There have been way too many spamers so Ryan set things up in an attempt to block them. The thinking is that, if someone really was interested in old cars and not fly by night, they would stick around and get those 10 post. 3 more post and you should be good to go. The rules were changed about a month after you signed up;
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...70#post1958670