[Rovernet] Rovernet History

[Alan Francis]

Glen

Thank you for the sad news re Kent, he was an amazing chap and a mine of
information.

I'd like to think he'd be OK with me using the pictures I have on file that
were shared with me by Jon Stanley.

Regards

Alan

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 11:48 AM Glen R Wilson via Rovernet <
rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:

>
> Kent passed away some time ago, Alan.
>
> On 12/14/21 3:28 AM, Alan Francis via Rovernet wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I hope you will forgive me from bombing the list but I would like to try
> and write a feature on Rovernet and it's history for the Rover P6 Club
> Magazine "Driving Force" which I have just volunteered to edit.
>
> I have emailed Vern Klukas who has kindly let me use some or all of the
> history listed on the RCCC but I am sure many of you will have personal
> recollections or anecdotes from situations and events that have arisen over
> the last 25 years as a result of being on this list. I was lucky enough to
> get online in the late 1990's and quickly found Rovernet. It was refreshing
> to find so many people with a like minded interest in old Rovers and
> enjoyable to be involved in the discussions over the years. I certainly
> learnt a lot. In many ways Rovernet is a trailblazer, I am not aware of any
> other discussion forums at that time and whilst there are several around
> now it's easy to forget at one time there was only Rovernet. It attracted a
> worldwide audience because it was unique.
>
> Sadly Eric Russell, who I believe was a founder or co-founder is no longer
> with us but there are still many names from the early days, I see my old
> sparring partner Glen Wilson is still posting. Hi Glen. Does anyone have
> any contact with Kent Kinard? I would love to use some of the pictures of
> his collection of parts cars but would like his permission first. Also Ben
> Rodgers from PEI who was a regular contributor in the early days but has
> not posted recently. I'm sure many other names will be known to me and mine
> to them so forgive me if i don't repeat them all.
>
> I'm mindful of clogging up the list so feel free to email me directly on [
> partviking1atgmail.com] with any contributions you may wish to make, in
> essence I'm looking for:
>
> 1. Any insights into the early years not covered on the RCCC
> 2. Any personal insights into your own involvement, knowledge learnt, cars
> purchased, perhaps disagreements that arose, I know I certainly struggled
> with this new medium that felt like conversation but              most
> definitely wasn't, the lack of body language did have the effect of
> changing what one typed from it's intended aim. I am certainly much wiser
> now.
> 3. Any shows you attended involving a long trip (I suspect any trip to a
> show in the US/Canada is a long one) or events on that trip.
> 4. Anything else you think might be of interest to UK residents relating
> to being a NADA area Rover enthusiast even if it is not directly related to
> Rovernet.
>
> Thank you for taking the trouble to read this post and in anticipation of
> your contributions, I will keep you posted on the article as it develops, I
> believe the history of this site  is worthy of telling and I hope I can do
> it justice.
>
> May I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year, our world is
> certainly living through difficult and uncertain times.
>
> My best regards
>
> Alan Francis (partviking)
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