10-13-2021, 08:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Fort Gratiot, Michigan
Posts: 2,296
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Re: Archive of old Model A message boards
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Originally Posted by alexiskai
One of the problems with learning about Model As from message boards like this one is that it's hard to get at archival content. The current iteration of Ford Barn dates from 2010. Ahooga has posts going back to 1997, but it's hard to search.
Using the Internet Archive, I collected 58,000 posts from old Model A message boards. This collection includes 22,000 posts from the old Ford Barn from 2001-05. The '05-10 era is sadly still MIA. I also got 36,000 posts from Ahooga covering 2000 - 2018.
If anyone is interested in grabbing a copy to make your own private searchable archive, you can download it here: http://gofile.me/54wyz/GbOhuokPi
The ZIP file is about 160MB. Regarding copyright concerns, this application is covered by the fair use exception, which permits noncommercial reproduction for "criticism, reporting, comment, teaching, scholarship, or research." |
You are to be congratulated for your efforts to help out the Model A community. We need more astute members like you. Thanks, Wayne
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