datzenmike Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 I'm taking Jeffs membership date as being the birth of Ratsun, it's as good as any. It was on or about the 20th that Jeff with the valuable help of his good friend Thomas, successfully got the original site up and running, and all it needed was members to populate it. Now 10 years later we have had over 23,000 people join to discuss or learn about their Datsuns or Nissans. It's an ever evolving group as old members 'move on' for whatever their reasons, and new members come aboard. Some even stayed and added to some of the almost 1.4 million posts! On average there are about 15-25 members online and several to many guests just mining for information. So, how did Ratsun come about? Well old timers will remember the NWDE (north west Datsun enthusiasts) club who just happened to have a small website in the early 2000s. The members met every month to eat pizza and talk Datsun, but underestimated the number of people populating their electronic site. A site that was quickly becoming inadequate for their needs. Enter Jeff Hino. (now if my recollection isn't exact please add your comments in a post) Jeff met with the club and expressed interest in having raffles, meet ups, selling logos or anything that would provide cash flow to pay for needed up grades to the site. Well, basically the answer was... no. So Jeff said I'll just start my own, and did. His vision was a garage with friends drinking beer and working on their Datsun projects and DDs. The door was up and the light on and anyone was welcome to come up the driveway and 'shoot the shit'. Quickly old NWDE members switched over to the fresh, new, roomier 'Ratsun' site and newer member Datsun owners found it to be the premier place to be for discussions and information sharing. All about those infamous and iconic cars and trucks we so deeply love, made by Nissan, that they saw so fit to call... Datsun. So here we are 10 years later. Birth, first tooth and learning to walk and talk... but we made it with members just like you. If you have an recollections about the early Ratsun or the old NWDE you want to share, post them up. In any case drop by and say Happy Birthday Ratsun If you want to know what member number you are, just go to your profile page and look at the address at the page top. I'm.... http://.ratsun.net/user 9 -datzenmike/ 11 Quote Link to comment
Ratwagon1600 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Whos this guy ^^^^^^^^ :thumbup: Happy Birthday Ratsun. 3 Quote Link to comment
KoHeartsGPA Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Happy anniversary and welcome back Mike! Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 I bought my goon the same month. I think... Might have been 2006. Either way, whoohooo. I knew Jan 20th was significant for some reason... 3 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 I heard there was stickers? Are we at least gonna get some cake? Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Happy anniversary to the mighty Ratsun!.....I remember the good ol' nwde though... 3 Quote Link to comment
VFR800 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Congratulations on 10 years of RATSUN!!! 4 Quote Link to comment
racerx Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Hope it goes for 10 more or more years, lotsa knowledge and talent on Ratsun. 3 Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Hainz brought me to NWDE. Tdaaj brought me to Ratsun. I was a bit apprehensive to sign up being a purest and a introvert. I think of all the lurkers who don't sign up but why would you need to when all the info is already here. All you need to do is search. Member number 87 bitches. HAPPY BIRTHDAY RATSUN!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 86 woulda been cool though Quote Link to comment
maltese Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Thanks, Ratsun! You're the best! Sincerely, User #16116. Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 happy birthday :thumbup: :fu: :fu: :fu: :fu: thanks jeff for creating an awesome forum and thanks to all the moderators and administrators who help keep it sane i am user # 4817 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Happy Birthday / Anniversary! As member #3080, I am sorry I came so late to the damn party! 2 Quote Link to comment
240zness Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Thanks Ratsun, great job I had the impression I missed out on a lot more than 10 years Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 I don't remember the '80s but that was normal then. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Has it really been 10 years? :blush: Thanks to all you guys that make this place what it is. :thumbup: 2 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Has it really been 10 years? :blush: Thanks to all you guys that make this place what it is. :thumbup: Don't break your arm there, Steve-O. Quote Link to comment
q-tip Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Has it really been 10 years? :blush: Thanks to all you guys that make this place what it is. :thumbup: No shit, I remember meeting some of you wackos pre Ratsun at NissanFest in 06 right after I bought my 510, hard to believe it was that long ago. 1 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Don't break your arm there, Steve-O. Broke my finger last week... does that count? :confused: Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 #797 NWDE was the first Datsun site I found. Couldn't believe there was other crazy datsun people like me out there. Was skeptical about joining Ratsun, so it took awhile to warm up to. Glad I did Happy 10th Birthday Ratsun 4 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 I'm a Luddite. Around '04/'05 I was told to electronically enter my work timesheet or not get paid. Ooooh a work computer, Google... nothing to do so have a lookie see, type in' Datsun', blah blah ... Bleach Garage, the 620 resource, VIDE..... 1 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 I was wrong, Bleach's garage is what lead me to nwde 4 Quote Link to comment
flyerdan Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 #201, Ratsun was only four months old when I found it. Every other site that I frequented back then is gone, as are the ones that sprung up to replace them. Quote Link to comment
tdaaj Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 It took me 3 days to join, think i was member #37 Quote Link to comment
Jesse C. Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 Funny thing is people warned about this site before I even knew what it was. Who knew I would be one of the Peace Keepers around here! LOL ! It is pretty cool to meet some of you in person and figuring out that some people I have known for some time are on here already! 1 Quote Link to comment
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