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Originally Posted by Benson
She bought FB from a guy who slips my mind just now.
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That was Gus Stangeland from the Dallas area. Gus' forum was actually started as a venue for his Dallas club to discuss Dallas area info but was overtaken by non-Dallas club members and so he formed Fordbarn. Ironically, the bigger forum for Model-As at that time was also founded by a fellow Texan named Dale Clinton from Houston area. I actually started with Ahooga and also joined Gus' site a few months after it was founded.
As for where I gathered my info on Model-As prior to that, it was my father and my father's friends. My dad began collecting Model-As in 1958. I have joked that I attended my first antique car tour before I was even born in 1960. This is true however it would be nearly 6 years before we would have a local Model-A club. Dad, his friend Bill, and a few other friends formed a Houston club in 1966. Prior to that, knowledge was gathered by going to a Model-A friend's house to work on Model-As. There were a few publications that guys had back then that they would reference but my dad and others commented there was as much wrong as was correct info. The irony was this was a frustration by many for the next few decades. That was likely one of the major differences between Ahooga and Fordbarn. In the early days of Fordbarn, misinformation was a huge deal. People quickly learned that if you didn't know what you were talking about, then you didn't post followup answers. This happened for many years which is likely why that Fordbarn was known in the hobby for being a 'purist forum'.
Over the years, ownership has changed ...and so has the content. It is a different day now, and ironically it appears that most hobbyists get their information now from YouTube content providers. In my line of work, I field a lot of Technical questions, ...and when they tell me the background of why they are doing something, I ask where did you get that information from ...and invariably they say from YouTube or on Facebook.
