|
|
|
|
|
As most of you know I'm off on holiday (6 hours to go). Pending my safe return I'll be in full on website improvement mode when I get back. All that time spent browing the forum at work will now be spent doing stuff for the site. So your holiday project is this. Think of something useful to have on the site, in a similar style to the PCD chart. Thoughts I've had include, car price guides, complete car database (with images of all the cars) and a parts interchangability database (which would need to be populated by you lot  ).... any more thoughts? The Calendar is going to be hugely improved soon after I've got back, code is almost complete on that. What sort of events should we have on it ? Also can we see if we can fill in gaps on the PCD chart. I may re-start the PCD project, by getting a comprehensive database of cars together. Then doing the PCDs for each. So even if you can just spend some time on your chosen marque and find those vehicles that are missing, or the dates on manefactuer. Send info to david@retro-rides.com Also articles,.. either ideas for them or complete articles, technical, opinion, reviews or otherwise will be fully appreciated. Get those brains working and tell us what you want  |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Excellent stuff!
An ambitious project (maybe?) but something I'd love to see is some sort of model history for as many manufacturers as possible - my J-Car ID thread has got me thinking that there are loads of old motors that we've either forgotten or don't know what they are ;D In particular, the more unusual stuff that we didn't get in the UK - J-Stuff, Aussie cars, etc etc...
I freely volunteer my time and resources - if you think it's a good idea, PM me when you get back!
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 6, 2004 10:12:46 GMT
|
|
what is the PCD chart?
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 6, 2004 10:28:04 GMT
|
I do like the idea of price or interchangebility guides, and I would try and contribute what I know (so not a lot then! ) Although your thread title was misleading, I was hoping we'd be organising some kind of revolution! ;D That'll teach 'em not to give us free road tax, eh comrades? ;D VIVA LA REVOLUCION |
| |
"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 6, 2004 10:56:32 GMT
|
|
Complex one to get information for, but carbs and engines, i.e. if I have a VW air cooled 1600, the jets for my 36mm dellies would be
Chokes 28mm, 120 mains etc.
|
| |
The lurker formerly known as Cappuccinocruiser.. or wedgedout..
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 6, 2004 13:37:44 GMT
|
|
I think it would be a good idea to make an archive of all the Friday Picture posts, as it is difficult to find some of them now, and when they do some of the pictures have timed out!
|
| |
|
|
GrumpyOldMan
Part of things
Addicted to unreliable cars ?!
Posts: 182
|
|
Sept 6, 2004 14:19:46 GMT
|
Also can we see if we can fill in gaps on the PCD chart. I may re-start the PCD project, by getting a comprehensive database of cars together. Then doing the PCDs for each. So even if you can just spend some time on your chosen marque and find those vehicles that are missing, or the dates on manefactuer. A fairly complete PCD chart exists on www.kompressor.no/felger/boltesirkel.htmShouldn't we just link to that or ask permission to mirror it ? An interesting project would be a retro car buyer's guide, with details of every model's strong and weak points. It would be useful for both people wanting to enter the wonderful world of retro cars and for those of us that are seeking new rides (BTW, I've sold the A112 and am already feeling the need for a new retro car) !!! |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 6, 2004 14:36:44 GMT
|
It's a great forum / website  , but some segregation of the threads would make it much easier to look things up - eg technical queries in one section, show reports etc in another, area pub meets etc and so on. What does everyone else think? |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 6, 2004 14:43:48 GMT
|
I see where you are going with this, Amazonsprite, but I like the way you can see everything that's going on as soon as you open the forum at the moment. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 6, 2004 15:26:57 GMT
|
I see where you are going with this, Amazonsprite, but I like the way you can see everything that's going on as soon as you open the forum at the moment. I kind of agree with NickB here, the good thing about this forum is it's easy to go from talking about one thing to another, but with loads of different ones, you'd never be able to keep up with all the things being said. Good communication is vital to prosperity. (or so my higher grade Admin teacher thought! ;D ;D) |
| |
"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 6, 2004 21:23:17 GMT
|
|
|
| |
Last Edit: Sept 6, 2004 21:24:08 GMT by hairnet
2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 6, 2004 22:20:56 GMT
|
|
How about expanding the profile section so we can include more details about ourselves and a few choice snaps of what we drive/are building at the momment.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
How about a list of retro friendly breakers yards and second hand or new parts suppliers for our cars. If perhaps any one of us spotted a car in the breakers, we could post it to let others now.
|
| |
Peugeot 307sw - Suzuki SV650S - MX5.
