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Title: DC.com History
Post by: triple_green on July 07, 2017, 02:13:04 PM
I was going thru some old files and found this picture we made after the first DC.com meet in Kent, WA

68-triple_green
69-OldGuy
70-70charginglizard
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Nacho-RT74 on July 07, 2017, 02:19:52 PM
Maybe was when it was D-C.com and not DC.com?
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Alaskan_TA on July 07, 2017, 02:20:22 PM
I do love green.  :2thumbs:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: marshallfry01 on July 07, 2017, 02:35:52 PM
What was the first year for the old website?  I didn't join until the 2011-12 time frame.
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: RallyeMike on July 07, 2017, 02:40:04 PM
Neat pic of the three green years in row.

I used to own "The Liz" before selling it to Kelly - he did a nice job restifying it. I'm so glad he ended up with it  :coolgleamA:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Troy on July 07, 2017, 02:51:17 PM
I'm pretty sure that pre-dates me. I was at the show in 2006 (the year after this site went live) and I believe it had been going for several years.

Troy
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: triple_green on July 07, 2017, 04:26:29 PM
It does predate you Troy.

And let me publically thank you for rescuing the Dodge Charger web presence, and all the work and money you put into keeping us going!! :2thumbs:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: tan top on July 07, 2017, 04:43:24 PM
Quote from: triple_green on July 07, 2017, 04:26:29 PM


And let me publically thank you for rescuing the Dodge Charger web presence, and all the work and money you put into keeping us going!! :2thumbs:

what (triple-green) said  :coolgleamA:  thanks Troy for this site , best on the internet  :coolgleamA: :2thumbs: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:, think we all would be lost with out it  :yesnod:

if I remember ,   the old site started about 2003ish , I use to look at the charger stuff at work in my dinner hour  , long before I got my own computer ,  finally got with the times  a year later , got my first computer  !  then joined the site  , same user name  :yesnod:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Troy on July 07, 2017, 04:58:21 PM
Quote from: tan top on July 07, 2017, 04:43:24 PM
Quote from: triple_green on July 07, 2017, 04:26:29 PM


And let me publically thank you for rescuing the Dodge Charger web presence, and all the work and money you put into keeping us going!! :2thumbs:

what (triple-green) said  :coolgleamA:  thanks Troy for this site , best on the internet  :coolgleamA: :2thumbs: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:, think we all would be lost with out it  :yesnod:

if I remember ,   the old site started about 2003ish , I use to look at the charger stuff at work in my dinner hour  , long before I got my own computer ,  finally got with the times  a year later , got my first computer  !  then joined the site  , same user name  :yesnod:
Pretty sure it's older than that. I think I joined in 2002 when I bought my black 68 and it had been going strong for several years. That's how I got involved: the site crashed and the database was corrupted so Jesse was going to throw it all away and start over. I had my car in a million pieces and all the information I had about putting it back together was in the tech threads! He let me have access to fix the database (that's what I do for a living) and we didn't lose anything except the last day of threads/posts. I still have that copy of the database so I could actually just go an look to see when the first post was...

No 70 in 2006.

Troy

Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: moparstuart on July 07, 2017, 06:58:39 PM
i was a late comer   May 03, 2007, 02:45:54 PM  My buddy Lonnie  Moparhound told me i have to join
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: VegasCharger on July 07, 2017, 07:19:31 PM
Thanks Troy for all you do to keep this site up and running. :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

For all who complain about uploading pics in here, it's a small fraction compared of what Troy has to do to keep it going.

I'm a late late comer, March 2012. I was always into Mopars but from 2005 thru 2012 I went into a hiatus until I got back my craving for a 68, so that's when I joined.

:cheers:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Dino on July 07, 2017, 07:24:43 PM
I bought my previous Charger in I think 2004 so I was definitely on the site by then. Likely it was 2003. Went by Doc74 back then! Good times with a lot of good people, many that are off the site unfortunately.
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: NHCharger on July 07, 2017, 08:30:55 PM
I was on the old board for several years before the crash. I am one of the old timers here. I am member #10 I believe.
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: RallyeMike on July 07, 2017, 10:34:47 PM
QuoteI am one of the old timers here. I am member #10 I believe.

