The Fordnatics mailing list is a high-volume, unmoderated forum for discussing Fords and Ford-powered vehicles, with an emphasis on technical topics such as repair, restoration, and performance modifications. The common thread is fun Fords and Total Performance, whether on the street, the track, or the show grounds. All years and models, from the Model T to the Mercury Mystique, are fair game. Questions from novices are encouraged. If you love cars, and you bleed Ford blue, Fordnatics is the place for you!
The Fordnatics list is hosted by The Mustang Works Online.
Fordnatics is available as a "live" list, or as a digest. Because of the high volume, we recommend that new subscribers try the digest first.
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If for some reason this doesn't work, please mail the administrator.
New subscribers are invited to send an introductory message describing their interest in Fords, and any initial questions they might have.
To remove yourself from Fordnatics, send an email message to imailsrv@lists.mustangworks.com, with the following in the body of the message:
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Private-party ads are welcomed. Appropriate items include vehicles, parts, tools, supplies, etc. Announcements and discussion of Ford-related events (car shows, club events, etc.) are also welcomed. Referrals to commercial suppliers and services are also welcomed.
Commercial advertising is strictly forbidden. Violators may have their subscriptions cancelled at the administrator's discretion.
There is one Web-based archive for Fordnatics, at ListQuest.com.
While the ListQuest.com archives went on-line on September 25, 1998, they also include the archives from the first year of the list, from May '94 to May '95. Apparently this archive is still available, but is no longer collecting new messages.
Many thanks to the gearheads at ListQuest.com, for offering these services! Please patronize their advertisers.
Archives covering May 1994 to May 1995 are also available via anonymous FTP at URL ftp://ftp.chucko.com/fordnatics/archive . Archives are stored by month, and compressed with gzip. Contact the webmaster if you need help finding the 'gzip' program.
We maintain a collection of (somewhat stale) Ford- and Mustang-related information at ftp://ftp.chucko.com/fordnatics.
Your contributions are welcome! Because of space limitations, we cannot accept images, but we will be happy to upload any other Ford-related information. To contribute, email the webmaster.
The Fordnatics list is now administered by the iList mailing list manager. Persistent unresolved delivery problems may result in removal from the list. If you don't see any messages for several days, email the list administrator with an alternate contact method (e.g. another email address, voice phone number, etc.) so he can contact you to resolve the problem.
As the Fordnatics list is a voluntary service provided in our spare time, we reserve the right to remove anyone from the list at any time, for any reason. Note that it usually takes malice or a major brain failure to provoke us to do so.
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