Old website screenshots

[sunrunner_pei]

For those that have been with us from the beginning, or those that are interested, I have collected some old screenshots of the Grand Am Owners Club over the years, with the help of The Wayback Machine (http://web.archive.org).

April 12, 2001 - The Grand Am Owners Club on Yahoo!
http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/albums/website%20history/normal_april_23_2001.jpg (http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=45)

June 7, 2001 - The Yahoo! Club just after setting up our new forums on the GA Power Network.
http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/albums/website%20history/normal_june_7_2001.jpg (http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=45)

August 9, 2001 - The Grand Am Owners Club, residing on the GA Power network, running uBB.
http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/albums/website%20history/normal_aug_9_2001.jpg (http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=45)

May 25, 2002 - The Grand Am Owners Club, running phpBB 1.4.4, after moving to innerWeb.ca
http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/albums/website%20history/normal_may_25_2002.jpg (http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=45)

October 15, 2002 - A glimpse at the past... The FAQ section of the phpBB 1.4.4 forums with our custom graphics.
http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/albums/website%20history/normal_october_15_2002.jpg (http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=45)

October 2, 2003 - The GAOC running vBulletin on innerWeb.ca
http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/albums/website%20history/normal_october_2_2003.jpg (http://www.gaownersclub.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=45)

[03grandam]

wow, things have come a long way.

[Shad0wguy]

Wow, didn't realize how far this site had come. I had only been her since it looks like it does now. You really put a lot of work into these sites.

[SpecialFX]

I rememebr the last 2 for sure, I think the last 3. I wish I knew when I joined for sure, but I have no idea, and that board is gone.

[birdhouse]

Ahhh... The good ol' days... When postwhoring was really postwhoring... When Tim was still a teenager... When I still had my '95 GA....

Nostalgia.... mmmmmmmmmm... :P

['96GAGT]

Shawn do you remember me asking you about this a while back? :D

[red98grandamse]

I remember that last pic really well :(.. that was the day I bought my car and found this place. LMAO

[Crackers]

I don't remember the Yahoo groups, but the others were GREAT!

[sunrunner_pei]

Originally posted by '96GAGT
Shawn do you remember me asking you about this a while back? :D

Faintly. I remember someone asking, just couldn't remember who it was. But I coudn't remember the site that kept the history, until Don posted that link in the jackstands thread.

[Brad97GS]

I still find it hard to believe that I've been around here for 7 years...

The old Yahoo site was poorly setup as a forum (not your fault of course, Shawn), but it sure did work! I remember how quickly that grew, and I also remember feeling concerned that the move to gapower.net's server would reduce the membership. 15,000 members later, I guess my concerns were unwarranted. ;)

[sunrunner_pei]

Brad, I had those same concerns. But looking back it's funny. I remember being very excited when we got more than 20 posts per day. Now we get hundreds daily. Back then 10 members on was amazing. Now we get over a hundred at a time.

But I agree, the Yahoo! format sucked. No search, no catagories, and threads weren't linked together. Oh, and no images in the posts. Yuck!

[Brad97GS]

It's almost like watching a child grow. :)

[SpecialFX]

I remember rushing home form class when the new board went up so I could re-signup and have a low user number!

[birdhouse]

Hahahahaha! I remember signing up and being 501 and thinking, "wow... 500 other people care that much about their GA's?!?" :P

[ga5speed02]

great shot shawn.

know most people know that i am not the sharpest tool in the shed. but wht i gatherd from this thread is there may be a possible change comming to the GAOC as we now know it???? a new format if you will. if i am totally worg so bit. but hey change is a good thing. altho it is hard to improve on perfection. but hey what do i know other than shaving and the occasonal hotdog humping :roflmfao: :mike:

[ga5speed02]

Originally posted by birdhouse
Hahahahaha! I remember signing up and being 501 and thinking, "wow... 500 other people care that much about their GA's?!?" :P

hey im not that far behind you. im only 54 members behind you :lol:

[ramairgt2]

I still find it hard to believe that I've been around here for 7 years... Yeah Its hard for me to even believe you made it that long:lol:

I am member 121. I remember signing up right almost right after the yahoo club took place.

I also remember when we had to reregister when Shawn and Kelly switched things over. None the less A BIG THANK YOU to both of you for making this site possible.

[jayhawk]

I still remember the day I joined; June 24th, 2002, almost 4 years.

[matts]

i remember the last 2 forums.

[Artic]

I remember back in the yahoo days when i first got my 97 gase :)

[99GrandAMSE]

I was there for a limited time on Yahoo but had a major hate for the format so I didn't stick around very much ... think my User Name was RAMAIRSE or something :lol:

[levey]

Very cool history lesson Shawn.

I have to ask a question. Why did you/Kelly choose VB...over Invision?

The latest version of Invision is much easier to mod, it has far more hacks, and is a whole lot more user friendly? Even custom skins are easy modify.

No offense intended. Just wondering?

Back on topic....I can't believe you guys came this far in such a short period of time.
Coming from a former webmaster..... I have to congratulate you. This kind of success is rare.
You deserve huge props. Congrats GAOC.
Congrats Kelly and Shawn. Good job guys. Keep it up.

[99GrandAMSE]

... originally, one reason was that vB was much more stable than anything else and we have simply stuck with it ... I actually prefer vB over most other forum software I have used :)

[antirice]

I remember a few of those



<------original register date: Dec. 2, 2002

[graden]

menber 273.... lol .. but thats cause I cheated.
I think I was like 3000 on the old site!:D