Racing costs the same today as it always. Every penny you are
willing to spend.
Speed costs money -------------How fast can you afford to go?
Doug Odom in big ditch
Ed Weldon wrote:
>Bob--
>What a PITA that car owner must have been to work for!!
>What was a Model T in those days? Maybe $275. A plain vanilla new car today
>is about $15K. That's about 50:1.
>Harry Miller sold his rear drive cars for $5K back then according to one
>reference I read. Times 50 is $250K, about what a probuilt competitive race
>car to an existing design would cost today. And I don't think $5K is too far
>off the mark for a 4-5 person race team and a 3-4 day outing what with race
>expenses, gas, meals, lodging. So things haven't really changed that much.
>And the Depression was still 5 years away.............Like today? I hope
>not...........
>Ed Weldon
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