The Cardinal Flyers Online Web site was created and is maintained by me, Keith Peterson. My wife Debbie and I have owned a 1976 RG since 1985. With my mechanical engineering background I naturally enjoy digging into the Cardinal and finding out what to look for and what to do when you find it.
The web site came about through the urging of a number of Cardinal owners who wished for a central location for information about the Cardinal. The goal has always been to capture and retain the accumulated wisdom of the Cardinal Owning population in a way that helps most of us learn and helps all of us remember.
My day job is as the Product Development Manager at InterKinetic, a software innovation firm developing tools for education and business based on synthesized interactive voice and web technologies. So this site also offers me a chance to keep up my software skills. You can read more at my web site.
Much of the material on this site is based on the CFO Email digest created by Paul
Millner. Paul does a great job of editing and
moderating that list, and the members of that list do a
fine job of telling their experiences for the common good. As the owner of a turbo '76 RG and past owner of a Turbo fixed gear Cardinal, Paul is also a knowledgeable and capable Cardinal owner. His day job with Chevron keeps us honest about fuel and lubrication chemistry. The Playful Puppy is to remind us of Elmo, who I think must keep Paul up at night so he can do all this for us. You can see how he does it at this page.
In fact some time ago Paul sent out our 1000th digest and we threw him a virtual party! Check out the comments!
Now some nuts and bolts about the site:
If you have trouble with the frames, start by setting the default fonts on your browser to something a little smaller. I've heard that anything under 14pt works, although that will depend on your screen and video card.
If you do have trouble beyond this, let me know, I have some ideas for another approach that might resolve some potential issues.
Most of the images on this site were taken with an Agfa e1280 digital camera, although most were radically cropped and downsized to improve download time. Some early pictures were taken with a Sony video camera, using a Snappy to grab the video images. A few are scanned on a Visioneer flat bed scanner, and several were emailed from Cardinal owners.
For a sample of what the Agfa e1280 camera can do, check out this image.
In the technical pages, the comments of the webmaster are usually in italics. I hope this will help keep clear which words are from the owners and which from the webmaster.
If you have trouble with the email links on this system please click here to learn what to do.
If you have trouble downloading email archive files into a Mac, please review this page.
If you have any great ideas or contributions to the Cardinal Web Site please send mail to the Webmaster, Keith Peterson. Thanks!