[Bill Hara]

Ron

Despite the new RF's limited participation on the forum, I have found the RF section to be of incredible help to me. I have also from time to time jumped in and helped out the odd RF builder that needed some info that I was in possession of as I am personally more likely to offer help in this section due to my familiarity with the product. There are others far more experienced and knowledgeable with other types of 40s that have given advice in other forums that may not apply to RFs and this can sometimes make it difficult for a new builder to sift through what applies to them and what doesn't. This would probably also apply to some DRB builders too.

During my build I would look at the build pages of all the different manufacturers eagerly so as to get ideas and information however it was always the cars most like to mine that gave me the most information and confidence with my own build. This avenue of info will ultimately be lost(or a lot harder to find) for those many RF builders that are working through to final completion on their own projects if you ultimately decide to immerse this forum into other technical forums.

Another great feature of the specific manufacturer forum is that you get to know the people that post on it and can PM them directly to ask those stupid questions about your own project. This was confidence building for me and gave me the drive to push my car through to completion.

One last thing, I recall you and other moderators (in the early days) used to copy threads with technical merit from manufacturers forums into the general technical forums so that they got wider coverage and benefitted more members. This doesn't really happen any more but was (i think) one of the strengths of the manufacturer forums.

Bill.