What about adding a "Lost, Found or Looking" type section to the forums that would allow people to post as to cars they are looking for or have information on? Any thoughts on something like that? I know there is a "Lost Car Registry" but I was thinking of something more specific to TA's.
Yes, that could be something that is done, but maybe on a separate database structure. So, we could have a "Current Registry" and a "Past Registry".
Another thing I noticed in the proposed registration form is the L78 400 and W72 400 engine choices but if I'm not mistaken they used the L78 designation for the 79 W72's. I think most people know that they are all W72's in 79 but I wonder if there is a possibility of misreporting because their PHS says L78. Just a thought and I'm not sure how it could be changed to avoid that possibilty.
Yes, the W72 was un upgrade to the L78. So people who have the W72 also have L78 on thier build sheet. For 1979 though it is easy because all L78's in 1979 were the W72 motors since they were all 4-speeds. So, if someone puts in an L78 code for 1979, I can update it to reflect the W72. Well, there is another way to do it, but it requires ALOT of programming and checks. What I could do is make certain things available for certain years. So, if they checked their year as 1979, then they could not select the L78, or they could not select Y82 since that was 1977 and 1978 only, or they couldn't select a buckskin interior since it was camel in 1979.... and so on, and so on. So, that could also be done so that people don't put in the wrong values not know what the difference is. But like I said, that requires a whole heck of alot of programming because of all of the choices and all of the years. Also, if tehy checked the "Modified" box, then all of those checks and balances would have to nullified because the car is not original anyway. So, they could add a Pontiac 455 for a 1981 model year because the car is not stock. Basically what I will be doing is when people "register" thier cars, it does not get added to the atabase right away. It willl actually come to me first so that I can check the information, then approve it to be added to the database.
This is why I want to get this discussion out in the open to get the full scope of the program and registry so that I can build it right the first time around. There is nothing worse than trying to "add" something midstream and have to re-program it all. So I will try and discuss everything here to get a good idea of what needs to be done from the start.