[DeTomaso] Email Forum Opportunity

[Larry Stock]

Well said Dan, 

I like to say;
If it¹s good for the Mark,
If it is good for the Club,
it has to be good for business

Larry stock

On 4/19/16, 4:09 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Daniel C Jones"
<detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com> wrote:

>   I think a "members only" restricted POCA forum would be a mistake.A
>   When it was relatively new, I joined Shane Ingate's DeTomaso email
>   forum on a lark.A  I'd recently blown up the first 351C I'd ever built
>   and knew Panteras run Cleveland V8s so maybe I'll join and pick those
>   guys brains.A  I'd never entertained the idea of purchasing an exotic
>   car like a Pantera as I didn't think I'd fit and was put off by what I
>   assumed would be a Ferrari-like cost of maintenance.A  Coincidentally,
>   one of the first threads was on fitting a tall driver in a Pantera and,
>   over the following months, I learned that Pantera owners were often
>   gearheads who had disassembled and reassembled their cars, learned how
>   to modify, maintain and repair them and were willing to share that
>   knowledge freely.A  Maybe, just maybe, Pantera ownership would be
>   within my reach so I joined POCA (and later PI) and met some members
>   who schooled me on the ins and outs of purchasing a Pantera.A
>   Eventually, I found a Pantera, made a deal and was on the adventure of
>   a lifetime.A  Without that forum, which welcomed outsiders like me, I
>   would have never joined the forum, likely never bought a Pantera, never
>   started the 351 Cleveland dyno project nor met all the great people
>   I've met along the way.A  I think my life would have been poorer
>   without it and if that means that I, as a dues paying POCA member, need
>   to subsidize a few free riders along the way, that's a price I'm
>   willing to pay.A  Anyone else feel that way?A  You can always have a
>   premium section for dues paying members only, if you'd like.
>   Dan Jones
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