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I feel as if all of the important players have seen this thread yet the elephant in the room has not been addressed.

I just haven't had the time to do much lately - it's deer season, and I'm typing this at the cottage on internet that is barely above dialup speed but less reliable. I will say this about the suggestion to update the forum to a more phone-friendly version: Have any of you ever seen what makes a website "phone friendly"? Because any time I visit a forum on my phone it is ab-so-lutely POLLUTED with advertising. Mobile-friendly seems to do nothing except take a perfectly cromulent website and turn it into clickbait. One thing we admins have been pretty adamant about with this forum, right from day one, is that it would never become one of those annoying places full of ads, and I have that same belief still.

This. Seen this happen to several forums, it murdered their traffic with slow page loads, glitches, etc. 

As for getting things moving quicker, my suggestion would be to encourage anyone doing mods/repairs/resto stuff to these cars, take pics and post up your progress and finished product impressions whenever feasible. I need to do this myself now that fall is here and I'll finally have some time to get a few things started.

 I know its sometimes a mad dash to get stuff done over a brief wknd so the car can be driven to work the next week, so pics and a write up may not be in the cards but try to get some tips or ideas out there for anyone else doing something similar. We have some threads, more would be better.

The other thing would be getting someone from each state to try and get something organized for local meets or shows that nearby members can partite in with obligating themselves to crossing 3 states, hotel bills, etc. 

One of the biggest things holding the popularity of these cars back is lack of exposure. On the net and real world. They have always been kinda underground but I know from experience that if people see a nicely done fox bird or cat at a regular car meey or even driving to or from, they will notice or ask about it. Might inspire them to get one.

This is something I agree with.

A small part of keeping the community alive is the forum itself. If you look at turboford.org, that forum hasn't been updated in at least 15 years. It's not very active, but it's not due to the forum itself.

The larger part of keeping this community alive is the members being willing to share. My car progress has been slow, but I'm currently gathering parts for a 5-lug SN95 conversion. Between my years as research and experience, and now starting fresh with this car, I can put together a very tech heavy article for the forum. While it's a very beaten topic, it comes up frequently enough to where having a solid article can really benefit the community. Rather than bickering with "do a search" or not responding because you're frustrated with repeating yourself, a link can easily be provided.

While I am excited to get the forum software updated at some point, we all still need to do our part if we want to keep this place thriving.

I just haven't had the time to do much lately - it's deer season, and I'm typing this at the cottage on internet that is barely above dialup speed but less reliable. I will say this about the suggestion to update the forum to a more phone-friendly version: Have any of you ever seen what makes a website "phone friendly"? Because any time I visit a forum on my phone it is ab-so-lutely POLLUTED with advertising. Mobile-friendly seems to do nothing except take a perfectly cromulent website and turn it into clickbait. One thing we admins have been pretty adamant about with this forum, right from day one, is that it would never become one of those annoying places full of ads, and I have that same belief still.

Whoa, there is a Turboford gathering in Dayton?