Re: [Chrysler300] Mopar help database

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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 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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