What's New? - 8/19/08

News from 9/18/06

Welcome Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords Readers!!! We're proud to announce that the 1982-1993 Mustang GT Registry is currently the featured website in the November 2006 issue of Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords "Cyber Stallions" column!!!!  Many thanks to Jeff Bauer for the nice article!!!  (Click for a bigger version...)

News from 8/29/06

Here's the latest update on the status of our recent unexpected server move... the message board and reference gallery are now back up and running!  The GT registration forms are also currently down and will be for an unknown period of time. Since we have moved to a server with a different operating platform (i.e. non-Windows), the .asp registration forms will need to be reprogrammed in .php before they will work again.  Please keep checking back!!

News from 8/17/06

Here is the current status is of everything from the web site move to our new VPS account...

(1) Message board appears to be working normally

(2) Reference Gallery is still down. It was not working right yesterday and last night we discovered that not all the files got transferred over to the new server.  We're in the process of downloading the files from the old server and will upload them to the new server ASAP. This is BIG job as this includes all of the image files from the reference gallery.

(3) GT registration forms are also down currently and will be for awhile. Since we have moved to a server with a different operating platform (i.e. non-Windows), the .asp registration forms will need to be reprogrammed in .php before they will work again. Hopefully it will not take too long to get this done, but we have no idea how long it will take (as we've got to get the reference gallery up and running again first).

Thanks everybody for your patience!!!

News from 8/4/06

We are experiencing some MAJOR growing pains right now due to our web site overloading the shared web server we're currently on.  Because of the excessive server resources our message board and reference gallery were using last Tuesday morning (8/1/06), our web host took our entire web site down without warning.  This left us unable to access any files on the web site and unable to send or receive any emails for an entire day.  We were able to get the web site restored on Wednesday afternoon (8/2/06) only by agreeing to turn off our message board and reference gallery temporarily while we're still on the shared server.

We have been working very hard behind the scenes to remedy this situation.   The handwriting has been on the wall for awhile that we were beginning to outgrow our shared server environment and were going to need to move to a more expensive "dedicated" web hosting environment at some point in the future to be able to continue growing and improving our web site.  Our current situation has made it obvious to us that this changeover must happen NOW.  

We are planning to get the web site switched over to a different web server (a VPS or "virtual private server") ASAP which should give us enough horsepower and resources to run our message board and reference gallery without the slowness and problems we've been experiencing over the past few months (due to being on the shared server).  While this is a very exciting time for us (we're definitely growing and improving - which was one of our main goals for this year), this is also a very challenging situation for us.

There is one BIG PROBLEM with this situation right now - the move to a virtual private server will cost SIGNIFICANTLY more money than what our current web hosting costs (in fact, FIVE times more).  Because this happened so suddenly, we have been left scrambling trying to figure out how we are going to pay for this.  Needless to say, we are in need of your support right now - if you have been considering making a donation, buying GT Registry merchandise from us or buying something through our "affiliate vendors" (CarFax, Amazon, TireRack, eBay, Eastwood, Northern Tools & Equipment, Cars.com, Motorbooks, JC Whitney, Parts America, etc.) but haven't done so yet NOW is the time to do it.

Once we get situated on our new server, we will obviously need to be looking for more vendors/sponsors to pay for our more expensive on-going web hosting.  

We will hopefully be back soon... in the meantime PLEASE don't forget to check out the rest of our website.

Thank you for your patience and understanding!!

News from 7/25/06

Once again, we have... updated the registered GT owner listings and the statistics pages (we now have over 5300 GT's registered)!

News from 5/16/06

Updates have been done to... the registered GT owner listings and the statistics pages (we now have over 5200 GT's registered)!

News from 3/1/06

Website - 10 year anniversary!! March 2006 marks our 10 year anniversary on the internet - happy anniversary to us!!!  Thanks to all of you who have continued to support us over the years.

News from 2/27/06

Welcome to our major sponsor - 50Resto.com!!!  We are proud to announce that Latemodel Restoration Supply/50Resto.com has come aboard as a major sponsor to the site!!  We have worked with these guys for many years on various projects and have personally met them at the Nashville 40th anniversary show.  Be sure and check out their vendor forum on our message board.  They are here to help with all your Mustang needs!!!

News from 2/21/06

Introducing the latest and greatest addition to the 1982-1993 Mustang GT Registry... our new 1982-1993 Mustang GT Registry Reference Gallery!!!!!  Here you will be able to look through literally over a thousand of FORD MUSTANG factory source book pages for Mustang information AND hundreds of 1982-1993 Mustang GT reference photos plus many other cool features that we will be adding in the future!!!!

