I'd just bought a 1960 TR3A in 1972. I priced new tires (as it really
needed two)...and decided that I'd pass on the $200 it would cost for a
set of Michelin X radials, mounted and balanced. After all, I'd only
paid $125 for the car. I ended up buying two Dunlop Gold Seal 6.85 x 15
(Volvo size!) to match the two good rear tires.
I also remember when a Koni shock was maybe $25-30? I think that's what
I paid for the set I had put on my '70 GT6+ circa 1976.
Those were the days, my friend.... (Ok, it was all a lot of money to me
then!)
--Andy Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@cox.net>
To: TR250Driver@aol.com
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 3:27 pm
Subject: Re: [TR] use of overdrive
As a point of comparison, I bought a new Corvette in 1975 for $8500.
And
the camber compensators I sell for Spitfires for $195.00 were priced at
$25.00 back in the day.
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