{"id":2720,"date":"2006-12-27T03:04:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kitfoster.com\/carport\/2006\/12\/happy-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2010-12-30T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T17:02:03","slug":"happy-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kitfoster.com\/carport\/2006\/12\/happy-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n

…to us. This week, the CarPort celebrates two years in business. Our first feature<\/a> was published on the last Wednesday of 2004, establishing a tradition to which we’ve adhered, with few exceptions, ever since. In that time there have been 103 “issues” of this cybermagazine (I don’t call it a blog), usually uploaded shortly after midnight on Wednesdays. (The one “missing issue” was due to launching problems from an overseas location.) Occasionally the deadline slips a day or so, sometimes to commemorate a particular anniversary<\/a> but sometimes just from publisher overload.<\/p>\n

There are many people to thank, without whom we probably wouldn’t have reached the toddling age of two. First and foremost is my son Nick, whom you’ve met before<\/a> (seen here<\/a> with Fuggle the feline oveseer). Nick, webmaster of wefunkradio.com<\/a> and popular DJ “Professor Groove<\/a>” on radio station CKUT<\/a> in Montréal, insisted I learn to write html, a dictum for which I am now grateful though I was skeptical at first. My younger son Edward<\/a> is a computer engineer and helps with all my system integration problems, and their sister Harriet<\/a>, who can fix Subarus equally as well as
\nVW Beetles<\/a>, is ever on the lookout for new material<\/a>. Jill<\/a>, my Morgan-connected spouse<\/a>, understands why I’m often up late on Tuesday nights (a special prize for the first CarPorter to identify her car by make and model).<\/p>\n

I’m blessed with a cadre of faithful contributors, including St. Louis Bureau Chief Fred Summers<\/a>, Wayne Graefen<\/a>, our Texas Ranger, and Dennis David<\/a>, who prowls the western Connecticut beat. Steve McManus<\/a>, seen here with his family, is our Kentucky Colonel, and
\nGregg Merksamer<\/a> serves as our Professional Car Consultant. Randy Poole<\/a> (at right, with Joel Horne) is our Blue Ridge reporter-in-training. Without their regular supply of new ideas and photos the CarPort would be duller indeed.<\/p>\n

There are two individuals who’ve earned the title “Godfather of the CarPort,” having served as inspiration for this multifaceted medium. Joris Bergsma<\/a> (at left, receiving award from yours truly), founder and editor of PreWarCar.com<\/a>, furnished the muse for a website worth re-visiting. In 2003, PreWarCar became the first website to earn the E.P. Ingersoll Award<\/a> from the Society of Automotive Historians<\/a> for presentation of automotive history in other than print media. Joris does daily updates, a schedule I could not manage, but the CarPort regime of weekly installments has worked for me. Dave Duricy, creator and webmaster of DeSotoland.com<\/a>, gave me the encouragement to take a concept that played well in print journalism and give it the additional depth that cyberspace can provide.<\/p>\n

In the last two years, hopefully, the CarPort has told you something you didn’t know about self-propelled vehicles and their history. I certainly have learned a lot from it. Interestingly, the feature that provoked the most comment was the item on Gravely tractors<\/a>. Many regular CarPorters, it seems, have Gravelys<\/a> and are very fond of them.<\/p>\n

The celebration will continue through this weekend, when I’ll pour Angus the Hudson<\/a> a glass<\/a> of Marvel Mystery Oil<\/a>. Then we’ll see the new year in together. I hope that 2007 imparts more inspiration and enjoyment to all of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…to us. This week, the CarPort celebrates two years in business. Our first feature was published on the last Wednesday of 2004, establishing a tradition to which we’ve adhered, with few exceptions, ever since. In that time there have been 103 “issues” of this cybermagazine (I don’t call it a blog), usually uploaded shortly after….<\/span>
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