| For decades we have seen the national auto | | | | and towed, gleaming, to car shows. Secondly, |
| shows, where the major manufacturers roll out | | | | it's a communications device for like-minded |
| their new models and a few flashy | | | | collectors or builders that may be interested |
| "prototypes" that will never see an assembly | | | | in your specialty - whether old Corvettes or |
| line. Then there are the rod and custom | | | | sixties Alfa Romeos. There are current web |
| shows, populated thirty years ago by twenty- | | | | sites for national and regional organizations |
| and thirty-somethings and filled these days | | | | as well as a number of sites that specialize |
| with middle aged and older auto enthusiasts | | | | as classified advertising for scarce auto |
| who still love classic American cars, both | | | | parts. |
| stock and in all the different permutations | | | | |
| of customization they have gone through over | | | | A personal site, however, is going to give |
| the years. | | | | you a far different type of interaction with |
| | | | your fellow wrench addicts. Instead of |
| And of course there's the Concourse | | | | searching impersonal national websites for |
| D'Elegance crowd, oohing and aahing at | | | | parts or people with similar interests, you |
| priceless Ferraris from the fifties and | | | | can use your site to bring them to you. |
| sixties as well as the older exotics such as | | | | Proper use of keywords and perhaps a |
| Packards and, going even further back, | | | | classified ad or two online will bring |
| Hispano-Suizas and Auburns. | | | | potential contacts to you personally, and |
| | | | there they will find a site with photos of |
| For those who lived American Graffiti and | | | | your car(s), your shop and a little history |
| those who live for the foreign classics, if | | | | about your involvement. |
| you're involved at all in building, | | | | |
| maintaining or participating in the | | | | You don't have to find contacts like that at |
| fellowship that has built around classics and | | | | shows or in pulp publications for parts and |
| exotics, you should consider utilizing a | | | | project cars. A properly designed site for a |
| website. | | | | car enthusiast that elaborates on his area of |
| | | | interest and the history of his cars will |
| First of all, it's a great way to show off | | | | give that person a potentially national |
| your car or cars, whatever you've got in the | | | | social role in the company of his peers, just |
| garage that is carefully driven once a week | | | | as the kids are using MySpace to communicate. |