love andy's car but....

Time for a red one....

Time for an east coast car, and none of those fussy six cylinder cars.

How about some LE's for once, before anniversary year 40 is up? Seen 1 nominated in the entire COTM history. I hereby refuse any nominations myself- not interested in personal glory, but I'd like to see the LE get some recognition for once.

I nominate an LE tribute!

You might think i like red 914's but i really don't. I am buying them all so I can put them away in storage and no body ever has to look at them again.

Scotty is in on my plan.

I would prefer "urban camouflage" .... ya know .... small dents, primer, patches of glossy paint, dried out rubber, etc

The wine and cheese crowd call that...patina

So, who wants to run the COTM?

What does running it entail?

Good question.
What happened to 914itis- did he not volunteer?
Should it be renamed COTQ (quarter), or COTS (season, as in fall/winter/spring/summer)?

Well, there is a difference between saying "Sure, i'll do it" in a thread and then actually doing something.

So far, no one has stepped up and actually tried to put a new COTM together.

I did, however, get a PM today with an interesting idea that might buy us some time until the next real COTM.
It would involve putting together a collage of 914s from the calendar thread and using that up on the homepage until the end of this year.

- Start a thread collection nominations
- Understand and follow the few rules regarding nominations
- When you have enough nominations, start a poll asking for votes
- Understand and follow the few rules regarding voting
- Declare a winner
- Collect high resolution images of the winning car that match the requirements for the homepage
- Collect vehicle information and a short paragraph needed for the homepage
- Email the above to me
- Keep bugging me until i finally find the time to put up the new homepage

I'll do it.

I can handle the poll, the process, and the prodding.

I will need to know about the photo resolutions, and whatever rules to follow to keep people happy.

I'll commit to at least one year too.

Cool?

Rob,

If you want any help with it, I'd be happy to help however I can.

Thanks,
Steve

Whoo hooooo! Game on.

Here's a link for an example for those interested in running this for awhile. It's not hard.

Nominations
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=108447&hl=

Voting
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...=108513&hl=

How about making a link to the VIN db relating images and VIN's. There are more than 7000 VIN's listed and there is a way to enter a jpg when you enter a listing. Even if only 10% of the listings entered jpg's, that should be enough for a collage or calendar. Variety too ...

Great idea to populate the VIN database with pictures of the cars. And lots of uses for the photos, I would think. But, it requires very high resolution images to make a high-quality print calendar.