Where have the forum photos gone?

[Old Crock]

Copied from Vintage, PVT and 2-litre Forum:

Quote from: administrator on August 31, 2024, 09:28:39
I guess they didn't survive the rebuild of the Forum - apologies but not much I can do.

Disappointing, a great shame to lose those many photos of AC cars and those showing the broader early history of the marque. Over many years, I have posted hundreds of photos in the forum, many of important historical significance that had not been published nor held elsewhere. For example, dozens of unique shots of the AC works in the 1920's, showing the various departments. I remember the postings on the Sports (Montlhery) model that was privately entered in the Monte Carlo rally - a great car - I had never seen those photos before. Then there were the photos of dozens of 1920's and 30's cars, against chassis numbers, by another member. A lot of effort there, and a retrievable archive. In Jonto's case it was a valuable record of a chassis-up restoration of a vintage car. There are many more examples where this single line above doesn't recognise the wasted effort, nor the loss of such valuable material in one place.
In my collection I have dozens of AC related items, sales catalogues (I have them for every year of the vintage period and earlier), press releases, magazine articles, letters and more. When I go 'to the great car park up there' these will go to the National Motor Museum library - they will not be going to the ACOC archive...