Just to add my tuppence worth.
Yes a combined force makes so much sense. ELCO has been running a long time, has a wealth of knowledge and a good name amongst those in the know. Plus Julian also has a wealth of knowledge and a great spanner man to boot.
I think what the LC community in the UK has lacked is something of the like of IH8MUD in the US. Yes they have been going a long time and also have a far wider audience, however what they have is many fold.
What we need is a site that combines the best of what is available on ELCO - the tight knit community, the knowledge and what is available on here which is a new approach, a lot of enthusiasm and also a lot of people with loads of knowledge.
Put that together in a package that has the following:
A great Forum
Technical Articles
A Gallery
Videos
A good set of links
A good set of affiliates - companies offering deals and support
Add to this what seems to be a great attitude that is here - no bitching about ebay, other sites in signatures, flexibility and also the attitude that we are all adults so can take the odd bit of ribbing, but deliberate flaming and insulting is out of order and you have the makings of a first class site.
The forum is already off to a great start, lots of posts, lots of interest, lots of enthusiasm.
I think that there must be some way of accomodating the name, how about a combination of the two names (and have a strap line that says - incorporating the *****
My suggestion for a start
ELCC - European Land Cruiser Club. Got bits of both.
Just to add, for anyone who feels they need to post some pictures and link them back to here rather than post on photobucket or one of the other more general photo sites, I have built a temporary gallery for this site on my web space until something else comes along.
It is at
Land Cruiser Club Gallery