[DeTomaso] # of surviving cars

[richard at hitecheng.on.ca]

When I was shopping for my Pantera 11 years ago Gary Hall thought there was 
about half the made still around.
 Richard Turpin

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From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 2:21 PM
To: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] # of surviving cars

> All,
>
> Here's the problem and one that we all have issues with to some degree or
> another.
>
> Who gets to see the registry and what information gets shared?
>
> Name of Owner
> Email of Owner
> Date of Acquisition
> VIN of Car
> Photos of Car
> City of Car
>
> That's what I'm willing to share,
> where it lives, stays parked or stored, etc.
> isn't going to be shared with strangers.
> Mailing me a bunch of crap isn't going to happen.
> Asking how much I paid isn't going to happen.
>
> So how can we establish a sight that is user controlled, yet maintainable
> and linked to all the others?
>
> I own the domain "detomasopanteraregistry.com" and have for years,
> when a reasonable and viable answer to the above is presented, I'd be 
> happy
> to allow the domain name use for such a purpose.
> It should not be a for profit deal.
>
> I know of no other current idea aside from the effort of  Chuck's ( which
> requires a password )
> which is good for privacy but also a PIA, clearly you can't have it both
> ways.
>
> One idea may be a group effort on a social networking site
> with everyone creating a page for their car and linking all these pages
> together as friends...but it requires each owner and when you add people
> you always add problems.
>
> Can the registry software of Shelby or others be licensed?
>
> Michael Shortt
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 2:07 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 4/20/10 12:45:46 AM, gow2 at rc-tech.net writes:
>>
>> > When POCA or some other club gets involved and makes a real official
>> > effort like the way the Corvettes and other groups have, it would make 
>> > a
>> > difference.
>> >
>> Agreed; want to volunteer to form a group to do one? That's the main
>> problem, Bill- everyone wants access to such a registry but no one wants 
>> to
>> spend
>> the years it takes to compile one. Which is a moving target anyway since
>> details change daily due to sales, accidents, owner upgrades etc. And 
>> POCA
>> typically only offers encouragement- they're watching their pennies 
>> pretty
>> carefully these days. Finally, most good records reside in vendors files,
>> which
>> they guard pretty carefully. Good luck- J DeRyke
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