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Re: Kansas City Auto Museum's New Facility - "The Underground"

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:14 am
by 5chn3ll
I kind of like The Underground - there's just enough double meaning to make it interesting.

Webcams members can use to check on their cars might be a cool touch - other than coming up with a way to secure the UI so only paying members can control the cameras, the ongoing cost would be negligible.

I wouldn't encourage on-site wrenching, but having a few services (like battery tenders available for rent. You could also have air pigs for airing up soft tires, and a couple of jump-start packs as "freemiums."

Re: Kansas City Auto Museum's New Facility - "The Underground"

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:24 am
by 32wildbilly
FRUNKenstein wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:10 am Well, we are getting the first paying customers in The Underground on July 27th. We still have a lot of work to do, but things are coming along nicely. My garage got commandeered to be a spray paint booth by the painters that are re-painting our cabinets, so I threw 3 ofthe hooptie fleet in there this morning.


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Who owns the "pale" car?

Re: Kansas City Auto Museum's New Facility - "The Underground"

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:29 am
by gnat
FRUNKenstein wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:10 am Well, we are getting the first paying customers in The Underground on July 27th. We still have a lot of work to do, but things are coming along nicely. My garage got commandeered to be a spray paint booth by the painters that are re-painting our cabinets, so I threw 3 ofthe hooptie fleet in there this morning.


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Re: Kansas City Auto Museum's New Facility - "The Underground"

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:28 pm
by FRUNKenstein
5chn3ll wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:14 am I kind of like The Underground - there's just enough double meaning to make it interesting.

Webcams members can use to check on their cars might be a cool touch - other than coming up with a way to secure the UI so only paying members can control the cameras, the ongoing cost would be negligible.

I wouldn't encourage on-site wrenching, but having a few services (like battery tenders available for rent. You could also have air pigs for airing up soft tires, and a couple of jump-start packs as "freemiums."
Good ideas. The security system that we have being installed will have 10 cameras connected via cloud-based software, so we can have an unlimited number of people monitor them. I had not thought of allowing the car owners to check on their cars using it. That's a great idea. The only issue is that the 10 cameras are looking over the entry/exit points, rather than being focused on the cars. They will show quite a few cars in the background. I think we could add some cameras relatively cheaply to do that. That's a really good selling point for the customers.

Battery tenders will be allowed, but not provided. We have an approved list of models (e.g. - anything CTEK is allowed) and then the staff can approve a battery tender. We will have an outlet at each stall for a battery tender.

No maintenance will be allowed, but we will allow detailing. So, you show up early on a Saturday morning to display your car in a show, you can detail it inside before you leave. I hadn't thought about jump packs or an air pig, but I'll put them on the list to procure. We will have a golf cart, so we can just keep that stuff on the cart.

Re: Kansas City Auto Museum's New Facility - "The Underground"

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:32 pm
by FRUNKenstein
32wildbilly wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:24 am Who owns the "pale" car?
We bought that one sight unseen off the internet out of Dallas back in June 1999. Everybody thought I was crazy for buying a car off an internet ad. Here are a couple of better pics:


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Re: Kansas City Auto Museum's New Facility - "The Underground"

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 5:30 pm
by 32wildbilly
FRUNKenstein wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:32 pm
32wildbilly wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:24 am Who owns the "pale" car?
We bought that one sight unseen off the internet out of Dallas back in June 1999. Everybody thought I was crazy for buying a car off an internet ad. Here are a couple of better pics:



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I like the pale color...