[DeTomaso] Email Forum Opportunity
Scott Martin
smmartin7 at netscape.net
Tue Apr 19 20:55:43 EDT 2016
Can we have a portion of the new forum open to non-POCA members, as several have said that is a good way for potential new members to learn about the cars? And keep the rest of the forum for members only. There must be a compromise we can come up with?
Scott Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Stock <larrys at panteraparts.com>
To: Daniel C Jones <daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com>
Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Tue, Apr 19, 2016 7:27 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Email Forum Opportunity
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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Can we have a portion of the new forum open to non-POCA members, as
several have said that is a good way for potential new members to learn
about the cars? And keep the rest of the forum for members only.
There must be a compromise we can come up with?
Scott Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Stock <larrys at panteraparts.com>
To: Daniel C Jones <daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com>
Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
Sent: Tue, Apr 19, 2016 7:27 pm
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Email Forum Opportunity
Well said Dan,
I like to say;
If itA^1s 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"
<[1]detomaso-bounces at poca.com on behalf of
[2]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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use
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