Re: How Many C2`s Are Still In Existance?
Posted By: Joe Randolph
I think Dino's reference to the Polk database may be what I recall from some previous research I did and a previous thread on this board.
There is a company in Chicago(?) that may be called Polk that has the complete registration records for every car in every state back to 1930 or so. They use this data to prepare various market analysis reports for the car manufacturers and other interested parties who are willing to pay for the information.
So, the good news is that within this data base is the registration history of every Corvette ever registered, and a current count of all the ones that are still registered.
The bad news is that for those of us trying to research a particular car, various privacy laws prevent the release of car-specific info to anyone other than law enforcement officers.
However, in my view, the privacy restrictions would NOT prevent the release of statistical data that simply reports how many of a given production year Corvettes are presently registered.
Since this company (Polk?) basically makes its money by selling statistical information from its data base, I suspect that for a price, the NCRS could obtain this information. I think that would be a very interesting bit of information for NCRS members, and I wonder what the cost might be.
I did some internet search and cannot find a web site for The Polk Company but found numerous references to their data and database.
It would be worth a little time if someone in the Chicago area could find their phone number and inquire about the possibility and cost of getting historical information about Corvettes.
A faint hope would be they would provide it to a Non Profit organization.
Verle
Posted By: Joe Randolph
I think Dino's reference to the Polk database may be what I recall from some previous research I did and a previous thread on this board.
There is a company in Chicago(?) that may be called Polk that has the complete registration records for every car in every state back to 1930 or so. They use this data to prepare various market analysis reports for the car manufacturers and other interested parties who are willing to pay for the information.
So, the good news is that within this data base is the registration history of every Corvette ever registered, and a current count of all the ones that are still registered.
The bad news is that for those of us trying to research a particular car, various privacy laws prevent the release of car-specific info to anyone other than law enforcement officers.
However, in my view, the privacy restrictions would NOT prevent the release of statistical data that simply reports how many of a given production year Corvettes are presently registered.
Since this company (Polk?) basically makes its money by selling statistical information from its data base, I suspect that for a price, the NCRS could obtain this information. I think that would be a very interesting bit of information for NCRS members, and I wonder what the cost might be.
I did some internet search and cannot find a web site for The Polk Company but found numerous references to their data and database.
It would be worth a little time if someone in the Chicago area could find their phone number and inquire about the possibility and cost of getting historical information about Corvettes.
A faint hope would be they would provide it to a Non Profit organization.
Verle
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