Got a screen shot of the first few members in the forums (see image below). There are not many listed. As stated in the square below, the discussion forum wasn't introduced until 2000. There are more listed in Members starting in 2000, of course.
Here's a nice blip from the FAQ page:
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Who runs this web site and why??
The Official "First Bolter" of course (and the patron saint of all Bolters) is Louis Chevrolet. Since him, there have been legions of Bolters. A few years later (in November of 1995, to be exact), Bolter John Milliman created this site as a project to learn web site coding and design. With input from Barry Weeks, the site started out as just an information site for '39 and '40 Chevy trucks. One of very first 'Bolters who is still active was Don "Down2Sea" McLendon. In 1997, Tom Brownell, then editor of Vintage Truck Magazine and author of "How to restore your Chevrolet Pickup" suggested we expand the site to cover more models and we created the basic site layout still in use today, albeit greatly expanded! In 2000, we added an interactive discussion forum.
Today, Stovebolt.Com is run on a daily basis by Peggy Milliman. John mainly just tries to stay out of the way and avoid crashing the server ... again. (John provides design and content help when Peggy grants him permission to touch a computer...) Our Technical Support is provided by Paul Schmehl. We also rely heavily on many volunteers who help with content review, forum moderation and general correspondence -- as well as myriad other essential tasks. We simply could not exist without their help! As well, we are very grateful for our generous donors and sponsors who help keep the lights on and the site going. You can see who they are here.
Why do we do it? Because it's fun! From the beginning, we've tried to foster a down-home, family friendly atmosphere that welcomed all -- from folks who didn't own old trucks, but liked them, to the "tribal elders" of the old truck hobby. And thanks to our fabulous volunteers (lead by the amazing and gifted Paul Schmehl who we absolutely could not exist without), generous donors and loyal sponsors, we've been able to create the very best web site of its kind on the net with up-to-date hardware, software and contemporary design without over commercializing the site. Having grown to more than 20,000 pages of content, 7 million hits per month on average and nearly 20,000 registered users from around the world, we think it's worked! We hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!
(Yet another page that needs updating ... but basically the same story.)
~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804 "Charlie" - The Stovebolt Flagship In the Gallery "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give." -- Winston Churchill
