I finished cleaning (okay, "finished" is a very loose term here lmao) half the garage today, enough to where I could get the Camaro in the one clean bay. I have been meaning to shoot an update video for you all for quite a while, and today, I finally did it. It's a short video, but it is letting you know what has been going on, and also asking for your suggestions. Post up and let me know what you want to see!

 

Nope, this site has always been Z28.com. I never understood, with a 3 letter URL, why it never took off like it should have. Well, actually I do understand, but it's a horror story and I hate horror stories lmao.

 

It was definitely a lot more active in the past, that is for sure. And that is exactly what we are working to regain. The issue with facebook is you can't monetize anything over there. So the site will not make any money. Everyone wanted me to do the same thing to my site and I did do some stuff over there, but I have all but quit using any kind of social network because the reward of new members is about 1 in 100 posts. I have just over 1000 people watching my FB page, and my click through rate is less than 1% to my site. Just flat not worth it.

Ken is doing an amazing job of bringing this site back. It's one thing to start a site, but it's a complete other beast to revive one that has been killed and has a bad rep out in the world. The biggest negative that I have read on the net for this site is it was a "click" site and if you were not in that click, then you would be ignored. I have seen this on multiple sites. That was back then though and I'm not really reading that much anymore. So all we can do is keep working hard at bringing this site back and most importantly, just have fun and enjoy some great american muscle!

 

I knew I was not spelling that correctly lol. But I do agree with you Glenn and I should have been more clear. I based my own website off of what Z28 used to be, and that is family friendly, was pretty harsh on abusive language and wanted a nice clean forum where anyone can ask any question no matter how beginner the question is or if it has been answered before. I just remember reading about that and likely it was all brought on by someone that didn't want to follow the rules.

No matter though, we are definitely growing back and better than ever in my opinion. The great thing about starting at the bottom? You can only go up from there!

 

Wow, up to 508 Youtube subscribers today! Big bunch added since yesterday!

Tony deserves a lot of credit too! While I worked on new articles, finding lost articles through the Internet Archive and bringing them back, search engine optimization, etc, and posting when I could... my Camaro knowledge was thin. Tony stepped up and helped users whenever possible to no post was left unanswered. There are others too who have stepped up posting as well, and I really do appreciate it. Every day it's active here, sometimes slow sometimes pretty busy, but the key is it's active!

Yesterday my son helped me get one of my trickle chargers out for my truck, since I'm doctor ordered not bend to pick up stuff, and he looked over at the Camaro and asked if we could hook a charger to it because he really wants to help out and go for rides when I'm healed (torn rib muscle and broken rib)! Boy that felt good, I really want to get back in it! Its also so very nice that I've learned so much about Camaros, both history wise and mechanically... my family had two Camaros back in the 1980s and it's like being a teenager all over again when I get in it!

The folks here are great, both the newcomers and the old school members coming back. Its amazing how trouble-free moderating here is.

Hey, in the time I typed in the above we added another Youtube subscriber!

 

Well, I kind of padded the count yesterday. I own I think 11 youtube accounts and I used 7 of them to subscribe lmao. So yea, if that doesn't tell you how bad I want this to happen....

I think the best thing you have installed on this site yet is the Unanswered Topics button. That little button helps keep those that are introducing themselves (most of the time) and asking questions from never getting a response.

But I find this fun. I have been here since 2004 and yes, it was more active back then, but there is something more comfortable about it now. Something more relaxed. Not quite sure what it is though.

I can't wait for you to get that car going. That should be a lot of fun!

 

I'll get to the 1000 mark, but it may be a little late. I'm going to keep pushing though. I have a pretty good understanding about YouTube SEO and how to make things work. It's time to start looking in the bottom of the bag for the down and dirty methods lol.

 

This needs to happen before Feb. 20th. On that date, they pull us from the partner program. Thank you so much Mike for the help!!!

 

And just so people know, there will be a new video on Friday!