Charlie,
Thanks for the comments. The two clubs are in almost a state of revolution into the new electronic world. So its getting there.
One reason I have joined the commitees of both is so when it comes to them trying to decide what members want, I can say what it is like being a member from Australia, New Zealand or somewhere far from the UK. I do remember the old days of running down to the bank and having a cheque made up in pounds. It took ages and was expensive.
The idea will be to have both the club shops online and together so to speak. The S1 club is about 10 times the size of the Register, which has only 250 members but they do really specialize in the history of the early ones. The S1 club is more of a social club as well, with the area reps etc. So for most the S1 club is the best and has the largest resource of spares.
The S1 club shop parts list you can down load here,
Club Shop
and we are about to get a new club shop operator who is computer savvy so we can go online with the part sales fairly soon.
The ultimate form of all this will be getting feed back on what people want. For example, affordable pork pie lights. If the quotes to get them made are reasonable then the club can look into it. Getting quotes themselves or members get in touch with the committee to say they have a price for this part. People have the same issues here with feeling in the UK that the ebay lights are too expensive for almost anyone.
That is what happened in the UK with the 80" dizzy caps. Originals were rare and expensive. There were re pro ones with out the 'right' markings which people didn't want so the club stepped in to make it and get it affordable. Where a commercial buissness may get the cost of the die back over a few years, say the clubs can stretch that so make things more affordable, but it is a tough balance sometimes but that is what it is about.
