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General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: ChrisV289 on June 18, 2011, 01:52:55 AM
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Has anyone been to the hipo forum lately? I keep getting an error...
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same here. there is a post on that forum that others are also having trouble.
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It seems ok now, I think they do maintenance at odd times, I just wish they would let us know before we have to find out that way.
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Has been shakey lately. But last 2-3 days I have not been able to get access at all.
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been down all morning here.........still down tonite........bummer...
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Thats kinda why I asked in anouther post IF we should have a "Hipo forum" within the Concours site.....ya never know what is going on or what could happen....not saying anything will and I genuinely hope that nothing does happen.....I haven't been able to get on all day today at all.
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I have not been able to get on for over a week.
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Thats kinda why I asked in anouther post IF we should have a "Hipo forum" within the Concours site.....ya never know what is going on or what could happen....not saying anything will and I genuinely hope that nothing does happen.....I haven't been able to get on all day today at all.
I think a lot of us on the hi-po forum are also members here, so we are generally available to help with any issues or questions. Although, this site is more centered around the authenticity and preservation aspect of the hobby.
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I have had mixed success with the hipo forum over the last few weeks. "administration error" and "time out error" have been the main things. but earlier today everything was back to normal, did notice though there hasnt been a great deal of posts lately.
regards.
PHILL BERESFORD.
MELBOURNE.
AUSTRALIA
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Do we have a way of contacting Marv to see whats up and ask if we can do anything to help?
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it was working fine the last week or so and now gone again......i'd hate to lose that resource.
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Well today its been down all day for maintenance 8/7/2011.
I hope we are NOT going to loose that valuable site for what ever the reason may be......
May be "we" need to ask Marv if he needs some $$ to help........
Speaking of $$ I'm headed to over to contribute to THIS GREAT site, anyone want to join me?
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8/8/2011 915am eastern time still down..........
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115pm eastern time still down 8/8/2011.......anyone know how to contact Marv to try & see whats up over there???
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I think a lot of us on the hi-po forum are also members here, so we are generally available to help with any issues or questions. Although, this site is more centered around the authenticity and preservation aspect of the hobby.
Charles, I am in agreement with you on this, and I, again appreciate all the help you and others have been to me, I am worried though about Marv.....is he possibly ill?? is there anything I could do to help you think?
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Have no idea, saw him at the SAAC convention and he seemed fine. I don't think Marv manages the website though, the other fella Hank is the one I believe.
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I had thought it was a 2 man deal but hadn't heard Hank's name mentioned for a while, any idea as to how to contact Hank?
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I had thought it was a 2 man deal but hadn't heard Hank's name mentioned for a while, any idea as to how to contact Hank?
No idea, sorry.
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I had thought it was a 2 man deal but hadn't heard Hank's name mentioned for a while, any idea as to how to contact Hank?
You can try contacting them via the main HiPo site (not Forum) contact page (http://hipomustang.com/default2.asp?page=contact)...
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Tried that, got a server error message, I guess we all need to come to the realization that the site is gone, otherwise someone would be up front and tell us whats going on.
I am a regular donor of $$ over there as I am now here on Concours, so I'd like to know where "some" of MY $$ have gone!!
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I am C6ZZKGT on the Hipo forum and I would hate to see that site fail. It has been a tremendous resource for all things regarding Hipo Mustangs. I do know that there is more than meets the eye on the Hipo forum being down but it would be up to Marv and Hank to discuss this if they so desire. I know that they were discouraging donations to the Hipo site lately. I would love to see an alternate Hipo section created on this site as it would be good for everyone on this forum. There are a lot of knowledgeable people that are here from the Hipo forum such as Charles Turner and Jeff Speegle.
-Fred-
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Fred, that is an outstanding suggestion.
Is this something which the owners of this Forum would consider?
The HIPO K Forum had a small but very helpful membership without the pettiness of certain other Forums which covered some cars equipped with these engines. I couldn't help but think that a sub-group of this calibre wouldn't be an asset here.
