I started on a Compuserve auto forum in the early '80's; all plain text, no pictures, on a Radio Shack Model 100 portable computer (prehistoric laptop) with a built-in 300 baud modem. It felt like a miracle to be able to see 4 lines of text "almost instantly" from someone across the country. My, how things have changed. Before that it was Hemmings, paper copy.

 

Bobbie have you been getting the HD stuff I've been sending out? Got some on roadracing Falcons too.

 

Bobby, I've exchanged messages with Peter through facebook. He's busy but not so much with his truck. If I recal correctly, he had the world's first "stove pipe" carburetor.

 

Dick,
Yea, I've been getting your emails...thanks

John and George,

thanks for the update on Peter. I've always enjoyed his input and posts

Bobby

 

Only by those in their 50's, Those of us in our 60's think that is the new 40.

 

LOL....I was always bad in math....so I must be in my 30s......since 60s is now the new 40s.

I joined after 30 yrs of wanting another 56. I started just trying how to figure out the computer,and did it by myself.....with Terri fixing my mistakes.
I joined to find out how to repair my old truck. I never thought it would be a big part of my day. Especially in winter.
Hard not to check in and see what everyone is doing.

ANYONE HEARD FROM FRANK HACKNEY LATELY? He had a 48 f100 I think ?

 

Bill, I think you mean Jim Hackney? Yea I have not seen him post in a long while.

I think Mr4speedford was the first to post..... he was 8 yrs old then!

 

Thanks Ken Payne ,where ever you are !! This site is a must for anyone associated with old Ford trucks .
Am in my late '50's , but just think how much expierance & knowledge us oldtimers have acquired over the yrs .Now that is invalueable . Had another B-day at Christmas . Later , Denny

 

That's ok you guys should all be girls - we are all just 29!

 

[quote=Julies Cool F1;8400033]That's ok you guys should all be girls - we are all just 29
Proof with a picture ? You know we are all waiting .

How has all the rain been treating our Ca. members ? Hope all fared well through the days of rain .

 

[QUOTE=firstrider;8400157]It is very fair today, everything is wet no dry spot was left out
We have been getting hit left and right in Winters (Near Sacramento) but not as bad as down south.


As far as teasing the old folks, I will have to check back in a few years

Kevin
LFD Inc.

 

So who were the first 10 people on the FTE list back in 1997?

Any of these guys ever post anymore?
Was Colonel Flashman one? Fomoco.....?

Yes...there is a quote my Grandpa used to tell folks....''I have forgotten more ..than you will ever know''.......and now I know what he means....LOL

 

Well, Husker, if you remember me here when you first joined then I guess that makes it 1997. I think 1996 might be too early. I looked in the Old Pictorial under the Gallery. There are only 10 '54 pickups shown there but there are no dates attached, so I am not sure when we had that. The Pictorial would have come after FTE had a web based forum I think, not while it was an email type forum.

 

In the 70s...before internet ....I wanted to build a big block mopar into a 56 f100.
I was just driving and had to have a hotrod.
If it wasn't for the old books out like trucking....I would never have been able to build it.
TRUCKIN magazine must have been funded by southern california pickups and panels...because every issue had cartoons about them and just about 5 pics and write-ups of the effies in every issue....LOL
Is JACK RIES still around? I met him in 1976 when I took my first road trip cross country and bought tons of parts.
If it wasn't for these guys....I might have kept my truck stock......and still had it......crap...now I wish I would have done that...haha
Now with FTE....any swap is just a few clicks away....except a big block mopar in a effie.....haha

 

It's amusing to hear you whippersnappers exchange bards about your longevity on the net. As a '69 graduate with a BS in Computer Science, I have a lifelong experience of "change that you can believe in". For me, the Cisco kid has dual-meaning as well as "Well done, Grace Hopper".

As to whom was the first user of the FTE, I doubt it was Al Gore (self-proclaimed inventor of the Internet) as he had moved on to bigger things. I was on an antique tractor forum in '96 when I was rebuilding my Ford 8N, so it wasn't me.

Since we are all shrouded in Cyberspace, identity theft is rampant, and pictures no longer convey true images, I doubt you will ever know for sure.