Why is the forum registry marked "private"?

[jdsnoddy]

I am unable to access the registry. What's up with that?
I use that registry daily. Please restore my access. Thank you. John

[Shelly Harris]

That is a Read Only Forum maintained by an Historian and Administrator. Members with information to submit, please use the "Vehicle History Update" section. Somehow it was available to members by accident when doing a miod. As a result a good number of car entries were omitted either by stupidity or mischief. It's purpose was to have one entry on each car and an Historian and the administrator to edit the one entry as new information was received in the History update section and verified. Unfortunately since Pat Marshall retired we have been without an Historian. Please use the "Vehicle History Update" section.

[Graham Rollo]

Thats a pity as was easy to use, regards Graham

[Graham Rollo]

where has the vehicle history update section gone ?

[Shelly Harris]

Forget my first post in this thread. After giving it further thought I decided to update and make a change for the best. With the retirement of Pat Marshall we no longer have a forum Historian who can put in the time necessary to update and verify new information on individual cars. I have combined the "History" and "Registry" forums into one forum accessible to all Sponsoring Members. Please make your History posts here as you previously posted.

[Graham Rollo]

Thanks Shelly, do you get earlier message re C56F3060, as cannot see it on here, I rang the owner today & said that is the number on bill of sale. He brought from San Diego late 2019, the car is white with black interior so must have had exterior & interior changed, He is going to send me some photos

[Shelly Harris]

No I did not

[Graham Rollo]

2012520126201272012820129 20130[This car is now in New Zealand owner Doug Cleverly C56F3060

[Graham Rollo]

I see now cannot get any history on cars at the moment ? so not sure what has happened

[Graham Rollo]

John have you had any luck with this as I find both the registry & the update registry, not available, as I got the whole history on the cars , which I also use a lot regards Graham Rollo

[jdsnoddy]

Yes. Success. If I put the last four of the VIN in the forum search box, the history will appear. That did not happen for me when it was marked "private." I didn't/don't have any problem with the read only policy; it's just when the history was completely unavailable that concerned me. Good luck and best regards, John