joemags54 said:
Jeff, I'm not sure if you are familiar with the Ferrari newsletter. But, as I recall, it's a list of cars that have been "checked out" through some form of certification/verification process. There are other clubs and organizations that rate vehicles and certify their authenticity. Bloomington Gold, I think is one of them. There are a couple for Corvette restorations as well. I was thinking along these lines. We develop a "Gold Standard" for authenticity of sorts. Just an idea. As always thanks for all your effort. PS, there would be some fee to have your vehicle checked/verified and included in the publication,.... my guess
I had at one time considered doing the same thing they are doing over on the Viper Club of America. I noticed while looking through their registry, that very few people had really signed up for it (that or their DB search is crap). So I moved on to what I have now.
I've sent numerous emails to various departments of both Dodge and Chrysler to see if I could get some additional information from them that would allow me to make my list as accurate as possible. So far, Dodge has showed no interest in the Viper Truck..... go figure!
I haven't been on a Corvette or Ferrari forum to see how they've done their registries. But I can tell you, based on what I've done so far, it requires a great deal more participation than we have now. I have approximately 1500 trucks in my list. Most of them I had to get the hard way by looking at peoples signatures (yes, I went through the member list........ all 10k of them). Not to mention the signatures of about 10 other web sites.
If I was just to count the verified SRT-10's that are on my list, the count would probably drop below 500. If I just counted ones where I had the VIN, that might drop it below 400. Most the VIN's I have are from Trucks that are for sale. Of that, maybe 3% of the trucks for sale will post a picture of the door sticker where I can get the MDH.
My current goal is 3 Simple things
VIN
MDH
@ least 1 picture
With that I can logically place Trucks in order. I've been picking up some subtle clues on the number per day and even the number per week, however, I need the MDH on every truck I have to bring a simple theory into a possible reality.
Like I was surprised to find that the Yellow Fevers were built mainly between Sept-Dec 2004, with a small about may have been scattered throughout the production year (I have found 1 that was built in the May-Jun cycle) and the CE seem to focused mainly in May-Jun 2005. I had always believed that it was the other way around. The NR also seems to be a May-Jun production run. I would like to someday confirm that.
The search continues.... and someday... someday
The other thing I was going to say about a registry, is that the logical place for that to be documented would be here. If Patrick could figure out a way for me to maintain a registry here, I would do it here.
With it here, maybe more would be willing to provide the three items above.
VJ
