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No we need to figure out how to open the bonnet? The trunk opens with the mechanic in the door post. but the bonnet we were not aible to find the opening knob/lever.
After more cleaning and freeing up of cars
We went looking in the barn where the P50 Trabant and the 311 Wartburg were stored.
I was surprised about the amout of cluther around the cars.
The following weeks we will work through all the cluther.
Searching data and putting it in the forum.
P50 Trabant
311 Wartburg.
Photo's will follow, also with progress of restauration.
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Hi everyone,
Very glad to announce, after many weeks of work, that the all new membership payment system is up and running!
Click on the "My Account" menu at the top of the page, then select any of the Supporting Membership options.
Key features:
1. Credit cards are accepted directly through the Stripe payment processor. No more PayPal.
(Existing Paypal membership subscriptions will continue to work until cancelled.)
2. New 3, 6, and 12 month subscription options instead of only annually.
3. One click billing/card updates and easy subscription...
Update - Tuesday Feb 27
The web servers was down from 10:00pm to 1:30am for maintenance which took much longer than expected. Normal operation has resumed, sorry for the delay.
KNOWN ISSUES
The following bugs are being worked on right now, no need to report them again:
Delivery to yahoo.com and verizon email addresses is slow - looks ok now
member and events map broken fixed
attaching images to forum posts error fixed
uploading images to registry/profile error fixed
Cannot post in the forums fixed
Forum smilies not...
Hello everyone,
Due to a complete failure of the database server, we went down yesterday at about 4PM Pacific Time. With a bit of ingenuity and a bit of luck, I was able to recover all data and provisioned a new server overnight.
Everything should be working normally now, with no posts or other data lost.
Ironically, it happened while I was working on a better system to back up the database.
Thank you for your patience.
Skye Nott
Webmaster
Hello everyone,
Now that the database upgrade is nearing completion, and I finally have the ability to do "hot backups" without taking the website offline for maintenance, I'd like to give everyone a little bonus.
Effective immediately, all Private Message (PM) storage limits are now doubled
Free Members: 500 -> 1,000
Silver Members: 750 -> 1,500
Gold Members: 1,000 -> 2,000
Platinum Members: 1,500 -> 3,000
Hope this makes everyone's life a little easier, especially for you vendors out there that use PMs a lot!
Thanks for your support,
Skye Nott
Webmaster
The new database servers are performing well under load, so I'll be continuing the database conversion process to the new layout for all websites, which will pave the way for better replication and backup systems.
Please expect to see the "Scheduled maintenance" message on Friday night, February 17, 2017 starting at 9:00 PM Pacific time. I expect the work to take 4-6 hours as I want to take a full backup of the system for safety before making any changes.
Once the websites are back up, there should be no visible difference in the operation or performance of the website. Schedule:
Jan...
Hello everyone,
You've probably noticed that this website has had some unplanned downtime lately. I'm not sure about the exact cause, it's probably an intermittent hardware failure as the techs keep finding the main server powered off at the console. I've been rebooting and repairing the database as needed to keep things running, while making plans to transition to brand new servers with updated database, webserver, and firewall software.
The good news is I've already run the migration plan on some of my smaller websites, and it's working brilliantly. The bad news is that the...
– 1 Post(s) A fantastic summer driving around in my 1962 Trabant P50
Hi, I am travelling to Bulgaria soon and may have the opportunity to buy a Trabant from a friend of a friend, (genuine sale). I would appreciate any general info on the pros and cons of owning/running a trabant. MPG, range per tank. Reliability, etc, ect,
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