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Hmmm , that picture doesn't look vintage to me . I'm not an expert but it looks like it was taken with a digital camera.
 
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This is the Haines Highway. (Called Haines Road in Canada)
The sign no longer exists. Just signs on either side of the road, on either side of the border.





 
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Those insights and “then and now” pictures with descriptions are always greatly appreciated.
 
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Hmmm , that picture doesn't look vintage to me . I'm not an expert but it looks like it was taken with a digital camera.
but it is a vintage engine.
 
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Hmmm , that picture doesn't look vintage to me . I'm not an expert but it looks like it was taken with a digital camera.
at least the motor is a vintage motor from the days long gone, how many people today even know what they were, never mind know how to work on them
 
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but it is a vintage engine.
...and darn pretty, too.
 
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...and darn pretty, too.
inside is even prettier it sports a merc crank rods and pistons in a 8ba block , old school cheater motor
 
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Is this vintage enough abe...


me in 1952
 
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The first new John Deere tractor sold at the John Deere store in Ronan Montana after the close of WWII. Yup, that is yours truly “driving” it!
 
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The first new John Deere tractor sold at the John Deere store in Ronan Montana after the close of WWII. Yup, that is yours truly “driving” it!
Yes, those are "Vintage pics from days gone by."

Charlie, is that an Ayrshire cow?
 
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Is this vintage enough abe...

No, John, that's not vintage enough. My mustashe is white.

These are vintage enough.


taken December 1977



taken spring 1983
 
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No, John, that's not vintage enough. My mustashe is white.
I would venture to say it's not days gone by, but years gone by.
 
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