12 years. Time sure flies.
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Nacho-RT74 on July 08, 2017, 07:47:34 AM
I joined also in 2002. My first nickname was Venezuelan_RT74. Dunno how many member were by those days, but when the old website dissapeared I think had around 10K posts? Can't recall. Chryco_Psyco had around 2K when I joined I think. Sooo maybe by 2000 year ?

Dino, I think you joined before 2003! I remember you posting on one of my first threads there ( if not the first one ) when you asked me about having a 74 being an RT
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Dino on July 08, 2017, 08:20:24 AM
Quote from: Nacho-RT74 on July 08, 2017, 07:47:34 AM
I joined also in 2002. My first nickname was Venezuelan_RT74. Dunno how many member were by those days, but when the old website dissapeared I think had around 10K posts? Can't recall. Chryco_Psyco had around 2K when I joined I think. Sooo maybe by 2000 year ?

Dino, I think you joined before 2003! I remember you posting on one of my first threads there ( if not the first one ) when you asked me about having a 74 being an RT

I remember that! Yeah it must've been earlier. Man we're getting old!   :lol:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: RECHRGD on July 08, 2017, 08:40:17 AM
I'm one of the old timers.  Went by my real name back then and was at the first meet in Kent.  Miss those days.......
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Homerr on July 08, 2017, 09:02:12 AM
April 18, 2001 is the earliest archive.org captured, but it was active a little before that - in the members rides area 'r s' posted on 3-9-2001.

Here's the front page:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010418191333/http://www.dodge-charger.com:80/
(archive.org banner at top, you can navigate other snapshot dates of the website with it)

101 early members:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010418210514/http://www.dodge-charger.com:80/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?action=mlall

I wasn't registered and logged in so I couldn't see beyond page 1 of the members list.  Any old timers still want to try to login?  Not sure if this is possible on these archived sites on archive.org.



Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Todd Wilson on July 08, 2017, 09:52:23 AM
I am on there so I guess that makes me an old timer! HAHA!


Todd
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: RallyeMike on July 08, 2017, 10:08:24 AM
I logged in but I could not navigate to anything. I feel like a cyber archeologist digging through this stuff.
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: tan top on July 08, 2017, 11:00:18 AM
 :o flash back from the past  :yesnod:   just tried logging in ;D , went to charger for sale on some auction   :shruggy:

Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Charger_Fan on July 08, 2017, 12:20:59 PM
Quote from: tan top on July 08, 2017, 11:00:18 AM
:o flash back from the past  :yesnod:   just tried logging in ;D , went to charger for sale on some auction   :shruggy:
Same here, I try to log in & it takes me to the same auction site. The earliest I can find me on there is April 2, 2003. But it won't open any of the threads, so I can't tell how many posts I had by that date. Speaking of which, scroll to the bottom of the home page on that date & check out how many members had logged in within 24 hours...458! :o That was a lot of action going on.
I also noticed that back then, Ponch was going my "TheUltimateMoJo"... :lol:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Troy on July 08, 2017, 01:00:23 PM
You guys may not want to log in! The http://web.archive.org web site is just a static record of the pages that existed. It IS NOT the forum!!! The links should take you to other pages on archive.org. If anything takes you to dodge-charger.com then you are going to a site run by whoever owns the domain now (according to Whois this is "DYNADOT, LLC"). The domain is "parked" right now which is probably why it's displaying ads.

Troy
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Charger_Fan on July 08, 2017, 01:13:12 PM
That makes sense. Too bad it won't open up some of the threads...I'd like to revisit the "hot chicks" thread, for starters. ;D
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: alenglish on July 08, 2017, 05:29:49 PM
Quote from: NHCharger on July 07, 2017, 08:30:55 PM
I was on the old board for several years before the crash. I am one of the old timers here. I am member #10 I believe.

me too but I don't know where I joined  maybe 2001  or 2002. I got this charger in 2001 so I would think 2001  maybe    BigAlSr

Thanks TROY this is a great page................. :popcrn: :popcrn: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: FY1 Charger on July 08, 2017, 05:53:20 PM
Quote from: Homerr on July 08, 2017, 09:02:12 AM
April 18, 2001 is the earliest archive.org captured, but it was active a little before that - in the members rides area 'r s' posted on 3-9-2001.

