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I was correct - AGAIN
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Third rock from the sun
Posts: 1,801
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I hate to think how many hours of my life I have spent on this forum since I joined in March 2005. One day I hope to start a thread in the project cars section when I finally start my own restoration project.
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Last warning
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria HeadCount: 3
Posts: 11,194
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so many changes in those years
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FALCN6 - Turbo, Air Bag Suspension - Hibernating EL GT - Supercharged NASCAR - 83 Thunderbird , Bagged DAILY - BA Fairlane Ghia, Boss 260 Turbo OFFROADER - Ford Explorer ![]() |
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Workshop & Performance
![]() Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hewett SA
Posts: 4,123
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Ooh lala, my login on the 'old place' is still active. I wasn't privy to the behind the scenes action and took me a while to sign up here, I just thought you were a bunch of bloody upstarts
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GT4.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,218
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I'm user #86
I was 19, and was there on the first or second day after being a member for a year or so on the US FordForums, having joined the E Series owners club due to my having bought a manual EF Falcon. A lot has changed. With me and the admin team. Im much grumpier, acid tongued and argumentative than the peace keeping gofer I was at 18, But through it all, I've always had Fords, even though my passion truly lies with another Marque now. I dont post a lot here anymore, but I still have a good read from time to time to keep up with ford news. I actually had one of the first postsin the bar thanking Russ and the (then) admin for the great forum we still had after the collapse of FFUS, but from memory, it was deleted after someone mined it.. Anyway, the place is well established now, I'd imagine Russ should be quite chuffed. Good work all. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria HeadCount: 3
Posts: 11,194
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FALCN6 - Turbo, Air Bag Suspension - Hibernating EL GT - Supercharged NASCAR - 83 Thunderbird , Bagged DAILY - BA Fairlane Ghia, Boss 260 Turbo OFFROADER - Ford Explorer ![]() |
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Formerly ST170ish
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Down south
Posts: 1,670
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I thought it was a little earlier than that, I joined just after I brought a new just released 03 BA XLS V8 ute?(1st BA V8 ute in SA)
Its not my original join date(its when I changed to ST170ish)on the side there as I made a mistake and got booted off by Laminge and Russ, got reinstated after a 6mth cooling off period and some groveling on my part ![]() Ah yes thats right it was Ford Forums... too long ago tis why I no remember ![]() ![]() Last edited by XP6; 04-07-2012 at 09:00 PM. |
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Formally FairmontPom
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 1,121
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Think I joined in 2005 after picking up the AU2 Ghia... I'm amazed how quickly the time has passed since then !
Edit: March 2006
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1998 XH Falcon V8 S Pack, white, couple of dents. Bogan project 2020 PX3 Ranger XLT 4x4, 10 speed BiTurbo, Tech Pack, Black wheel pack, HSP powered roller shutter, LED fogs, tailgate central locking and auto fold mirror upgrades. |
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B1 - J & D Services
![]() Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Brim, Victoria
Posts: 1,632
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Been a good place, mind you I think we could lighten up a little these days... Anyhow, I am more a reader than anything, so thanks to everyone who has put the effort in... New Fords are even worse than they were in 2005, but at least we still have the old ones...
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Mr. Brett Johnstone. ![]() 2002 Ford Laser 2000 Ford Falcon Wagon Egas 1999 Subaru Imprezza Sportwagon 1998 Holden Suburban 2500 1995 Land Rover Discovery TDI 1994 XG XR6 Longreach 1983 Holden Rodeo 1975 Datsun 120Y wagon 1970 MG Midget 1967 Rover 2000TC Soon: Model T. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Sydney
Posts: 3,867
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Haven't heard or read any posts from HSE2 for a few months now. Always enjoyed and respected his input.
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Awesome
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In my own little world..Everyone here knows me :)
Posts: 9,401
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Time for a name upgrade for you guys Spooly.
Racing Old Farts League or ROFL for short, has a nice ring to it. ![]() ![]()
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: GEELONG
Posts: 7,946
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it has been a great time and that includes all the ups and downs
I have had bans etc and thankfully I am still here and loving it oh and i joined Jan 2005 after seeing a few old school falcons with aff stickers on them cant remember the actual date but I am member # 1723 so it looks like the first month or so were big member joining times Russ you and all the admin team have done a great job here and I cant see me going anywhere soon thanks for a great place to spend my hours and not go insane insane insane oh bugger it is back again lol to all the people I have met here thanks for the good times and hope we can all have many more to come Jason
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no longer have a ford but a ford man at heart R.I.P 98 EL MAY YOU HAVE A GOOD LIFE IN FALCON HEAVEN [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Shoalhaven
Posts: 3,161
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AFF also kicked off with a whole pack of us owners of the then-new Territory, refugees from the US site. And it's been good ever since, thanks Russ.
Of interest in the early days was a member of the Territory project from Ford who managed to keep his identity secret for a while until we "outed" him lol! Another was an ex-Ford person who'd gone over to Toyota and forever promoted the beauties of the Kluger on AFF. I used to enjoy throwing internal dimensions stats at him. He went quiet after a Kluger fell over in a Wheels test. All the technical advice has been great. |
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sidonee
Posts: 1,062
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This site is well run and has grown into a great community with their own interests in Ford. We all enjoy being here and I must say I have not been back to the USA site since defecting as one of the original members.
How do I find my member number ? Thanks to Russ and the Mod team.
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Cruising...
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Perth
Posts: 3,819
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I am member 2141530
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Awesome
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In my own little world..Everyone here knows me :)
Posts: 9,401
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You are member 251. It is at the end of the address bar when I looked at your profile
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Awesome
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: In my own little world..Everyone here knows me :)
Posts: 9,401
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I joined in Oct 07 as you can see below my avatar.
I have no problems remembering my member number: 104010. ![]()
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Captain Malcolm Reynolds
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 3,830
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I only joined because I bought an AU Falcon, and somebody linked me to aufalcon.com - March 2007. I then saw a link saying "Forums" which of course led to the AU part on here and the rest is history...
2004 - when AFF was started - well, I was drinking heavily, partying stupidly, spending most of my weekend either smashed or hungover and driving a 1988 Colt because I cared not for cars, I just had something cheap to run and easy to drive when I actually COULD drive. I used public transport for work so the car barely got used anyway. Then when that died and I had to drive mum's Camry for a year (I'd share it with her, like I said, its not like I NEEDED a car, it was just nice sometimes to have one) I decided to get something half respectable, and the AU was purchased. I look back at that life and all the epic times I had, all the parties and laughs, and I sometimes miss it. But it was joining AFF, and becoming part of a car community, that settled me down a lot, got me into cars & cruising, and introduced me to a whole new range of friends, people I wouldn't have met if I hadn't joined this forum. I've now been a DM for two years (I think?) and attended the last two Drag Nationals in Heathcote - with full intention of attending future events too. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm glad the people who started this forum did so. Looking at the stats of the forum I'm sure they're proud of themselves for building a community so large, diverse and popular. I'm also glad I found it and joined. While I still like to go out and party (as a few of you would know!), its now limited compared to what it used to be - all because of my love of cars. Now while I've always had a love of cars, it didn't manifest much until I bought that AU and joined this forum. Enough dribble from me now though, off to search for more VNs. As it is my secret desire to overthrow this forum into a VN paradise ;) EDIT: 5 Digit user number. Reminds me of how elite I though I was when I had a 6 digit ICQ number...
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