NWDE site

[ratpatrol66]

Damn I don't remember what year it was that I drove my heap of a Nissan Patrol to the North Vancouver show? Looked at the pics once and computer fried.

[ggzilla]

Thanks to datzenmike and Thomas, Ratsun is now hosting the NWDE Archives:

 

http://nwde.ratsun.net

 

* Archive of NWDE forum

There are about 5500 topics and about 3400 photos

 

* Archive of NWDE Photo Uploads

There are about 1500 photos.

 

for example:

tdaaj's photo

 

too's photo

[datzenmike]

I'm not taking any credit for this. This was from a p/m to me by Charlie69's  http://community.ratsun.net/user/1786-charlie69/ noting that the NWDE was down. He tossed me the ball and all I did was run with it. Thanks Charlie!

 

NWDE is where many of us old timers met and talked for the first time. For me I think it was about 2005? ish? Now, you must realize, that the NWDE website was mostly ignored by the NWDE club administrators itself and was at risk closing down due to apathy. Jeff (Icehouse) would not let it go and campaigned for some simple improvements at club meetings, but to no avail. Finally having nailed his complaints and suggestions for website improvements and expansion to the NWDE clubhouse doors, as Martin Luther had done almost 500 years ago to the Catholic church doors, it was obviously time to leave.

 

So, in the early weeks of '07 a new Datsun forum was begun, and members old and new, swelled the ranks.That forum is Ratsun.net, the brainchild of Icehouse and Thomas, (the webmaster) and has become what it is today. Ratsun is as close to a garage as we can allow. Engine swaps and beer, good times and Datsuns and a few laughs, and if you're walking by on the sidewalk and come over to see what going on, you're most welcome. 

 

So here's to NWDE, a part of our past.    

[izzo]

I remember being on that site when I first was searching for datsun information.  I posted, hardly any replies... then came about a ratsun link on there and booya.  I joined here sometime in 08

 

Good hell.  Member for 7 years come Aug of this year

[datzenmike]

If members want to know their membership number, or what number in order they were just go to your profile page and look up at the header... http://community.ratsun.net/user/9-datzenmike/ I'm member 9