This gallery will also make it much easier for everyone to submit their own photos or scans of GT documentation that we have been asking for since we started the registry back in 1994.  In addition to all this, you will be able to check out photos from our past GT Registry get-togethers and post your own photos of your car(s) in the member gallery section.

This area is still a BIG work in progress as we continue to update and add to all the different sections we have featured there. We have MANY, MANY more photos and scans sitting in our files waiting to be added, but there's already plenty there for everyone to start enjoying. Check it out!!

News from 1/17/06

VERY IMPORTANT - FORUMS and REGISTRATION FORMS WILL BE DOWN - MOVING SERVERS!!!!!!!  Due to the numerous server problems our web host has been experiencing since before Christmas, we will be moving the entire website (including our message board) to a new server in the next few days or so. Because of this, we will need to close down the message board AND the GT registration forms until the move is completed. Rest assured that we will be working VERY hard to make sure this goes as quickly as possible and hopefully this will result in very minimal downtime. Thanks in advance for your patience and understanding!!

News from 11/14/05

Check out our NEW VBULLETIN-based message board!!!  Our new vBulletin-based message board is an exciting upgrade from our old UBB message board!  This new message board offers many more features and options that our visitors have been asking for.  Be sure and check it out!

News from 11/4/05

Once again, we have... updated the registered GT owner listings and the statistics pages (we now have over 4900 GT's registered)!

News from 7/1/05

Second Annual GT Registry Get-Together - Kansas City!! Our second annual GT Registry get-together was held in conjunction with the Kansas City MCA National Show Kansas City June 23-26, 2005.  A great time was had by all!!  See pictures and stories from this event in our GT Registry Events forum...

News from 1/26/05

We're excited to announce that GMP Diecast has recently released a 1:18 scale version of the 1985 Twister II!!  This model is available in both Jalapena Red and Oxford White and is limited to a run of 500 cars each.  To read our review of these models and to find out how to order one of your own, check out our: GMP 1985 Twister II 1:18 Diecast Model Review.

News from 10/18/04

Once again, we have... updated the registered GT owner listings and the statistics pages (we now have over 4400 GT's registered)!

News from 7/15/04

Welcome 5.0 Mustangs and Super Fords magazine readers!!! The September 2004 5.0 Mustangs and Super Fords magazine gave the registry a great plug in their 40th Anniversary Nashville Event article complete with a nice little color photo of us in our vendor booth at the 40th event.  Special thanks to the article's author Steve Turner for the mention!!  (Click for a bigger version...)

The website move is now completed!   Luckily, this move went fairly smoothly and without too much downtime.  The good news is we now have much more server space available and some more tools available to us that should make the website much more interactive in the future.

In the last month, we have... updated the registered GT owner listings and the statistics pages (we now have over 4300 GT's registered) and added a bunch more GT's to the Photo Gallery (now over 400 GT's are featured there).

News from 7/9/04

We are currently in the process of moving the GT Registry web site to a new web hosting company (primarily because we have run out of space on our current web hosting account).   In order to complete the move, we will need to shut down the message board and registration forms for a short period of time until our domain name switches over to our new web site server. This temporary shutdown is necessary so we do not lose message board posts and new GT registrations.  Read more about it on the message board!!

News from 4/25/04

We had a GREAT time meeting everyone at our first-ever 1982-1993 Mustang GT Registry get-together held at the 40th Mustang Anniversary Celebration in Nashville Tennessee April 15-18, 2004.  Those of you who missed out can read all about it on our 40th Anniversary Event message board forum.  We will be posting photos and a write-up of the event soon - stay tuned!

News from 1/15/04

Happy 10th anniversary, 1982-1993 Mustang GT Registry (1994 - 2004)!! 2004 is an exciting year for us as we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the 1982-1993 Mustang GT Registry.  The registry officially turned 10 years old on January 1, 2004.  Thanks to all who have submitted info to us and supported us over the years.  Look forward to many exciting things to come in the future!!

Plans are being finalized for our first-ever 1982-1993 Mustang GT Registry get-together to be held at the 40th Mustang Anniversary Celebration put on by the Mustang Club of America in Nashville Tennessee April 15-18, 2004.  Please check out our new 40th Anniversary Event message board forum now for more details.  Also, if you are planning to attend, be sure to fill out our signup form to let us know.  Hope to see you there!!

In the last month, we have... updated the registered GT owner listings and the statistics pages (we now have over 4000 GT's registered) and added a bunch more GT's to the Photo Gallery.