Alternatively (hopefully) maybe Hank and Marv can get it worked out. Losing the archival history of that site is just a terrible thought.
Thanks
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Fred, that is an outstanding suggestion.
Is this something which the owners of this Forum would consider?
The HIPO K Forum had a small but very helpful membership without the pettiness of certain other Forums which covered some cars equipped with these engines. I couldn't help but think that a sub-group of this calibre wouldn't be an asset here.
Alternatively (hopefully) maybe Hank and Marv can get it worked out. Losing the archival history of that site is just a terrible thought.
Thanks
+1 What can I do to help?
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............. I would love to see an alternate Hipo section created on this site as it would be good for everyone on this forum. There are a lot of knowledgeable people that are here from the Hipo forum.........
See no problem discussing hipo related details (there are very few specific K code details) in the 65-66 sections as one of the major ideas behind this site was to bring together all the speciality cars and the not so specific models so that information could be shared across the board, separating them just puts up walls IMHO.
IMHO would hate to see separate sections for 428CJ's, Boss 302 & 429, Calif Specials...... since information discussed in those areas often relate to all other cars built at those specific plants. We would be moving topics all the time ;)
Just an opinion - but if the hipo discussions dominated the current 65-66 section sure we would look at it again.
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I agree with Jeff. This site serves to discuss authenticity details across all models. I think the only way to do justice to the members that posted on the hi-po forum would be to create a completely separate forum, that has the same format as the old one. Ideally, if the owners of the other site were willing, the old forum posts could be merged into a new one. Hopefully the hi-po forum being down is a transient issue.
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Of course we all invite discussion of any K code (as well as any other Concurs Mustang discussion ;) here on this site to help serve the need but hope the other site can be re-established and continued
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Hey guys I'm sorry if I'm posting questions In the wrong place here. I'm truly not very good with computers and this is only the second time Ive tried to post anything in a chat forum so forgive me if I'm breaking etiquette.
I'm just trying to sort out possible dealer options on my 66 convertible before beginning restoration. Any help would be really appreciated. I have a 66 K code convertible that is truly a factory GT with pony interior and even more oddly an automatic. I'm the third owner of the car and it is unknown to any of the registries. The car seems to be all original and it has never undergone any previous restorations (other than an old paint job). It has a few things that I believe are wrong but I can't find any to compare it to. For example, at some point In time an original Ford AC unit was installed. It also has an original rally pac with a 6K tach in it. Could this be because of the C-4? It also had hood pins installed but they are obviously very old and they are not mounted like any after markets I have ever seen. They look like original factory spot welds on brackets? The engine has a all chrome in the right place but it has a very old and unique Cobra insignia on the rear of the passengers side valve cover. Does anyone know if this could have been on of the dealer option engine dress up kits? The car is a Metuchen built vehicle and it still has the original buck tag on the drivers side front fender which matches the door tag and everything else. So I know what factory equipment was but the dealer options and add ons are completely unknown to me. I have also been told that fewer than 10 cars could have been built equipped like this. That just doesn't seem possible given the number of mustangs produced? If anyone can educate me a little it would be greatly appreciated.
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It would really help if you could post some pictures of the parts in question. To my knowledge, you could get an A/C unit installed by a dealer but no K-codes came from the factory with A/C. Also, all K-codes did not have a rally pac tach but the correct one for those that did have one is the 8k tach, even on the automatic cars. It is hard to speak to the rest without pictures. As far as how many K-codes were porduced like yours - no one knows as the factory production records for 1965 and 1966 Mustangs were destroyed and so there is no record of how many were produced with what options. All that is know is the total production for those years.
Jack
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I just wanted to provide some insight into the problems we're having with the Forums Section- that is the only section currently down for repair. We once again have encountered some problems with the Forums Threads after the Host Server has made changes. As a matter of fact, they are saying it is our fault and nothing that they did- untrue as we did not make any changes. Hank is devoting all of his available time to fixing the problem, but it is involving a lot of different areas and it is just going to take time. Let me make this clear, the hipomustang.com site is ALIVE and is NOT GOING AWAY- as well as myself. It is just going to take time to repair it and we thank you for your continued patience. Regards, Marv & Hank.
