For those of you that don't peruse Rennlist, there was an announcement about an update to the Clark's Garage html, and a new hosting site: http://clarks.transaxlescene.de/en
I clicked around a little bit and it's nicely laid out with, as far as I can tell, all the original information.
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Updated Clark's Garage Site
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I haven't been on Clark's in a bit (generally a good thing). I'll be sure to give it some clicks today!
Thanks for the heads up
Thanks for the heads up
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I reached out to Dean Smith several times over the years about doing something similar, but never got a response. Based on my reading of the Rennlist post, it sounds like the person behind this version did not received a response either, but proceeded with a parallel version of the site anyway. Not sure how I feel about that....
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So this "new site" isn't exactly an ethical use of I.P. Without looking deep I thought it was just an update, although I see now that Clarks original site is still with us. Last upadated April 2018 sounds like it's at least partially abandonded?Tom wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 7:54 pm I reached out to Dean Smith several times over the years about doing something similar, but never got a response. Based on my reading of the Rennlist post, it sounds like the person behind this version did not received a response either, but proceeded with a parallel version of the site anyway. Not sure how I feel about that....
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'86 Mitsubishi Starion - Purpose built SM class Autocross car
'87 Chrysler Conquest - Mid LS Swap
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Someone must be paying the ongoing domain registration and hosting costs for the Clark’s-Garage site, so while it may not have been actively maintained for a while, it’s not really abandoned. In that sense, it is actually less abandoned than a book printed in 2018. I’ve had a crash course in maintaining online technical content since starting Carpokes, so I have some sympathy for Dean — even if he won't answer my darn emailsPSU_Crash wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2026 3:38 amSo this "new site" isn't exactly an ethical use of I.P. Without looking deep I thought it was just an update, although I see now that Clarks original site is still with us. Last upadated April 2018 sounds like it's at least partially abandonded?Tom wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 7:54 pm I reached out to Dean Smith several times over the years about doing something similar, but never got a response. Based on my reading of the Rennlist post, it sounds like the person behind this version did not received a response either, but proceeded with a parallel version of the site anyway. Not sure how I feel about that....
My understanding from the Rennlist post, and from looking at the transaxle site, is that this is a repackaged version of Clark’s-Garage -- which continues to exist — with much of Clark’s content copied over and hosted under a spiffy new front-end interface, apparently without permission if you read the Rennlist post at face value. Call me a buzz-kill, but the whole thing doesn't feel right to me.
