How many of you have been around since the original ZR-1 Registry?

A few years ago when I bought my second ZR-1 (a White 91 that should have never sold, but I could not afford to keep both at the time) the original owner gave me a box full of binders that contains Registry newsletters from the original organization. The box went into storage and I pulled it out yesterday as I was putting away all the XMas decorations.

Anyway, I started to peruse these and had no idea of the gold mine of information and what a great organization it was. Don't get me wrong, the current ZR-1 Net Registry is a great organization too, but this stuff is unbelievable and I wish there was a simple way to share some of this info with the folks that have never seen it. The stuff I have dates from 1992 to 1997 and monthly issues; I am not sure when the organization folded up. They start out as several 8 1/2 X 11 sheets stapled and folded in half and expands to quite a thick newsletter full of so much information. The strange thing is in 1996 they already had an article about availability of parts. Some of the names I have heard of and many I have never heard of, especially since many time we only know the user name versus their real name. I can't want to take the time to real all of these issues to see what life with the ZR-1 was like then. I also could not believe the shops that advertised in the newsletter and all the stuff that was available then. I remember when I first got my ZR-1 there was LT5 Registry but it was on it way out.

Aloha!