Well, since we're dragging out car prices from the past, it must be time for
me to dust off this list again. A few years ago I happened to drive to my
father's house in Indianapolis, and had some room to bring some stuff back
with me to Salt Lake. One box had my old train set, wrapped in newspapers
from September of 1973. I couldn't resist checking the classifieds:
'67 Chevelle, 396, 4 spd. $950
'67 Corvette conv. air, power windows, 427, $2,300
Ferrari, 1959 250 GT, 12 cyl. 2 passenger, excel. cond. $4,950
'53 Jag XK120 show car, $3,395
'56 Morgan Plus 4, excel. orig. condition, $3,500
'64 MGB New red paint, new top, luggage rack, very fast, $1,000
'59 MGA, engine good, body needs work $500
'58 Porsche, runs good, $850
'60 Triumph, 4 spd., looks, runs perfect $300
'64 TR4 wire wheels, new paint, tires, $750
'64 TR4 Rebuilt, mech. perfect, new tires, no rust $850
In 1973 I think I grossed $1,650 US Dollars or thereabouts. So a rust free,
mechanically perfect TR4 would have been half my annual salary. These days
a perfect TR4 would likely be less than one fourth my annual income. Wish
I could say the same for the Ferrari.
mjb.
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