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Marv,
Thanks for the update and thanks to you and Hank for your hard work!
Dave
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Thanks for the update :D
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Marv and Hank,
Thanks for the update. I am very happy to hear that the site is still alive although not well. This is great news!! I know that everyone appreciates all of the effort on Hanks part to resolve the issues on the forum pages.
-Fred-
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Looking forward to the Hipo site being back up.
Must say thanks to the folks on this site as well, many helpful comments on K codes and otherwise.
-Scott
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Marv,
Thanks for the update and thanks to you and Hank for your hard work!
Dave
+1
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Marv
Thanks for the update. Look forward to the fix as the UK branch is feeling a bit isolated ( there are not many of us anyhow ) and we need all the help we can get.
Cheers
Mark
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Here is the latest quote from the Hipo site which will give us insight into what is going on there:
The forum was taken off line due to a server database issue not being able to handle the size of the database for this type. It was an early forum that used MS Access which is not really conducive to web use. I'm in the process of setting up a new forum using a format better supported for web use. As soon as I can find the time to get the user account info transferred to the new forum, they will be brought back on line.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
-Fred-
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Great News....... ;D
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Down for 2 months now, has the hipo forum met it's demise?
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Down for 2 months now, has the hipo forum met it's demise?
I for one sure hope not! is it a $$ issue?
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I can help with anything SQL or MS Access related. Just let me know if there's anything that I can do.
Tom
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-Still NO HIPO site......What a GREAT LOSS!! I'm ready to move on, how about you guys? WE NEED A HIPO SPECIFIC forum on the Concours site guys!!
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-Still NO HIPO site......What a GREAT LOSS!! I'm ready to move on, how about you guys? WE NEED A HIPO SPECIFIC forum on the Concours site guys!!
Not there yet but getting restless....I use to check in everyday.... What I really miss is archives....
Hopefully something will be done soon ..
What will become of all that info if the site remains down..?
mike
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I find the lack of feedback frustrating. People offer help and get no response ???.
Surely even a no thanks would be polite.
I made a sizeable donation in the past, never even got an acknowledgement.
Does not bode well.
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I find the lack of feedback frustrating. People offer help and get no response ???.
Surely even a no thanks would be polite.
I made a sizeable donation in the past, never even got an acknowledgement.
Does not bode well.
+1
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Guys, I think it is really time to move on, as long as noones health is an issue I believe that whatever problem should have certainly been fixed by now if it was going to be at all.
I for one was a regular contributor of $$ to help the site keep going as I am here on Concours, I'm afraid that I feel that I have been taken advantage of.
A few of us have offered $$ and specialized computer/server/internet help to no avail that I know of.
What a great great loss-all those archives that are Hipo-specific.
Heres to the memories:http://www.hipomustang.com/
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Unfortunately, we now know where the priorities lie of the folks that ran the site.
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Could the site be for sale? wonder what it would take to buy it? such a shame to loose all that valuable info.
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I was never on that forum, but you should know that the information is likely NOT lost.
If you visit http://www.archive.org/ (http://www.archive.org/) you can access archives of basically the entire internet. http://hipomustang.com was indexed.
For instance, here is a post that I got to by looking at the Sept 2010 archive of hipomustang.com and just navigating to a random area:
http://web.archive.org/web/20100922153435/http://hipomustang.com/hpmx/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10595 (http://web.archive.org/web/20100922153435/http://hipomustang.com/hpmx/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10595)
I would suggest that if there are any particularly valuable threads or images on there someone should make the effort to get the info downloaded and archived.
If you need assistance with using that site or finding something specific, let me know. Keep in mind, dynamic things like search won't work, it is just an HTML snapshot.
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Such a shame to lose the communication and exchange of information specific to those kars. I don't understand why Marv and Hank will not communicate with us.
