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Everything is relative. The federal minimum wage in 1962 was $1.15 The federal minimum wage in 2012 is $7.25 Of course today in real money, that buys you less. . So yeah,.. Happy Days. Where Did You Go? .
I know, everytime I get out some old hot rod magazines and look at the classifieds in the back I keep wishing for a time machine. If I could relive my life, and know what I know now, I would buy up every $25 model a and 32 Ford I could get my hands on and store them in some dry warehouse somewhere. I had a chance to buy Harry Luzader's 32 Altered/Gasser in about 1970 but he wanted $ 6000. It might as well have been a million dollars as it was so far out of my reach. Don
Interesting about the pricing. Everything seems to have some relationship to each other in terms of pricing except the 34 Ford HRM mag car at $6K. You could buy four or five of the others for that. I have said this before but I have a terrible habit of reading magazines back to front and I am sure it is because the "dream" pages of for sale stuff was always at the back of the issue! Great stuff thanks for sharing. If only.
It wasn't that long ago I told someone there 32 roadster was over priced at $5000. (1992) because it was hacked up!
My first job paid $47.60 per week (after tax), it was 6 days a week with one late night and a Saturday morning (supermarket). My first car cost $1000. By the time I had enough money saved to buy it I was gettting $68 a week but working sun up to sunset (construction). The good old days??? You can’t change what happened yesterday; no one knows what tomorrow brings, so today is the day. Good, bad or indifferent -today is what makes the diference. <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]-->.. .
I always remember that the cars in the back of Hotrod were all over priced for my location at that time.
I think we all entertain that thought. So, if you went back and tried to buy stuff with modern currency what would happen?
You were doing better than me. I had a paper route from 12 to 14. At 14 I started my first "real" job in a supermarket. At 35 cents an hour. Could buy a lot at that pay!! LOL!!!
Haha, the first add is less than a mile from my house... I better stop by this afternoon and see if he still has it!!
Neat to note that the larsen and Cumminns car was restored by a HAMBer and the Iacono digger at the bottom was just at Mooneyes last week.
My luck,I'd go back with $10,000 and they'd arrest me for trying to pass money dated 2012 as counterfeit!!!
In 63 when I graduated I worked at a gas station and made 80 cents an hour, then got a job at the local steel mill and was making a wopping $100 a week. A new car was about $1800 and up, and we paid $9000 for our first house. So I guess it is all relative. Don
yes, it's all relative.....but money seamed to go father. in 1970 i was working for $1.25 an hour. with that i had a 1930 Model A sedan , a 1940 Ford Tudor and a 1968 Honda 90 scrambler
just noticed...they printed the sellers full address in the ads. car thiefs would know exactly where to go to steal them. i guess things have changed, you would never do that today
Funny isn't it. People respected each other. Pay was low but nobody felt the need to steal from fellow racers or rodders. Besides why go to the trouble of breaking into a guys garage to steal his 32 coupe body when you could go to the junkyard and buy one for $5?
The cost of living was low. Today, the cost of living has sky rocketed but take home pay has not so more people live off credit cards, which is what the banks wants.
Always loved that '34, even with the awkward headlight treatment. I posted a bunch of photos of it on another thread a while back. Never seen the Chrysler powered RP, like it. The fenders really make it.
bought my first car in 1959 when I was 15yrs old. Elderly couple from our church. Grey 1947 Merc coupe in perfect condition. Mileage was fairly low. Paid $150 cash money. Had just enough left over to put on dual exhaust.
They just suck. I went to work at the 'Best damn garage in town' in 1957. Santa Clara was prosperous, and Mayfield's garage was popular. We worked 6 days a week, I cleared $80 a week, (10 to 12 hrs a day) but we got all the jobs out. When I turned 17, I was taking home $147 a week, but was attending apprentice mechanic classes at San Jose Tech two nights a week. Learned 20 times more at work from boss Red Mayfield than all the schooling... Worked so much I didn't have time to spend the 'big bucks'...LOL Bought a '36 Five window for $275, (1958) nice car...Factory radio, Dago axle, hydraulics, (BRAKES) and dumped '49 Merc wheels, U.S. Royal Masters (6.40s front, 8,20s rear) I did some work on it, but it was already cool...rumble seat, too.
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