[SEL] Photo database UPDATE

[Jeff Allen]

Hi all,

Thanks for the many comments. Ken's site is one I have used, but as he 
said, it has been neglected. Still nice work. Don's site at:
http://www.oldengine.org/members/siefker/shows/oldshows/image-index-a.html
is the best I've seen. Great work there, and well worth a bookmark.

There are many who have made information available to all of us. The one 
thing I found lacking was a photo database. The two above are pretty 
good by the way. I do not have too much time or energy, but figured 
maybe I could work on this, much like Rob is working on the patent 
information. It would be an ongoing project, as time allows, but it has 
to start somewhere.

Here are my thoughts. I would like to start with engines owned by 
members of the lists. I want the pictures send to me. I do not want to 
link to other pages as it will cause broken links down the road. One 
site, one source for all the data. I would build html pages for each 
engine so I could add text. That is where all of you come in. You would 
send me photos of your engines and describe them as best you can with 
type, year, model, etc. I will give credit to the photographer, and will 
add the owners name if they wish. I think that would be a good starting 
point.

I would also like folks like Maytag Mark to add their expertise on the 
engines they know about. Variations between models and countries and all 
that good stuff. Hyperlinks between models could be added so for example 
one could see the difference between an IH LA and LB with a mouse click. 
This is a huge project, but I will take it on if all of you will help.

I would also like someone to provide web space for this. I could buy a 
domain and find a home for this, but would prefer not to have to do 
that. I have a test page in the works as a sample. I'll try to share it 
for feedback in the next few days.

In closing, you folks would be doing a lot of the work, and I would 
assemble it. As always, comments welcome.

Jeff Allen