Here's the front page:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010418191333/http://www.dodge-charger.com:80/
(archive.org banner at top, you can navigate other snapshot dates of the website with it)

101 early members:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010418210514/http://www.dodge-charger.com:80/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?action=mlall

I wasn't registered and logged in so I couldn't see beyond page 1 of the members list.  Any old timers still want to try to login?  Not sure if this is possible on these archived sites on archive.org.


Who owns the orange 70 charger rt with the white daytona wing? I saw that car driving down the highway in tampa bay florida in early april this year, very cool to see.

Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: triple_green on July 08, 2017, 06:00:51 PM
I got my charger in 1998, I found Moparts right away..I think I was on Dodge-Charger.com by 99 or 2000.
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: alenglish on July 09, 2017, 04:14:17 PM
Quote from: NHCharger on July 07, 2017, 08:30:55 PM
I was on the old board for several years before the crash. I am one of the old timers here. I am member #10 I believe.

me too 2000 or 2001 when I got this charger      BigAlSr
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: kab69440 on July 09, 2017, 06:56:24 PM
I logged in and went to a page that was mostly late model LX Diplomats for sale.

I got a link to the old DC board from someone on scatpack.com. That is one site I sure do miss!
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: 73rallye440magnum on July 10, 2017, 07:34:32 AM
I think I was on the old site and was somewhat perplexed when it died. I joined this one in August of '05. I was 17! Thanks, Troy!!!!
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: tan top on July 10, 2017, 08:18:42 AM
Quote from: 73rallye440magnum on July 10, 2017, 07:34:32 AM
I think I was on the old site and was somewhat perplexed when it died. I joined this one in August of '05. I was 17! Thanks, Troy!!!!

yeah , the old site disappeared about july 05 if I remember , one minute there , next it vanished  :shruggy:    I found this site    November 05 & joined  :yesnod:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: bakerhillpins on July 11, 2017, 06:20:33 AM
Quote from: tan top on July 10, 2017, 08:18:42 AM
Quote from: 73rallye440magnum on July 10, 2017, 07:34:32 AM
I think I was on the old site and was somewhat perplexed when it died. I joined this one in August of '05. I was 17! Thanks, Troy!!!!

yeah , the old site disappeared about july 05 if I remember , one minute there , next it vanished  :shruggy:    I found this site    November 05 & joined  :yesnod:

I'd been a lurker on the old site for a few yrs. When it disappeared that summer I was sad to see it go. Thus I signed up as soon as I found the new one. Took me several years to actually start posting though.
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: chargerboy69 on July 11, 2017, 07:23:54 AM
I joined the old site in 2002 I am thinking.

If anyone was there for the T-shirt mess, then they are a true "Old Timer".  :D
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Dino on July 11, 2017, 09:53:57 AM
Quote from: chargerboy69 on July 11, 2017, 07:23:54 AM
I joined the old site in 2002 I am thinking.

If anyone was there for the T-shirt mess, then they are a true "Old Timer".  :D

Oh yeah...  :flame:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: areibel on July 11, 2017, 12:52:52 PM
I didn't remember when I joined but I'm on the list, complete with my first email address (that's been dead for probably 12 years).
And I still have my T shirts (I got mine!) but they don't quite fit like they used to- they shrunk in an odd fashion, the chest and shoulder area is fine but for some reason it's too small around the midsection now?   ;)
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Chad L. Magee on July 11, 2017, 04:25:39 PM
I joined D-C back around 2000 or so, when I was a masters student at USD.  That was before I went to Mizzou for my PhD.  Yep, I'm officially very old now. :slap: :lol:....
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Chad L. Magee on July 11, 2017, 04:26:37 PM
Quote from: chargerboy69 on July 11, 2017, 07:23:54 AM
I joined the old site in 2002 I am thinking.

If anyone was there for the T-shirt mess, then they are a true "Old Timer".  :D

Yep, I remember that mess....
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: AKcharger on July 11, 2017, 05:05:21 PM
Thanks Troy (D-C.com class of '03)
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: alenglish on July 11, 2017, 06:11:33 PM
Quote from: Chad L. Magee on July 11, 2017, 04:26:37 PM
Quote from: chargerboy69 on July 11, 2017, 07:23:54 AM
I joined the old site in 2002 I am thinking.

If anyone was there for the T-shirt mess, then they are a true "Old Timer".  :D

Yep, I remember that mess....

