Ok folks,
I've been delayed from running The Survey this year but I think I'm ready to do
the 5th Annual British Cars Survey for this mailing list. For those of you who
are new (and I expect there are a lot of you) here's the deal:
Each year, usually about the May-June time frame, I solicit information from
the list members about their british car holdings. Response is voluntary, of
course. I compile the responses into a single file and place it in the
british-cars archival site. When I am done, I tell everyone where they can get
a copy via ftp.
Running this survey generates a *lot* of traffic and results in a *very large*
survey file, so this year I am going to try to do a couple of things differently
to see if I can keep traffic off the main list.
SURVEY PROCEEDURE:
1. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE USING THE BRITISH_CARS MAILING LIST ADDRESS
(british-cars@autox.team.net).
REPLY DIRECTLY TO ME(robbp@healey_haven.esd.sgi.com or
robbp@healey_haven.sgi.com or
robbp@sgi.com). Any of these addresses should get to
me. Unless something is drastically wrong with e-mail and lots of people
can't get their responses to me, I WILL NOT COLLECT SURVEY RESPONSES SENT TO
british-cars@autox.team.net. This may seem a bit restrictive and inflexible
but I am serious about keeping this survey off the main list. Please put the
word "Survey" in the subject line to help me sort it out from my regular
e-mail.
2. PLEASE USE THE ENTRY FORM SHOWN BELOW. I have included a sample entry form
below(mine). Just edit out my info and substitute your info. Please don't
edit the spacing format, I'll just have to change it back again. I've had
offers and suggestions to put this into some kind of database. I appreciate
the offers, but for now, I believe it is best to stay with a plain ascii text
format that anyone, on any machine can easily access and read.
The area for NOTES is for short comments that will fit on a single line.
The COMMENTS area is for the life history of the car and whatever else you
wish to share with others about your involvement with the car. You don't
*have* to use either area, but a lot of people have in the past.
The rating system for CONDition of the car is:
1) Mint; show quality
2) Excellent; not show quality, but everything works and the paint, body
and interior show no defects or wear.
3) Good; not everything works, the paint, body and interior not perfect
but nothing needs immediate attention.
4) Fair; some mechanical work is needed to put the car in proper working
order, it could use paint/body work; however, the car is driveable.
5) Poor/Under (re)construction; Car needs work to be driveable again.
Everything is there, car is restoreable.
6) Basket Case/Parts Car; Parts may not all be there, car may or may
not be restoreable.
Not every car will fit neatly into a particular catagory. The COMMENTS
section is useful to explain what you really mean.
BEGIN ENTRY
Name: Robb Pryor
Email: robbp@healey_haven.sgi.com
USMail: Silicon Graphics, Inc.,
2011 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94039
Phone: (415)390-1230
MAKE MODEL YEAR COND NOTES
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Austin-Healey 3000 Mk.I '60 5 4-seater (2)
Austin-Healey 3000 Mk.I '59 2/4 2-seater (1)
COMMENTS:
(1) Overall, car is in very good condition after complete restoration ~10yrs.
ago but has been idle in garage for last 3 yrs.
(2) Was daily driver. Now awaiting time and funds for complete rebuild.
Work could start as early as next summer.
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END ENTRY
3. I will confirm each survey response I get with an e-mail reply.
4. I will repeat this message in about a week for people who may have missed
this one.
5. I will close the survey on Aug. 19th. New responses received after that
date may, or may not, get included, depending on my mood at the time.
6. I will let everyone know when the results are ready and where you can get
a copy to read. If there has been some kind of mistake in the information
listed for your entry, I will accept and make corrections for 1 week after
I announce the results. After 1 week, I will repost the corrected results
and announce the final results. At that time, the 5th Annual British Cars
Survey will be complete.
I will accept suggestions for improving the survey, but changes won't be
implemented until next year's version.
Finally, I wish to thank everyone who chooses to participate in the survey in
advance. There have been, and are, some very interesting people and cars out
there on the list. This survey helps us to get to know each other a little
better.
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_____________ _____________ Robb Pryor, Silicon Graphics,
\____________\_____________/____________/ 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd.,
\__________ __________/ Mountain View, CA 94039
\________ AUSTIN-HEALEY ________/ VOICE:(415) 390-1230
\___________________________/ E-Mail:robbp@healey_haven.esd.sgi.com
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