New FD registry

[albertomg]

I know this isn't tech per se, but given that this is the only real FD specific forum that's not a classified section.......

Well, as some of you may have seen, there was another thread somewhere else in the world that had attempted to create and maintain some semblance of a registry for all U.S. 3rd gens. With the help of another (jsplit, IIRC)...well, ok...he did all the back end work...we created a website that would host all of this information. VIN, model, build date, where it's registered, etc.

Well, it kinda took off, but quickly died. I have a lot of that original information and with the advent of this new home, I think perhaps it would be a good idea to start it over again. Of course, there are lessons learned from the previous attempt, and I would like to call out those who are DB gurus and those who can create a mean front end to a site; sit you down and give birth to a new fangled site (or something like that) that can take all this information and spit it out in a nice, bow wrapped...thing.

At any rate, I had written my state and had asked about acquiring information about currently registered vehicles, to which they replied they could give that information for what I remember was a pretty small fee. That said, if there are state representitives here that would like to do the same, I say let's pool our resources, and get this information out.

These models are definitely rare enough to warrant this kind of effort I think. And this would be a great way to start in gathering this information.

That said, I can take Indiana and Illinois. But I'd like to see what we can do to organize this information as well in the meantime.

Thanks for reading.

Christian

[railgun]

I know this isn't tech per se, but given that this is the only real FD specific forum that's not a classified section.......

Well, as some of you may have seen, there was another thread somewhere else in the world that had attempted to create and maintain some semblance of a registry for all U.S. 3rd gens. With the help of another (jsplit, IIRC)...well, ok...he did all the back end work...we created a website that would host all of this information. VIN, model, build date, where it's registered, etc.

Well, it kinda took off, but quickly died. I have a lot of that original information and with the advent of this new home, I think perhaps it would be a good idea to start it over again. Of course, there are lessons learned from the previous attempt, and I would like to call out those who are DB gurus and those who can create a mean front end to a site; sit you down and give birth to a new fangled site (or something like that) that can take all this information and spit it out in a nice, bow wrapped...thing.

At any rate, I had written my state and had asked about acquiring information about currently registered vehicles, to which they replied they could give that information for what I remember was a pretty small fee. That said, if there are state representitives here that would like to do the same, I say let's pool our resources, and get this information out.

These models are definitely rare enough to warrant this kind of effort I think. And this would be a great way to start in gathering this information.

That said, I can take Indiana and Illinois. But I'd like to see what we can do to organize this information as well in the meantime.

Thanks for reading.

Christian