Grafton Utah, the scene with Katherine Ross in 1969, vs today.

here's a great example of how new AI programs can fix old photos that are nearly destroyed

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10233299683174298&set=pcb.10233299684934342

remarkable before and after of a 1970 Yardman

completely out of no where, and with zero words to explain, I was sent two photos, and one is my 69 Super Bee when I drove it from Michigan to California in 1995. The other is sorta what it looked like when I bought it in 94

Above, Candy Apple red, which I paid for in 94, new Weld rims, new tires, new vinyl top, but I couldn't afford the back bumper replacement, and replacing the crummy exhaust, not after the engine rebuild, trans rebuild, rims, tires, and e brake cable (was cut off when I bought it). I replaced the bumper (some previous owner painted black) and the exhaust, the 2.76 gears, (with 3.23 posi) and the leaf springs with some out of a 69 Coronet Station Wagon (6 or 7 leaves per side, vs 5 that a 383 Bee came with. Super Stock were 5 and 6 on opposite sides, the wagon springs were STOUT!) new steering gear that was rebuilt, and front disc brakes I had rebuilt. Plus I added 906 heads. All in 5 years. That car was doing real good when I sold it in 2002, but it was rusting out, since it was from Michigan

before and after, same car

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=26300477402875130&set=pcb.2038368243670944

Yes, I see the steering wheel is different, but if you look at the rest of this guys facebook page, you'll see he sells Porsche steering wheels. 

Kid Galahad (1962) with Elvis Presley at the Idyllwild Garage in Idyllwild, CA... then and now

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10228281723540244&set=gm.2238800756583306&idorvanity=405517713244962

I've never seen these two images together... San Fran's railcar, now restored for the annual cool old rail car day

I love that some people are so determined to find the exact filming location of movie scenes

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165893730643222&set=gm.2247479092382139&idorvanity=405517713244962

The alley just south of Woodbine Street between Motor Avenue and Vinton Avenue looking towards Palms Blvd in the background in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles,

I watched a lot of Little Rascals / Our Gang as a kid, loved those shorts and movies

before and after of the famous location where O. Winston Link photographed “Old Maud Bows to the Virginia Creeper”

O. Winston Link's “Old Maud Bows to the Virginia Creeper”  

Old Maude, with her sledge load of oak stove-wood, just happened along as the train was approaching, and Link took advantage of the situation. He asked brothers Gene and Roy Hampton, who were hauling the wood to the family's farm nearby, to wait a few minutes for the train.

The Norfolk &Western filed abandonment papers and railroad operations ceased in March,1977. The track was sold for scrap and the old line is now the Virginia Creeper tracks to trails hiking biking walking trail

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=746449628363913&set=a.369187376090142

I posted about the Virginia Creeper trail, and this railway station before, https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2018/08/virginia-travel-writers-and.html

and the hurricane flood damage https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/07/damascus-virginia-iron-bridge-showing.html

and O Winston Link's photography https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2024/01/ogle-winston-link-dalhouse-cleans.html

Scene from the 1986 movie “Stand by Me” and the same building today

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10232716082349954&set=gm.1503409747503523&idorvanity=319578812553295

then and now

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10222438605834197&set=pcb.1505442367300261

a comparison is a powerfully vivid way to see something before and after

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122224044140155666&set=a.122141150270155666

I love a before and after, especially when the people are with the same car, or motorcycle. This couple photographed in the same place, and same bike, in 1967 and 2018

 

this N10 series bay-window cabin car was built in Altoona in 1969 and will will eventually be restored back to its original Penn Central appearance

https://www.facebook.com/spiritofaltoona/posts/pfbid02hu79224Rq8AJqVazqSEzdPfzotJDfFBFFGgZmgKVZVdrgDaMfsRHutKduSfRuYHBl

69 Mustang Mach 1 Fastback will be at booth #11861, Full Throttle Garage booth, at SEMA

 

Started out looking like this

turned out looking great! 

https://www.instagram.com/shopmonkey.io/reel/DBj7ywpJQ5j/

1911 Oakland before and after

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=122153101022361883&set=pcb.3351651401810835

looking better with billboards!

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=8027304573967724&set=pcb.8310609765651119

Bill just bought this Z 28 five months ago... and had a LOT of work to do to make a driver out of it, from the look under the hood. Hard to believe anyone owned this and ignored and neglected it so bad

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1109117366296156&set=pcb.1109118256296067

( I bet Bill needed this car real bad, he has TWO mini vans in the drive way! YIKES!) 

an aircraft restoring college student was offered a project inside of a wasp-infested shed, a tubular steel frame that once was a 1929 Spartan C3-165

the above has the serial number that matches this airplane below

With nothing more than a frame, a tail wheel fork, and some elevator trim components, this didn’t appear to be a suitable project.

Until he was given the stacks and stacks of original drawings for the aircraft, all of which had been rescued from the factory’s dumpster

Bruce, a collector of many things aircraft-related, acquired the Spartan in 1971.

He also has a full drawing list, which has allowed him to begin matching up what he has, versus what he’s missing. Right now, most are for parts – a floorboard cup, passengers’ entry step, rear brake pedal casting, and a random wood rib for here or there…But the large drawings are still missing. 

For instance, he has all the drawings for the wing center section and all the mounting brackets for the wings themselves, but no prints for the actual wing structures. He describes this as having a picture of the puzzle, but without any of the pieces. 

With only two complete -165s in existence, this makes the build even more challenging. Connor has been granted permission to examine, photograph, and measure Spartan NC285M at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, so he has plans to make the trip that way this coming summer, hoping to get a better look at some of these missing pieces.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2034062546798547/media

https://vintageaviationnews.com/vintage-aviation/young-man-old-plane-big-challenge.html

Browns service station on rt16 at Belva,W.V. In continuous operation for over 100 years. Still owned and operated by the same family, still full service at the pump

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1607507766754784&set=pcb.1381946182506224