My 20 years on Moparts.

Wow it has been 20 years for me on moparts today. Where has the time gone. A lot has changed and have seen some really good guys pass on.

You made me look! January next year will mark my 20th year. Where'd the years go?!

A couple constants in life—everything changes and we ALL have an expiration date...

The date shown, is it for moparts as a whole or is it just for this rendition of moparts? The board was changed a few times early on.


Good lord, 20+ yrs............

October of this year will be 20 for me. I was thinking I joined in 98 or so though.

This version, I think.

It will be 20 years for me in December.

Correct, January 2003. As President and Grand Poobah of the procrastinators club, I didn't get around to re-registering until November 2003. I don't recall my original date, probably about the time the Dallas board died?

I've been wasting everyone's time here since Jan 2003...wow...

The "joined" date in your profile is the "new board". Mine shows 2003 but I've been here since the nineties.

Seriously!! Where did the time go?

Same here along with a bunch of others. I got nervous signing up for the "new board" by about eight hours. I think it came (back) online around 5pm or 6pm EST on Jan 19th 2003 and I waited until I was sure it was for real early the next morning around 4am on Jan 20th. We all lost the previous posts and started with a clean slate (I think). I guess we're still having fun (on most of the forums ;)) as the time has really flown by.

Mike

Isn't that two constants?

and fun was had by all !

Been almost 30 years for me I believe, could have been out of prison by now...

Yes...mine shows Jan.2003 when I re-registered for the new board. I originally joined IIRC, September 2000. Time fly's... my kids were small then, now they are all adults making their own way in life.

I know i've been here since 96-8 or so. Anyone know when the original board started? I know the Dallas site was around

Oh wow. 02/02/03 was my join date. And I was here before that for sure on older formats of the board.

Where does the time go indeed.

I wonder if Mopar Jamie ever got anything to run?

Counting years is for kids, real men count how many "vacations" they have enjoyed. LOL

Time keeps on ticking

Yes, the Jan 2003 was the reboot after the 2nd big crash from the original board. The 1st crash was in 2001, and that wiped out about 1/2 the members. The 2nd crash took the entire board out for a full day or two, if I remember correctly. I think I first signed up around 98 or 99. I survived the 1st crash.

I had to sign up under a different name when I had my own computer crash. I couldn't remember my original password, and at that time the truck that was attached to my original signup was already 5 years gone. I took it as a reason to change my handle when I signed up that last time. Originally my handle was 50dodge4x4.

its been a fun ride. My son graduated from High School in 2000, things were so different way back then. We were younger, the hobby was strong, and owning Mopars was fun and not nearly as expensive. The good old days for sure.

20th year for me too!

I remember browsing Moparts on my Phillips Magnavox WebTV unit. I also surfed a site called "Dallas Mopars" something. Another early 2000s site called Cuda Dudes and another called Grinwas mopar? Magazines were still king but the forums and email were really new and neat.

I found my way to the old Moparts board in I think the late 90s when the Dallas Mopar board went away.

Interesting thread. I had not thought about it, this is my 19th year.

2003 was the year i bought my first "pooter"..............and it's been downhill since.......
i can't remember how i stumbled into this jungle..........

Twenty years last month for me.

I'm still wondering when the board was first online. might also be fun to know who the longest active member is

Not sure of my exact date but it was in the 90`s IIRC.

Want to think I joined in 2001.

20 years this month too.

Kevin

Moparts started in Oct of 1996

Using a simple script so all posts were in one thread

Then used an early ver of this board software , but got so busy we would crash the server couple of times a week

When this Board software was rewritten every one had to reregister

And what made Moparts grow was I started paying a company to run the server
Which made it reliable and stopped the server crash’s and gave us the bandwidth that was needed

20 years plus. Lots of members have come and gone. Met many of you over the years depending on the venue.

I guess i hit 20 years this past Jan. wow, built a few cars over those years.

So that's the reason for so many pop up ads? I understand bills have gotta be paid, but at what price are you paying them?

Did you honestly think this website was going to last this long?

Thank you for all your efforts.

I joined in 99 or 2000 I think. I was at moparchat first.

Same here. Not super active, but check in almost daily still, and still buying from fellow members.

Thanks Tom!

Yup. You can tell the early, early guys from their joining number. I was #454 member to join in the 1990’s.

thank you
Now out of curiosity, dare I ask who is the longest registered member from the early board that is still active

Cool, never knew that I'm # 953 . Someone mentioned Moparchat, that rebooted my RAM LOL

Ummmm.......... I took a look at mine, really? #117

Tom (moparts) is #2. Who's #1?

I first posted in Jan. of 2003, so I'm over 20 years on here as well. Wow - never occurred to me to even look.