|
|
Panda Matt
Part of things
Datsun Owners Club Wannabe
Posts: 734
|
|
Sept 7, 2004 17:57:54 GMT
|
How about a list of retro friendly breakers yards and second hand or new parts suppliers for our cars. If perhaps any one of us spotted a car in the breakers, we could post it to let others now. ^Great idea IMHO. An ebay feedback type system might be nice for the for sale section... On a similar thing to the PCD question, a wheel offset calculator might be useful, like this one,... in fact a useful links page with stuff like the MOT website would be a good idea |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 7, 2004 23:17:51 GMT
|
|
What about expanding the pcd chart to incorperate photos of retro wheels and who made/makes them now with links to retro wheel/tyre suppliers? this would be a great help as when you try to seach for this kind of thing you always get loads of new style wheels and very few classic rims.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 8, 2004 16:29:58 GMT
|
|
|
| |
Assumption is the mother of all f**k ups
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 16, 2004 10:53:36 GMT
|
Thanks for all the ideas guys,.. I've got a little list of things to do that I thought of on holiday. Some of which is backend restructuring (!!) but will make better use of the data in the future. I was thinking about an "engine" database, which could be built from having the Engine block as a base and then derivatives, which would then be linked to which cars they were fitted in. You could then search for the most powerful derivative that shared the same block as your engine I'll go through and have a think about all the ideas and them comment on them individually ,.. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 16, 2004 16:22:55 GMT
|
|
I like that idea too.
|
| |
"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 20, 2004 5:45:30 GMT
|
An ambitious project (maybe?) but something I'd love to see is some sort of model history for as many manufacturers as possible This would tie in with the make/models database. I've actually got the beginnings of this from the way I structured the PCD database. The only problem at the moment is adding and managing models is a pain, and most of the mo don't have the years of manufactuer on them. I'm currently editing the database structrue to make it even more expandabale, then I'm going to sort out the editing. The idea being to initially get as many car makes and models in there as possible. From there the task will be to go through and find all those with no dats of manufactuer, I'll set up a page that this list could be found out, so people can click on "missing information" and select "dats of manufactuer" or "PCD" or whatever else we do. If people feel like helping they can go off and find the info an email it to me [quote author=cappuccinocruiser link=board=general&thread=1094377664&start=1#0 date=1094461042]Complex one to get information for, but carbs and engines[/quote] This is a really good idea, another technical resource is definatly a great thing. As you say the info may be hard to research. So how would it work? You select an engine (from the newly built engine database *cough*!?) and then it'll list all the carbs we have info for and their relevant jettings? I take it we'd supply jetting info for more than just Weber/Dell ? [quote author=PsychoDriver link=board=general&thread=1094377664&start=1#0 date=1094461042]A fairly complete PCD chart exists on www.kompressor.no/felger/boltesirkel.htmShouldn't we just link to that or ask permission to mirror it ? An interesting project would be a retro car buyer's guide, with details of every model's strong and weak points.[/quote] Most of the PCD info from there is already in the PCD database. The database allows more power as you can find the PCD of your car, then find matching PCDs from other cars. What I would like it to also include the offset and bore info once the PCD database is complete, so you could search for PCD, then match that PCD with simialr offset to your wheels, and greater sized bores. [quote author=skodanorman link=board=general&thread=1094377664&start=1#0 date=1094461042]I think it would be a good idea to make an archive of all the Friday Picture posts, as it is difficult to find some of them now, and when they do some of the pictures have timed out![/quote] I thought about it, but it is essentially robbing other peoples pictures and I'd rather not do that.. If someone else wanted to archive them then I've got no problem .. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Sept 20, 2004 5:55:21 GMT
|
Re: rearranging the board. At the moment I think just the one main area for discussion makes it easy to keep involved. For irregular users it can be a pain to keep up with the threads, however I don't think we're at critical mass enough to warrent seperating out the mechanical stuff.... yet. It may happen in the future. Thanks for the info 83Golf Stuyizz : I don't have that much control over the forum at the moment. I plan (once I've finished everything else) to program our own forum, but am dreading the bandwidth implications! How about a list of retro friendly breakers yards and second hand or new parts suppliers for our cars. If perhaps any one of us spotted a car in the breakers, we could post it to let others now. This is a good idea, would be nice to get them involved as well. I'll have a think about how I can do this. [quote author=Panda link=board=general&thread=1094377664&start=12#0 date=1094546110]An ebay feedback type system might be nice for the for sale section... On a similar thing to the PCD question, a wheel offset calculator might be useful, like this one,... in fact a useful links page with stuff like the MOT website would be a good idea [/quote] I'm not sure we have enough stuff being sold through the for sale section yet to warrant a feedback style thing, although it is a good idea. I tend to avoid having useful links pages, however there have been some very useful things put up on the board over the past few weeks that would actually be useful links, so it may well be on its way. [quote author=Stuyizz link=board=general&thread=1094377664&start=12#0 date=1094546110]What about expanding the pcd chart to incorperate photos of retro wheels and who made/makes them now with links to retro wheel/tyre suppliers? this would be a great help as when you try to seach for this kind of thing you always get loads of new style wheels and very few classic rims.[/quote] This is a grand idea, particularly as there are companies remanfactuering classic wheels now as well so some of them could be links to suppliers. Be interesting trying to find pictures!! I'll have another look at this when the databases are more complete. Thanks everyone for the ideas so far,.. I've got a direction for the database(s) now so I can get cracking with that. Fingers crossed I'll have some stuff to show you soon, the new Calendar for a start!,.. -David |
| |
|
|
|
|
).... any more thoughts?
, but some segregation of the threads would make it much easier to look things up - eg technical queries in one section, show reports etc in another, area pub meets etc and so on. 
