The internet speeds up the classic car hobby.
Tuesday-October 09, 2007
There's an interesting article in Newsweek online this week about how the internet has changed the hunt for rare cars and rarer parts for those cars.
They talk about how classic car owners use the internet to find rare parts that would taken them years to locate just by trolling through auctions and the classified ad sections of marque clubs.
In my own ridiculously narrow-interest way, I'm in league with these car owners. At Torq-O, we primarily collect orphan car media. We're always scouting the shipping lanes and backwater channels on the internet to find orphan car training kits, TV and radio commercials, industrial films, etc. If it weren't for the internet, our collection would be 1/5 the size it is today.
How about you? Has the internet allowed you to build a collection much faster than in the old days? Tell us a story. Click on the Comments button below, and share your thoughts.
They talk about how classic car owners use the internet to find rare parts that would taken them years to locate just by trolling through auctions and the classified ad sections of marque clubs.
In my own ridiculously narrow-interest way, I'm in league with these car owners. At Torq-O, we primarily collect orphan car media. We're always scouting the shipping lanes and backwater channels on the internet to find orphan car training kits, TV and radio commercials, industrial films, etc. If it weren't for the internet, our collection would be 1/5 the size it is today.
How about you? Has the internet allowed you to build a collection much faster than in the old days? Tell us a story. Click on the Comments button below, and share your thoughts.