[LMH]

In the very beginning, there was four or five or so of us who were exchanging emails with each other about our builds. This was before any forum. We would send group emails to each other and also the original owners from time to time, with questions, problems or issues. The old forum grew out of that with help of the original company. A lot of what we discussed was taken by the company and changes made to subsequent cars as production continued. There was never really anything "secret" or "dark" that I remember. It was just a place where we could discuss what we were doing and bounce ideas off each other without the outside worlds input. That kept it small and to the point. After a while, it became kind of an on-going joke with the whole "Dark Side" thing between car owners and the rest of the world but trust me, there would be nothing Art Bell would have been interested in.
Larry