deano
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/05/19 20:01:47
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Happy to invest in your Rally Escort stickers Drew if that gets going.
They would look great on the van!
I'm getting a little project off Marty soon, and may be able to print some small 3D items and donate the $$ if it kicks off and members want them. SHould have a post soon from one of us.
To the Admins, any idea of how many 'readers' hit the forums?
Apart from regular contributors with project cars, perhaps there might be a 'support membership' for a few bucks?
Hopefully our suggestions don't make any work for yourself though.
We might get it over the post for 1 year, but going forward longer term?
How long do we all think we'd likely be interested/active in the forum?
For me, I reckon at least the next 2 years, by the time i'm finished the van, and will still be looking for help after.Any Maybe offer some help in return..
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MarkA
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/05/20 11:14:16
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Not sure on the logistics, but could several forums be merged and members navigate to the forum relevant to them?
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/05/20 17:38:32
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If everyone turned off their ad blockers for this web site, it would help a lot.
It might not be enough to cover the costs of the forum, though it will definitely help.
Clicking on ads helps too, though I'm not supposed to say that...
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/05/20 17:44:32
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It's not me, it's you.....
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martymexico
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/05/20 18:20:07
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Yeah Deano,
I'm guilty too of shutting ads off so to help I'll not go thru my VPN and if any ad I see that's relevant I'll quick check it. Trying to help here..
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/05/21 19:15:13
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Hi,
I am a long time lurker , infrequent poster.
It will definitely be sad to see the forum go as like many others have said it’s been a great source of knowledge and inspiration for me (all I need is a project but that’s another story)
I’d also be happy to donate some money to keep it running if that’s the way forward.
Thanks for maintaining it for all these years!
Justin
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MarkA
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/05/23 19:00:50
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Admin
Here's a look back into the past - http://classicford.mine.nu/forum/]https://web.archive.org/w...sicford.mine.nu/forum/[/link]
Wow that looks like the Small Ford Car Club of NSW forum. Any relationship?
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/05/23 19:32:13
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Admin
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/07/04 18:06:51
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I've moved the forum to another server and service provider, and it all seems to work except for email notifications. I'm working on fixing it. The new server is more powerful, so the forum should be more responsive now.
post edited by Admin - 2025/07/04 18:50:46
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/07/05 09:00:26
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It's not me, it's you.....
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/07/05 11:47:55
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Drewdog
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/07/05 18:12:41
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Thanks for the update Admin. I must admit to thinking it was all over when I got the error 404 message while you were (obviously now) doing the maintenance.
GT Cortina Project "The Ugly Duckling"
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/07/06 09:45:23
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UPDATE - I have found and implemented a low cost solution for hosting this forum, so there are no longer any plans for shutting it down.
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martymexico
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/07/06 09:58:52
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Mate your a legend, we all appreciate your work
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Re: This forum will be turned off in the next 6 to 12 months
2025/07/06 10:23:11
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Thanks for the update and all of your hard work.
You can relax now guys, no deadline to have your projects finished...
GT Cortina Project "The Ugly Duckling"
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