I was one of the few that really got a shirt, if I go look I think its still upstairs.    BigAlSr
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: moparstuart on July 11, 2017, 07:53:33 PM
Quote from: alenglish on July 11, 2017, 06:11:33 PM
Quote from: Chad L. Magee on July 11, 2017, 04:26:37 PM
Quote from: chargerboy69 on July 11, 2017, 07:23:54 AM
I joined the old site in 2002 I am thinking.

If anyone was there for the T-shirt mess, then they are a true "Old Timer".  :D

Yep, I remember that mess....

I was one of the few that really got a shirt, if I go look I think its still upstairs.    BigAlSr
We have heard of this shirt for years , Lets see a picture
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Nacho-RT74 on July 11, 2017, 08:32:28 PM
Urban legend or truth? Time to MYTHBUSTERS.... LOL
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: OldGuy on July 11, 2017, 11:19:08 PM
Marc -
Thanks for posting a picture of the "Magnum Force"...mine is the 1969 in the middle.  Heard anything from Kelly?  He has been MIA on the site.
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: six-tee-nine on July 12, 2017, 01:58:50 AM
I can still remember the old site but dont know if I joined or not. I know I first registered under the name "Wantacharger" since I was hunting for something and hunting for info on do's an dont's... I bought my 69 in 2006 and changed my screenname then.

It only makes clear how life can get in the way some times. In 2005/2006 I was only a young punk (25) with a crazy idea... Then bought a house, married, 2 kids came along and so on and on. The bright side is the Charger project is still here and still moves albeit slowly, but it moves forward.
After over a 1000hrs of bodywork the beast is almost ready for a shiny coat of paint.

Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Ponch ® on July 12, 2017, 08:48:57 AM
Quote from: chargerboy69 on July 11, 2017, 07:23:54 AM
I joined the old site in 2002 I am thinking.

If anyone was there for the T-shirt mess, then they are a true "Old Timer".  :D

Haha. Some guys still get salty over that. Life is too short to hang on to that type of rage over $20. I think i still have my shirt somewhere.

Im pretty sure I joined in December 2001 and the site had been around 6mos-1yr at that point.

Some epic battles between ChargerBill and a couple of guys over politics and religion. Pretty sure theyre the reason for the rule here.
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Old Moparz on July 12, 2017, 10:52:35 AM
Quote from: Todd Wilson on July 08, 2017, 09:52:23 AM
I am on there so I guess that makes me an old timer! HAHA!


Todd




Yeah, probably when Pabst Blue Ribbon was in steel cans with pull tabs.   :smilielol:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: RallyeMike on July 12, 2017, 02:09:12 PM
QuoteHeard anything from Kelly?  He has been MIA on the site.

He's a biker now, into Indians. I believe the Lizard was sold.
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: areibel on July 12, 2017, 05:05:01 PM
Quote from: moparstuart on July 11, 2017, 07:53:33 PM
We have heard of this shirt for years , Lets see a picture


Well worn and a little shabby now, but hyphen and all-

Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: areibel on July 12, 2017, 05:06:31 PM
And please excuse my feeble attempts at resizing!
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Nacho-RT74 on July 12, 2017, 07:07:47 PM
I need a lense to zoom in the image a bit!
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: A383Wing on July 12, 2017, 07:14:16 PM
Quote from: chargerboy69 on July 11, 2017, 07:23:54 AM
I joined the old site in 2002 I am thinking.

If anyone was there for the T-shirt mess, then they are a true "Old Timer".  :D

I remember it well
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: Ponch ® on July 13, 2017, 07:00:52 PM
Quote from: A383Wing on July 12, 2017, 07:14:16 PM
Quote from: chargerboy69 on July 11, 2017, 07:23:54 AM
I joined the old site in 2002 I am thinking.

If anyone was there for the T-shirt mess, then they are a true "Old Timer".  :D

I remember it well

It was a little ridiculous. Sure, it wasnt cool that people got ripped off. On the other hand,  dudes were boasting about how they were gonna find out where the dude lived, show up with their AR15s and "solve the problem". Over some t shirts. :lol:
Title: Re: DC.com History
Post by: alenglish on July 13, 2017, 08:05:26 PM
Quote from: areibel on July 12, 2017, 05:06:31 PM
And please excuse my feeble attempts at resizing!