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Jason Lester cranked up a bulletin board devoted to Ford diesel trucks in 1997 using the ABOL bulletin board. But he could see that the internet was the thing of the future, so he converted over to Ford-Diesel.com during March, 1999. Jason's join date is 03/15/1999, and his user ID (member number) is 2. It required some fiddling around before he had it fully up and running, so very few of the ABOL bulletin board members registered on Ford-Diesel.com until early April, 1999.
I registered on 04/26/1999 as user ID #951, so it was around the first of May, 1999 before we had the first 1,000 members registered.
We had a national rally near the Kentucky Truck Plant on Memorial Day weekend, 2001. As part of the rally we toured KTP, and some of us drove to Indianapolus and toured the International foundry and engine plant where the PowerStroke was assembled. One member was awarded the use of a new 2002 PowerStroke pickup for one year.
Not long after that rally, Ford lawyers forced Jason to change the name of the website. I have CRS, so I don't remember the exact year, but I seem to remember he had to have it done by January, 2002. (But maybe it was a year later?) I'm sure members with better memories will set me straight.
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