BKH

[Kurt S]

On the flip side, there can be 'invented' selling dealers.
A car with a POP with Dana listed as the selling dealer may bring more than a non-hi-po dealer. So if someone is making a new POP anyways...