One BIG advantage of migrating to the AACA software is that they have the tools to migrate everything from the old VCCACHAT forums into the new forums.

Dean

I am a member of the AACA and like and use their forum. Peter is the master there as well as here. I can't see a negative to the move.

Dave

My 2 cents on this and related subjects.

I also long for the days when the old VCCA site was a daily dose of great information and discussion.  It's obvious the current site is severely lacking in content and participation.  I don't do FB or any so-called social media (does that make me anti-social?) so a merger with the AACA site sounds very promising.

My other thought comes from my firsthand observations at local events.  What used to be an 'old car parade' is now just a 'car parade' populated with modern cars.  I just participated in a July 4th event and my '35 Master was one of maybe 3 or 4 pre-war cars out of 150 or so.  Miatas, Speedsters, MB's, Jeeps, Camaros and 'Stangs...you name it.  Our local cruise night attracts about 250 vehicles, of which maybe 4 or 5 are pre-war, with maybe just one or two not hot-rodded.  (Oh yeah...ask a youngster what 'pre-war' means and he might say Viet Nam or Iraq).  A young guy in his 20's recently asked my why my car has 2 brake pedals.  

So yes, the hobby is changing before our eyes.  And I for one do not like it.  Hopefully the AACA merger will bolster participation and interest.  

I come here often and have received a huge amount of information and assistance with my project by having access to this site.

I joined VCCA just before the change over to the new software, so I really didn't have enough exposure to the old site to be spoiled by it.

I just want to say that this place, even though it may not be what it was, has been a gift to me.

Make it better? Great! But, even as it is, it helps folks like me to ask questions of good, helpful folks with experience that I have not yet acquired.

Early-on, someone here informed me of the Stovebolt.com site with its focus on trucks which is what I am working on, but I still come here regularly and read threads about many topics - gaining information from most all of them even if they are not directly applicable to my vehicle.

Thanks All!

@nicholas-gurin Nick, Are you close to taking a ride?

Mike

@35mike 

Hey, Mike!

Well, I got the engine to run a while back, so I figured the next focus should be the brakes! Progress is slow due to other responsibilities, but all four wheels and the master cylinder are now ready, the brake lines were all replaced by a previous owner 30+ years ago and never used since, so my next step is getting the pedals reinstalled and making the brake line connections. (The rubber brake lines were new 30 years ago and never used, but there are new ones going in now.)

Once that is completed and tested, I might just try putting this project in gear and seeing if it could actually move forward and backward. 

@nicholas-gurin Good news.

Mike

I just got back from the 65th anniversary meeting in Rapid City.  While it was a great meeting, it was very clicky.  I was a little disappointed in the seminar on membership.  It was stated that 25% of the members of the VCCA belonged to a reginal club.  What about the 75% of us that do not belong to a reginal club?  I tried to bring up what has been discussed here in this forum, about the migration to the AACA, only to be told that that could be discussed in another seminar.  I asked how many of the people looked at the website and only a handful of people raised their hands.  There were a lot of board members there and none of them wanted to discuss that.  The seminar was to discuss membership in reginal clubs.  I was shocked to see at the car show that only the VCCA members were there.   If they wanted new members, why didn't they open it up to the general public?  I joined the VCCA to get the expertise information so I could restore my 38 Chevy back to the way it was originally.  The old forum was very helpful, and I understand that it was out of date to continue the way it was. But this new site is difficult to use. And a lot of the members did not try to navigate to this new site.  To summarize, I find that I will continue to belong to the VCCA but I will migrate to the AACA to see if they are any better.