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I was never on that forum, but you should know that the information is likely NOT lost.
If you visit http://www.archive.org/ (http://www.archive.org/) you can access archives of basically the entire internet.
That site is great but Now I am really pissed... I just spent the last hour looking at old posts.. I knew I missed it but not as much as I do now...
Has anyone tried E-mailing marv to see what is going on...
But at least for now I can read old posts
mike
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That site is great but Now I am really pissed... I just spent the last hour looking at old posts.. I knew I missed it but not as much as I do now...
Has anyone tried E-mailing marv to see what is going on...
But at least for now I can read old posts
Kind of surprised that if they are uninterested in continuing with the site that they didn't sell to to one of those groups that are buying up forums such as these and bundling them them for resale.
In any case you might want to start printing the important threads, printing them in pdf and saving the info for later - info mining ;) Done that at some older sites before the databases disappeared
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Kind of surprised that if they are uninterested in continuing with the site that they didn't sell to to one of those groups that are buying up forums such as these and bundling them them for resale.
In any case you might want to start printing the important threads, printing them in pdf and saving the info for later - info mining ;) Done that at some older sites before the databases disappeared
Where would you start ?
I bet every thread on that site holds vital information for someone. It was unusual for a topic to come up that was boring or of little value.
I learnt so much in such a short space of time, My car would not be half the car it is now without the generous help of the people there.
I have saved lots and lots of info, and am now in the fortunate position to have collected all the missing rare parts I needed, that I would not have known about otherwise.
If the site were to miraculously re appear now, the membership will still be pretty cheesed off for a long while, and I for one will think hard before I give any more money over.
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Well, the good thing is that between this site and the SAAC forum, I think most any hi-po related question should be answered properly. A lot of folks that were posting on the hi-po forum are members here.
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Well, the good thing is that between this site and the SAAC forum, I think most any hi-po related question should be answered properly. A lot of folks that were posting on the hi-po forum are members here.
+1 THANK YOU Charles!!!
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It is back.
http://www.hipomustang.com/hpmx/
Read the post about re-registering.
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I just reregistered on the Hipo forum. I am happy to see that Hank perservered in getting it back up.
-Fred-
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Hi Fred
Please let the admin Know that the return activation email is not working.
Thank you
Mark
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Getting 'Fatal Error...' trying to register. Guess I'll try later.
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So far 21 people have registered on the Hipo forum so everything must be working now. I personally did not encounter any problem when I registered.
This was Hanks latest post regarding registration:
"I disabled the activation email until I can figure out what is keeping it from working. If you already registered and didn't get an email, I manually activated your account."
-Fred-
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Thanks Fred
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I received an email from Hank inviting me back to re-register and re-join the site.
I answered and told Hank what I thought about their silence about what was going on, knowing good and well that "WE" on other sites were discussing what was (NOT) going on at the Hipo forums.
I received an answer from MARV who I have delt with in the past (Cam, lifters, timing set, shirts, antenna flag, ect) telling me he was sorry I felt that way......I think I'm going to debate a while before I re-join.
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I'm glad the site is back up, but can't say I'm overly enthusiastic about participating. Especially considering they have not been able to merge all of the old posts. Can't help but think the longer the new site is online, the harder it will be for any possible merging of the old posts. Appreciate them providing the space and discussion area for K codes though.
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Yea, Charles you are right as well. After all lots of us offered our services and some even offered $$ to try & help, and if you recall I offered to help with what ever I could as I have "some" time on my hands due to being unemployeed now.
I am by far no computer expert but if it was a time consuming thing I would have been glad to sit here and do whatever I needed to to get things fixed and back to normal-I learn easy and could have sat here in front of my computer and worked most all day for the site. I hate the new format/text/print that is being used, I think the site was actually sold was the reason it was down and they just don't want to tell us.......like I said I'll debate a while before re-joining, my car is done execpt for some little stuff I'm still working on/with, and I know I can count on you, Jeff and countless others here for help when I need it!
-Rick