I joined in 97, a few days after we bought our first computer. I had to rejoin in 2003, like everyone else. I had DT's for a few days because I couldn't get on here.....lol. I just looked, and I am # 31.

Thank you Tom, for all that you have done to provide this place for us for so many years.

I can't find a listing for #1, wonder if it was who setup the "new" Moparts?

Go here "user list" https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showmembers.html and sort by "joined" then click on the member's name. You'll find it in order of (re-)signup and not find a #1 but starting with the real number one on this forum Tom (moparts) as #2.

Mike (#203)

I first joined in '97 as well. I had to browse at work as I didn't have a home computer back then.

The admin account to set the software up , then you delete the set up account

Wow I am number 28, it has been a long time. Thanks so much Tom!!

IM STILL here

No.802, but I was here in the late 90's. Learned a lot from you guys.

June 2003 for me so I'm coming up on it.

Bunch of old farts on here. Thanks Tom!

Kevin (676)

#205.

Lots of history and ups and downs nobody wants to hear about.

I leave myself logged on most of the time including when not really paying attention.

1/21/2003 for me at #607.

be 20 years for me this November
#1965

Looks like I came on at #471 sometime in the late 90s, and people were talking about the "Dallas board" but I don't know what that was about. I'm not one of the elites here, but this forum has been a great source of information, Mopar-related and otherwise.

OK another question that is somewhat related, the post count number hovering around 3.1+ Mil. (top right corner of posts), Is that since the beginning of the site or the latest version ?
now translate that into man hours

I'd guess, like the join date, it's just this latest version.

Did you notice in the Q&A section you can go all the way back to 2005?

This is crazy! I never thought about how long I was a moparts member. Looks like I'm one of the "new" guys - joined March 2003 - Member #1176
Never would have dreamed its been 20 years...

I'm sitting at 197

Rocking the Jan. 2003 date as well. Originally joined in 1999 or 2000 I think? Been too long ago to remember. I just know I didn't have a computer of my own. Asked my boss if I could use the ONE terminal in our group that had internet access to browse the web, and joined from there at work IIRC.

Where are you guys finding this member #?

It's been a while for sure. I came over her from the forum on Mancini Racing site.

Gus

A couple months after I joined, I was checking out the site when an announcement came over the radio about the Columbine High school shootings. That would mean I joined in Feb '99. Back then the log in page was black and white with the rainbow stripe like the MP race car paint jobs.

Member numbers seem more like a reflection of when you set up your profile on this version of the site.

A lot of people have come and gone over the years. Some obvious, many more, not as much. I can think of a couple guys who posted here who have passed that were never consistent posters so were never part of the popular clique and as a result, never got any mention.

It's in your user profile, you're #509, from the dark ages. I'm 1963, a very good year.

Yessir I was aware of that

I'm #1829.

Joined in 2003 when I bought my second Kuda

Thank you (and John). Another classic case of "I was looking right at it and didn't see it".

I'll ignore the dark ages comment!

#980, also here in late 90s and had to re-register in 2003. Had just started resto on my 70RR vert. Learned a lot from you guys...thx!

Gosh. I had little kids at home when I started. Now I am a gramps. Mine says 12/22/03 but I could swear I was here when the twin towers went down. I'm #2105 though. Maybe I'm wrong. I sure remember most of you old farts though.

I spend time in a few Facebook groups. No disrespect but way easier to navigate without the crazy ads. Still, this place is more like family. Every time I stop in I am glad I did. Learned so much here while building my car. I owe a ton of my knowledge to the guys on this site. Also remember some extremely sad moments and times when I laughed so hard I spewed coffee all over my screen. Tanks for the memories everybody!

September will be 20 for me. The day before my wedding anniversary.
KID

I joined in 2010, was banned some time later, opened a different account and flew under the radar for awhile until a few members did some detective work and outed me....

I first signed up in either 1999 or 2000. When I was still in high school.

I just turned 40 today.

Happy Birthday!

I guess I’m #1045. I too joined in the late 90s but can’t remember the date. How many total members now?

is that picture of you in high school, or today's latest picture ? .........

That's probably my younger brother, judging by the photo.

you are so easy to spot, a little bad grammer and you are on the case!

Moth to a flame.

ya know, my younger brother looks like a woman at times..........i'll halft'a see if i can find a picture.......

Yes, Moparts was using a basic script with the posts all in one thread at that time, had to log in every few days and delete the old posts so it wouldn't crash

On 9/11 I was in Australia on vacation and logged into moparts from Uluru ( about as far in the outback as you can get )
using a dial up modem , thinking that this new internet thing was really world wide !!!!!