[Chrysler300] Mopar help database

["Tom Cox" <tdcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wonder if the club members that maintain the database for the Club Roster
could add an asterisk (*) beside each member's name that offers to be one of
the "Road Angels". 

 

Using the Club Roster would be a good way for a needy member to know the
kind of car the member has (since they are included with each member
listing) and may have specific knowledge about a problem. 

 

Maybe when the dues are sent out next time, there could be a place for each
member to commit (or not) to being available to help out and we could use
that to indicate on the roster who was willing.

 

Just some thoughts. Great idea, Keith.

 

Tom Cox

 

 

 

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From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of lettercars@xxxxxxx
Sent: 2010-11-29 10:17 PM
To: kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Mopar help database

 

  

Keith and All:
I think your idea is great. Sign me up! Also, as others have said, 
carrying the roster is certainly helpful, but even better would be knowing
that 
the person nearest you and your trouble has actually volunteered to help 
prior to the necessity.
300ly, Gil Cunningham
Tallahassee, Florida 




In a message dated 11/27/2010 4:07:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 
kboonstra@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kboonstra%40zeegroup.com>  writes:

To all in 300 land,

I'd like to run a thought out there and see what you think.

If our dream trip comes true, Judy and I would like to take a 
once-in-a-lifetime trip next year in our very special '57 C. If things
continue on 
course I hope to have the C's complete off-frame restoration complete
sometime 
next spring; and we are dreaming of driving a very wide clockwise or 
counter-clockwise loop from Michigan that would take us on a two lane road
tour 
through both the Northwest and the Southwest US. Perhaps 5000 miles or 
more. And, of course, we will want to be at the LSMFT meet in early June.

We do have some reticence about taking on such an ambitious tour. Even 
though every part of the car will be refreshed, something is bound to go 
wrong. And it concerns me that knowledgeable assistance is not going to be 
found in every town along the way.

I expect many others plan to travel pretty significant distances to the 
meet as well, and I know on the other hand that we have so many club members

who would willingly offer to help a fellow 300 enthusiast with a problem. 
So here's what I'm wondering-

Do you agree that it would be amazing to have a website set up - e.g. 
Moparhelp.com or something of that nature - where an online map would
display 
the location of people willing to help all Mopar collectors with a problem 
anywhere in the US? It be would similar to finding the location of a NAPA 
store online. You could home in to detail by clicking on a location and 
find the contact information to reach anyone who had volunteered to be
helpful 
to travelers with knowledge, parts, or wrenching.

I envision that members of several `50s and `60s clubs would be willing to 
participate - such as our 300 clubs, the WPC club, the Imperial Owners 
club, the DeSoto club etc. Each participant could list his membership(s) and

what kind of help he may be able to lend. Perhaps there could even be a 
separate listing for locating service parts that may be needed to repair our

running gear.

Well, these are my baseline thoughts, and I'd like to stir up a 
conversation on the idea of setting up such a database. I wish I could
personally be 
of more technological help on this, but I wouldn't have a clue as to how 
to do it. I just know there are those who can, and I would hope that some 
software app already exists to format these interactive maps.

I know I would personally feel much more comfortable while rolling a long 
way from home - just knowing I could call on the support of fellow 
enthusiasts if something went wrong. And I believe many others would feel
the same.

What do you think? Is this something that should be done? Would you be 
willing to be on the list of volunteers? Could you possibly help with 
setting it up?

Your turn -----------

Thanks,
Keith Boonstra

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