Why is there no photos of members cars

[Sander B.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

If we leave it only viewable to members then we loose the value as a membership recruiting tool.

Are you sure we want to post VIN numbers? Optional? Members name and State? First Name only? First and Last name and State or Country? Got a lot of active members that are outside the USA.

John
you might pick this up with Rob Musquetier maybe using the Registy sites
as example

[John W.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

Tom,

In the beginning we were very limited to our resources. We are now blessed with substantially more space than we are currently using. That in no way makes the assumption that we can't fill all available space and a lot more if we are not judicious with it. Today we have enough space to host pictures of quite a few cars without a real problem.

[Ray C.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

We have a Corvette picture page called RIDES on our WNYNCRS web page: http://www.wnyncrs.org/ and click on RIDES.

Ray

[Mark M.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

Maybe a spearate category on the forums could be dedicated to photos of members cars ,but as John said you might want to keep the license plate out of all the photos. Maybe a nicely printed carboard plate with the NCRS logo on it used to cover the plate and then photograph the car.Also not to complicate things, video is the new rage,so down the road members may also want to post videos of their cars. Just a thought by a new guy.

[Rick S.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

Here is a photo of a very desirable collection of cars, that changes regularly, including Corvettes. As far as security, good luck getting by the alarm system, a 2 minute police response time and finding the keys before you are greeted by the words "don't move". This all said in jest as I feel most folks that post pictures of their cars are not overly concerned about them being stolen by posting a picture.


Rick
P.S. These cars are 2 miles from where I live, so good luck finding our "Toy Store".

[Joseph T.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

This is not a bad idea. It would involve some work on my part but I can see that it would be feasible.

We had not done this earlier because we just didn't have the mechanism to get the pictures and make it all work.

I would not want to limit the viewing of pictures to just members through the TDB, but that is the easiest way to get the photos to show to all of the world.

I have not researched this completely, but here are some thoughts. I could create a Forum just for members to upload pictures of their cars. It would really help if the pictures were of good quality, and of a reasonable size, 640x480.

I could then create a page or numerous pages of photos of members cars broken down by model year and use the photos that were uploaded to display on the pages.

I would suggest for security reasons that only pictures and maybe the owners name be used. Best if you don't include the license plate, or maybe smear it a little so it is not readable.

What do you think?

John one of the most important elements of old Vette Vues, Restorers, Blue Flame's, Corvette News etc are the pictures of the cars.

What a wonderful opportunity we have to start an internet archive of Corvettes.

Maybe some precaution is required regarding VIN #'s but I am sure reasonable people can figure that part out.

My one vote says go for it.

My 1957 Corvette factory Nassau/Daytona/Sebring racecar is E57S100775.

Joe

[John W.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

This is an area where we have to be very careful. Using photos as reference material for restoring cars can be very dangerous. There is no good way to insure that the photo is correct. It could be perfectly correct for an early car, or a certain option car and be wrong for the person using the photo as a reference.

I would add a disclaimer to the page, but we all know that a lot of people won't pay attention to that.

Judges don't want to be confronted on the judging field with a picture that Joe Blow posted on the NCRS site as proof that this is the way the car should look. How do we address this issue?

[Scott S.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

It sounds like there are a couple of ideas here ranging from "Here's a picture of my car" to "Here's a comprehensive photo essay of every minute detail of my car".

I don't think it's a bad idea to have photos detailing various parts of the cars however I can understand why a person would be reluctant to provide a set of photos detailed enough for an unscrupulous person to build a rather convincing 'for sale' ad. Particularly since we are all identified in this forum by our actual names. I would suggest that detailed photos be managed by an administrator so as to ensure the anonymity of the owner. So if my '72 had a pristine, factory appearing engine compartment () I would send my photos to an admin who would post them along with other nice examples of '72 engine compartments.

Personally, I don't understand the need to post VIN's or to obscure license plates. (people see my license plate every time the car leaves the garage)

Just my $0.02 (which at the moment is only $0.0155244 US)

[Terry M.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

Good point John, but there is no good answer to the possibility of someone using the photos as justification for their own restoration.

We presently have that situation with paint colors. People buy the NCRS paint chip folder and match their paint to that. Unfortunately that folder is in no way an accurate representation of the original paint color for some of the shades depicted. Oops -- we get that push back on the judging field all the time and it leaves everyone with a bad feeling when the day is done.

[Tom M.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

This is not a bad idea. It would involve some work on my part but I can see that it would be feasible.

We had not done this earlier because we just didn't have the mechanism to get the pictures and make it all work.

I would not want to limit the viewing of pictures to just members through the TDB, but that is the easiest way to get the photos to show to all of the world.

I have not researched this completely, but here are some thoughts. I could create a Forum just for members to upload pictures of their cars. It would really help if the pictures were of good quality, and of a reasonable size, 640x480.

I could then create a page or numerous pages of photos of members cars broken down by model year and use the photos that were uploaded to display on the pages.

I would suggest for security reasons that only pictures and maybe the owners name be used. Best if you don't include the license plate, or maybe smear it a little so it is not readable.

What do you think?

John,
Yes you could break it down by year and RPO ie; Fuel inj,ZO6, L71,L88, LT1,ZR1, LS6,.......

GOOD IDEA
TOM

[Roy B.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

This is an area where we have to be very careful. Using photos as reference material for restoring cars can be very dangerous. There is no good way to insure that the photo is correct. It could be perfectly correct for an early car, or a certain option car and be wrong for the person using the photo as a reference.

I would add a disclaimer to the page, but we all know that a lot of people won't pay attention to that.

Judges don't want to be confronted on the judging field with a picture that Joe Blow posted on the NCRS site as proof that this is the way the car should look. How do we address this issue?

Speaking only for my self the JM shows pic. And mentions how a part should be, is that (dangerous ?) Then why has the JM been changed so many times mentioning a correction on a part? I and many here post pic. Giving our opinion's then you decide weather the JM is correct or missing to mention a part not covered in the JM.
I don't see a danger showing Corvette ONLY! If people see my 55 having a bubble top and wire wheels I don't expect some one to run out looking to buy them.
I think we have smart judges that don't need a pic. From Joe Blow to judge a Corvette. And this is my $0,02

[Keith L.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

It would be cool to see some of the project cars out there. Maybe a section fo restoration projects.

Kinda like this?

[Roy B.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

A great pic. to have when it's done.

[Stewart A.]

Re: Why is there no photos of members cars

I think a button on top reading members cars would be great. Then we need another button reading technical photos since its a tech site showing finished engine bays maybe in adobe so we could zoom around and blow up images of certain parts of the engine. Even finished chassis photos in high resolution for zoom ups it's endless. I'm in the middle of a resto and would love to access some photos of correct part colours and finishes of the car it would be brilliant. A photo of a proper finished under dash wiring oh oh oh yeah !!! I don't think there is any reason for vin numbers to be published that's pointless. When accessing the site from the main home page we could have someones car come up as a promotion photo a little like Rob's Corvettes registry site when the old black and white photos come up but with coloured members cars. I don't want to say this but the home page is drab, sorry I said it.

[Ralph A.]

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John I think this would be a great addition to the forum.

It would be nice that the NCRS host a corvette Registry (I know there are many out there) with a limited number of pictures per car..TBD. Content similar to the others with search capabilities on RPO. Many times I have searched the member list looking for an owner with same RPO in order to contact with a question. Contact info could be optional.

This does bring up the point of a section for original parts photos, or assemblies. How do we authenticate. How many of use are saving member photos of parts as we do not have the opertunity to see Bow Tie cars in the area.
My .02