[Vern B]

The answer to dealing with the fakes seems
fairly obvious to me. We need to get all the owners of legitimate cars registered with
the SYC club. I think the club should not ask
a fee to register the car, but charge a modest fee ie.$ 50.00 to release the inform-
ation to a prospective buyer-WITH WRITTEN
PERMISSION FROM THE SELLER. This makes the
information reliable to the buyer and creates a source of income for the club.
(not that that is the primary objective)
It would be absolutely essential that no
fakes get into the registery, as that would
ruin the registery's credibility forever.
It might require the club carry some type
of liability insurance, or at the minimum
a valid disclaimer.
One of my other cars is a 67 GTO and the
Pontiac registry charged $ 25.00 (a few years
ago) to provide info on my car, which included the build sheet.
I understand there are others out there
trying to make money off of the data they
have accumulated and that is fine. The club
can do the same thing and provide what the
public wants, but still protect the current
owners interest. It would be a large undertaking to get all of the cars registered
and an even larger one to inform the potential buyers about the registery, but I think the word would spread fast. I would
think the large auction company's and legitimate dealers, would pay the fee themselves, just to maintain their credibility in the buyers eyes.
Would something like this work? Or is it too
large and undertaking for a club like SYC?