Ron, I'm sad to see the disappearance of the RF & GT40 Aust sections in the Manufacturer's Corner.
I partially understand your reluctance to provide separate sections in this area for manufacturers who do not actively support the Forum, but, who suffers now ? - the car owners.
These were threads that provided a simple "drill-down" to quite brand-specific issues. Since the demise of Robert L, I can't remember seeing any overt promotion of the RF by the new owners. Peter Ransom (GT40 Aust), as you mentioned, has almost never participated on the Forum, so probably won't know or care about his company's exclusion.
End result : Neither manufacturer will be materially affected, as neither of them appear to have used these threads for their own advantage. It seems to me that the only people affected by the changes are the poor old RF "victims", & a bunch of GT40 Aust owners. We used to know where to look/contribute first, but now we need to adopt the "shotgun approach" - look everywhere !
Sorry to sound a bit critical, but one of my favourite sayings is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" !!
I can understand why you would not like to have non-supportive manufacturers in this section of the Forum, so why not just ban them from posting until they cough up some $ ? That way, they don't get a freebie ride, & the owners get to retain their brand-specific threads & topics ?
Just some ideas, but then, you did ask for some !!!
Kind Regards,
Peter D.