<VV> Announcement – SCG Website Re-launch

[Ignacio Valdes]

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On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 8:34 PM William Hubbell via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> The Stock Corvair Group (SCG) website, http://stock.corvair.org, is the
> home base of operations for the Stock Corvair Group. Kent Sullivan and I
> have spent the past couple of months updating the site, adding new
> material, editing, and tagging the old material, and giving the site a new,
> fresh look. We invite you to visit it and check out some of our new
> features:
>
> ·         All material, including photos, is now tagged, making it easier
> to find topics of interest to you. Just go to the home page and select one
> of the tags and the site will show you all posts with that tag.
>
> ·         New content includes original research on Washer Bottle Brackets,
> many new external sites added, including links to all original Dealer Sales
> brochures, detailed help on finding and understanding date codes, and an
> indexed gateway to David Trull’s “Corvair Gold”
>
> ·         There is now a Help section on the menu bar, which includes
> information on how to use the site to post, add media, manage
> subscriptions, etc.
>
> ·         There is a new section devoted to surveys and research questions.
> This includes some new surveys, including a member survey where you can
> tell us more about your interests and offer suggestions for improving the
> site.
>
> ·         Photos of all cars inspected at any “Annual Stock Corvair Event”
> are now available for review. Each ASCE now has its own page with links to
> the entire album or to individual cars. We even have documentation of some
> “new” survivor cars over these past two pandemic years!
>
> ·         We have released more material to the public area of the website.
> That said, you still need to login to see all of the content.
>
> I’m saving our most exciting news for last! We have tried for several years
> to evaluate Stock Corvairs at CORSA conventions (ASCE). We have not had
> great success with that approach, for a variety of reasons. So now we are
> going to offer members the opportunity to participate in “Virtual” Stock
> Assessments. The way it will work is this: interested parties will complete
> an interactive form we have prepared which will give us a lot of useful
> information, and then they will submit a series of photos that we will
> review to complete the evaluation. This is an exciting opportunity to
> better document and preserve the information in an ever-diminishing number
> of survivor cars, or to help those who are trying to restore their cars to
> factory appearance. If you are interested in this project, open and
> complete the “SCG Stock Evaluation Request Form”, found in the “Surveys”
> section of the website.
>
> Also, we will continue to offer the Facebook SCG Page and Group for our
> more social-media minded members. The Facebook Stock Corvair Group
> <https://www.facebook.com/groups/709344113297765> has been very popular,
> currently with 1,070 members. This is certainly the place to go to talk
> about Stock Corvairs. The SCG Website will remain the location where we
> keep our databases, conduct our surveys, and publish our research. Check it
> out!
>
> Bill Hubbell, SCG President
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