new forum for early land rovers

[Jon hutchings]

Hi I'm trying to get a site of the ground to bring together people
interested in ealy land rovers. It's initially for Land Rover 80" (
including pre production) Series 1's

At the moment I've just got the forum up and running, but I hope to
expand on this over hte next week or so with a gallery/ classified / and
also a database were people can record details of any land rover 80"
they own


Anyway enough of the shamelss plug - visit hte site if you are
interested and help make it better

forum.landrover48-53.org

soon to be expanded to www.landrover48-53.org

Jon

 

[Mother]

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:40:24 +0000 (UTC), Jon hutchings
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Anyway enough of the shamelss plug

No offence or anything, but if I see one more phpbb "Land Rover Forum"
- especially with little or no customisation or content and promoted
in a way that makes me feel someone has let thier 12 yr old son take
the job of marketing manager...

.... I'LL SCREAM!!!

 

[Dave P]

Hey Mother, that's a bit harsh. It's one enthusiast doing his bit to
contribute to the world we all inhabit. People will only use it if its
useful, so market rules will apply. It'll either blossom or wither.
Either way, does it hurt you? I say good luck to the guy.

Personally, if he's got round setting up a bulletin board, he's way
ahead of me in the IT stakes. If he hasn't customised it, it doesn't
bother me, cos I wouldnt know where to start. And surely all
discussion boards have no content to start with - isn't that the point?
If he promotes it on this NG, so what? It's the obvious place to
start, and it ain't spam, not in my book.

Don't be so cynical and jaded!

 

[EMB]

Mother wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:40:24 +0000 (UTC), Jon hutchings
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>Anyway enough of the shamelss plug
>
>
> No offence or anything, but if I see one more phpbb "Land Rover Forum"
> - especially with little or no customisation or content and promoted
> in a way that makes me feel someone has let thier 12 yr old son take
> the job of marketing manager...
>
> ... I'LL SCREAM!!!
>

Ditto, but what do you expect Martyn? He's got an Oxford uni email
address.

--
EMB

 

[Austin Shackles]

On or around Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:43:32 +0000, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:40:24 +0000 (UTC), Jon hutchings
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Anyway enough of the shamelss plug
>
>No offence or anything, but if I see one more phpbb "Land Rover Forum"
>- especially with little or no customisation or content and promoted
>in a way that makes me feel someone has let thier 12 yr old son take
>the job of marketing manager...
>
>... I'LL SCREAM!!!

and thcweam until you're thick?
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

 

[Mother]

On 27 Jan 2006 05:40:54 -0800, "Dave P" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Hey Mother, that's a bit harsh. It's one enthusiast doing his bit to
>contribute to the world we all inhabit. People will only use it if its
>useful, so market rules will apply. It'll either blossom or wither.
>Either way, does it hurt you?

Let me see...

Firstly, some of us go to great lengths to seek permission to use the
LR Green Oval and are told in no uncertain terms to ensure any use is
clearly identified as not being directly sanctioned or representative
of Land Rover.

Secondly, such sites often do not go anywhere, the owner gets bored,
discovers girls, can't afford the hosting, or simply forgets all about
it. In the meantime some may have contributed content of value - when
the site goes, so does the content - and the contributors will
invariably be less inclined to want to contribute to the next phpbb
setup...

Don't get me wrong, good luck and all that - if it lasts. If not, it
adds to the gradual errosion of knowledge. I'd rather see more people
with such interests gathering together and collectively providing a
more centralised repository for information.


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

 

[Jon Hutchings]

>> No offence or anything, but if I see one more phpbb "Land Rover
>> Forum" - especially with little or no customisation or content and
>> promoted in a way that makes me feel someone has let thier 12 yr old
>> son take the job of marketing manager... ... I'LL SCREAM!!!
>
> Ditto, but what do you expect Martyn? He's got an Oxford uni email
> address.
>

Blimey - sorry to stir up such feelings! Didn't know it was such a sore
point.

Personally I'm mainly only interested in 80" wheelbase land rovers (tho'
I own several series 3's Ex mil etc as well). As a memeber of both the
series one and Land rover register, the series one garage etc. I've
never been that happy with what's available on the web for enthusiasts
of the very first land rovers, espcially the pre pro's which as I'm sure
you know, have numerous detail differences to the production models.
Whilst there are some excellent websites containing this sort of
information, I've not found any forums where people who are lucky enough
to own such vehicles can exhange information about them

As for the customization - fair comment - I was perhaps a bit early in
sending my e-mail, I'm customizing it all the time, adding in some of
the nice add ons (gallery tools etc.) changing the theme, look and feel
etc. but I have a day job and these things take time, in the mean time
I'd like to get people using it, as without people using the site it has
no content and so will disappear along with a million others.

The Oxford uni e-mail address is because I'm one of the Network
Sysadmins for the university (and have been for the last 10 years) - and
before you ask the site is not hosted on any uni equipment and it
completely indepandant of the university.

Anyone who has an interest in these early vehicles, please come and
visit the site and help me make it a useful resource. I've got lots of
question I'll be posting in the forums there over the next few days, but
now I need soem members to answer them.

Thanks

Jon

 

[Mother]

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:56:02 +0000 (UTC), Jon Hutchings
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Blimey - sorry to stir up such feelings! Didn't know it was such a sore
>point.

Well, full marks for coming back and stating your point of view. I do
actually wish you every success, and would urge you to look at ways of
maintaining the 'freshness', both of the site and in terms of your own
committment.


--
"We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one
of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005