Here's an interesting link from the Wayback Machine dated early 2004. Note the varied and interesting OT post topics - lots of car-related stuff. The political crap was just starting to take hold back then (only TWO Bush-bashing threads
) How things change.
http://web.archive.org/web/20040215093211/http://forums.pelicanparts.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=31