Mark II Forum Status

[Barry Wolk]

I went away for a long time. I found FB to have a much higher feedback level, but information posted is fleeting and difficult to find. I "inherited" the collected works of Elmer Rohn, HVAC engineer on the Mark II project. He left behind nearly 300 photos that were taken by Ford photographers. I got Ford's permission to use them for educational purposes about the same time I was asked by Shelly (a guy) to come back to share what I've learned. In the interim I wrote for Hagerty and tried recovering from the crash of the red Zephyr.

Shelly is still the Administrator. It's his sandbox, so we've all tried to play nice. Pat Marshall has done a fabulous job building the database, always adding newly found cars. We've just recently convinced the Benson Ford Research Center to provide us with the missing invoices that were never really missing, they were just written after the introduction of the new car. We're waiting to get the specs on nearly 300 cars.

You aren't the first to notice little feedback to anyone's posts, probably a dozen regulars. We've lost a few to illness and age, plus, many Mark II owners, I've found, are cut from the end of the same bolt as original owners, somewhat a private lot, except me.

General Discussion is the best place for new information, that's why I post most of my new stuff there. Shelly likes things more organized. I fully expect that over time my posts will be segregated under appropriate headings.

In fact, about a week after I came back I asked the group if I was posting too much. No one complained.

I believe that Shelly is away for the holidays. If you're patient he'll fix you up when he gets back.