Rick Posted January 8, 2007 Report Posted January 8, 2007 reading through the posts i find it hard to decide who works for who and whos in which organisation: if you dont understand my crappy statement answer me these 3 questions 1>which osf members are classic ford mag 2>which members are retroford mag 3>who started OSF.co.uk and who are the top dogs behind it? i think once i know all that il be able to understand some of these arguement s a bit better
MightySprocket Posted January 8, 2007 Report Posted January 8, 2007 I am sure i have seen something somewhere that said it was Posse and Ben M that were the brain childs behind OSF.... could be wrong
LUKE261 Posted January 8, 2007 Report Posted January 8, 2007 it was deffo posse as far as im aware posse and a group from turbosport started it think tim had something 2 do with it aswell, just for old skool fords no cossies etc, good luck 2 em they did a great job, turbosport is a good site too im a member of that too.
MightySprocket Posted January 8, 2007 Report Posted January 8, 2007 both superb sites, I do feel more akin to OSF though whoever it was
Admin Vista Posted January 8, 2007 Admin Report Posted January 8, 2007 arguments? what arguments? I see only healthy debate without which we'd be left with just tech sections and spammage Now did I mention that all 4 doors are gay Just kidding
LUKE261 Posted January 8, 2007 Report Posted January 8, 2007 hopefully, posse or somebody will enlighten placebo rick on osf history, all can say is osf bigger n better 2007 ykt
4parajon Posted January 8, 2007 Report Posted January 8, 2007 both superb sites, I do feel more akin to OSF though whoever it was Agreed mate
Admin Mk2Jo Posted January 8, 2007 Admin Report Posted January 8, 2007 Classic Ford Mag ........ cfed (Steve Phillips - Ed) and GarethCF (Gareth - Dep Ed) Retro Ford Mag ....... RFBen (Ben Birch - Ed) and Morley (Ben Morley - Dep Ed). OSF - Posse (Darren- the top dog boss man & owner of OSF), Driver (Ian), Tim (Tim), BaileyMex (Colin), Tom (Tom) and MK2Jo (me - Jo) are all Admin. The site was started in July 2004 following an idea by Posse ... and the original Admin were Posse, Driver, Tim, Tom, BaileyMex, Morley, Ad (apologies if I have missed someone). None of the Admin have any affiliation with and of the Mags. Classic Ford and Retro Ford are in direct competition with each other and therefore, on occasion, the banter gets a little fiery Hope that helps
Wessie Posted January 8, 2007 Report Posted January 8, 2007 all i can say is top work and without the avo owners club this site would not be here
Morley Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 OSF - Posse (Darren- the top dog boss man & owner of OSF), Driver (Ian), Tim (Tim), BaileyMex (Colin), Tom (Tom) and MK2Jo (me - Jo) are all Admin. The site was started in July 2004 following an idea by Posse ... and the original Admin were Posse, Driver, Tim, Tom, BaileyMex, Morley, Ad (apologies if I have missed someone). To be 100% accurate, OSF was born from an idea of Darren, with the support of Myself, Driver (Ian), Ad and Cor. We got a lot of grief for wanting to keep things old skool. So we started OSF. Without Darren none of this would be here, he was the one that said "I'm gonna start a website" and he did exactly that. Bob Mk1 has been about from the start of things being at the very first Boxhill meet when there was only five of us. Danielson was also the one that prompted me to make up a batch of "old skool ford... you know that" stickers prior to the first classic ford show in 2004. I hold that first year very dearly in my heart. I had the most fun that year and it helped me to forget the worse than crap home life that i had. At first OSF was very hard work, we had to really fight to get this site up and running. At the time people didn't believe that the site would take off. We had to really promote our Boxhill meet, including having meets with the police and all sorts. But we stuck with it. Tim has always been mad for a bit of old skool so it wasn't long before he was brought on board to help out. Next in was Micky D who was welcoming new members to the site via PM. Then i believe Baileymex turned up, i think if memory serves me correctly, we met him at the Dorking train station meet. Then ol' Tommy H came along the chirpy bundle of love that he is. As the site grew, as did the hard work, which was when Jo was brought in to help Darren with all the administrative stuff. When Retro Ford was concieved, I was offered the job, and like anyone would have, i grabbed it with both hands. I'm now doing a job involving something that i am truly passionate about. Sadly this meant that I had to leave OSF as an Admin. I didn't want to leave as OSF means a lot more to me than perhaps anyone on here will understand. But for one reason or another, i hung up my admin socks. Some people felt that the site had become affiliated with Retro Ford magazine - which as Jo made no hesitation in pointing out, it isnt, never has been. We as a mag write a lot about what you guys get upto because A: Both Ben B and Myself believe in what this site does for the world of old Fords, B: Just take a look in the meets section, you lot are mad for it. It makes me sad that i'm no longer part of the OSF team any more, but thats life! I know how passionate Darren is about this website and so have no doubt that it will continue to grow. The whole story is hardback novel material, but i think thats pretty much the outline of things.
bobmk1 Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 i still remeber that first boxhill meet...black and white tv.....and it just had that something in the air.....yfkt.......seems along time ago now
Morley Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 i still remeber that first boxhill meet...black and white tv.....and it just had that something in the air.....yfkt.......seems along time ago now Thats right it was the European Cup England game wasn't it???
bobmk1 Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 1st half at home..... second half ryka's car park
Retromotorsport Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 was it the first or second one I came too with Andy Pipes car and Dave Whites car ??? think it was Pre-OSF ????
Morley Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 was it the first or second one I came too with Andy Pipes car and Dave Whites car ??? think it was Pre-OSF ???? I do believe Andy Pipes car ended up with a sticker, albeit very briefly. It was that one Gary. Nick Williams had that really clean silver Mk1 with bubbles and 10" rims... and an 1100cc x-flow under the bonnet. It was prior to the birth and even the incarnation of OSF. It was Retro Cars when we actually got a bit serious about the idea.
LUKE261 Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 nice 2 hear about the history of osf, quite interesting yfkt hehe
LUKE261 Posted January 9, 2007 Report Posted January 9, 2007 i always though that marty and growler were in it from the start aswell. i thought marty and bob mk1 and darren were like all close mates who lived near each other, and sort of went from there and daren got help from tim, morley etc
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