History If we only knew then.

Some folks have a pension. others have a 401K or a IRA. My retirement is all in old vehicles and other junk. It works for me.

 

I believe I could afford the weekly payments on all of them now

 

In my senior year in high school ('65) I priced a Cobra at a performance oriented Ford dealer. I still was deciding between going to college or buying a Cobra. The street Cobra was $6800; the competition version was $7800.
These were REAL Cobras, not kit cars.
(I didn't get my Cobra. I studied mechanical engineering instead.)
Life's choices...

 

Frenchtown,
I had a similar experience. My brother, dad and I went to a Chevy dealer so my Bro could purchase a new car. June 1969. My Dad wanted my bro to buy the '69 Chevelle, 350, auto and AC, but my bro wanted the Hugger Orange 396 SS instead. As they haggled and argued, I found my way into the showroom where there was this 69 green vette. All 20 year olds wanted a vette but this one was really plain looking. On the cowl hood were one letter and two numbers. L88. I did not know what that was so I asked the manager what it meant. He said that a customer, who raced cars, ordered it and then decided he did not want it. The manager said he'd make a real good deal on it as it has been taking up space in the showroom for the last 3 months. I looked at the sticker and it costs almost 10 grand! I asked why so much? He said it was ordered to be raced but it was barely street legal. I'll never forget what the sticker said as I actually wrote it all down. I was thinking this must be a 1 of 1 order. 1969 Corvette Coupe COPO. L88 Option included-427 aluminum V8 450hp, M22 trans, 36 gallon gas tank, 4:56 gears, special wide 15" wheels and tires, radio & heater delete. I believe the original sticker on a stock vette was about $5900 so this option basically doubled the price. I showed my dad and said this is what we should be buying. It's really a cool car. A fire breathing monster in a sedate and plain wrapper. He looked at me in a way I never saw him look at me and said, you must be crazy. $10 grand for a plastic car?

 

They eliminated the 500 & 1,000 to make it more difficult for drug dealers to smuggle money. Not about usefulness of the bills. same excuse on trying to ax the 100.

 

When did Germany used the frank? It would be the FranC anyway and this particular currency was (is) used in different countries then Germany.


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average wage in 1936 was 57.5 cents an hour. you would need to work 347 hours for a $200.00 car.

$25.00 an hour would be an $8600.00 car for the same hours worked. (average hourly wage today is $22.63)

I have never paid that much for a regular car just to drive. I am a cheap bastard, I'd get the $45.00 car if I were around back in 36.

 

Marks, not Francs. The Weimar Republic inflated the shit out of their money to repay war reparations that had been stated in Marks instead of some other currency.

 

$1000 notes would be handy when buying a used car.
The government ordered banks to no longer distribute them up here about five years ago.
Before that, I would regularly get one to pay my property taxes (plus a few C-notes) every year. The clerks never batted an eye, I notice that lots of people still pay property taxes in cash.

 

At 15yrs of age I bought my 1st car, a 1938 Ford Standard 4dr Sedan for $30 in 1969, had it for 6mths, realised that it was a shitbox so sold it for $20.........as a budding hotrodder I needed to have a coupe or roadster......a 1940 Dodge Coupe came up for $40...bought it also in 1969, pulled it apart and realised I needed parts.........in September 1971 I found a 1940 Dodge 4dr Sedan for sale for $40, as I was still at school without a licence my Dad drove me to look at it........he got the price down to $15 and it cost me $20 to get it towed home..........and it was all downhill since tho' I still have the 'ol brown turd, 48 years later.........the top pic was taken about 1970 with the Coupe pulled apart in the backyard.......the bottom pic, taken around August 1973 is the Sedans 1st drive with the Poly V8 around the local block......lol.......andyd

 

I stand corrected. However the tale of it taking a wheelbarrow load of paper money to purchase a loaf of bread is plausible.

 

Right now today in Venezuelia it takes a big pile of their paper money to buy anything. good thing the inflated USA created out of thin air by the Fed Petro Dollar is the dominate Currency used by the IMF. If the USA digital dollar was not the currency used in almost all trading of Petro we would be in a world of hurt.

 

In 1969, in the Los Angeles area, you could buy a new C10 stepside PU, 250 6 cyl, 3 speed on the column, no radio, no heater, rubber floor mats, for $1969. You can't even find that basic a truck today.

 

Yep in 69 my father worked 500 miles away in NE Indiana . He helped build the bethelem continuous casting steel mill. he was a union Carpenter and made $4.25 per hour. that was big money at that time. Was driving a 66 ford he bought new. just made the very last payment in 69.

 

i knew some local guys here in st. louis, it was 1968, and they all drove cobras they bought for 2 or 3 thou. they said they liked to outrun cops in them. the bad part for them and 'vettes was insurance was double!

 

That whole add is a scam! I've been calling and calling about the roadster, and nobody answers...

 

rusty dusty is right ,it's a scam , just came back from 3421Greenmount Ave ,ain't no cars there it a dang 7-11

 

I heard that the price of tires is going up............you know, due to inflation.

 

No 32 Ford on that list - hard to obtain even back then .

 

In 1970, I bought a 68 Hemi car. 2500 bucks. Ran the car for 4 years and thought I did great selling it for the same amount I paid! What that car sells for today!!!

 

A High School education in "1964" could get you a very good job in a mill. Started working in Westinghouse Air Brake (Wilmerding, PA.) in June of "64". Sold my Buick powered "57" Chevy and bought a new (64) Corvette. It all went sour when I got my" Greetings" letter from the government in Nov. of 1965.

 

OT. do a little research on our Federal Reserve. It is neither Federal or a Reserve. It is PRIVATELY OWNED and the biggest scams ever pulled on the American people. The Federal Reserve Act was signed into law in 1913 by Woodrow Wilson...who then said "I think I just ruined my country" Our entire economy is controlled by 8 Euopean families/dynasties, who own the Fed, for THIER benefit...not ours.
I'm totally invested in gold,silver and vintage Ford rust...not Federal Reserve notes.

 

First job out of high school (summer of 70) was third shift furnace helper in a foundry. Damn it was fuckin' hot. Two weeks later i'm the furnace operator cause the guy gets arrested for armed robbery. After a month I figure I know enough and walk across the street to another foundry, tell them i'm a whiz bang furnace operator and start the next day on first shift (right place, right time). Worked both jobs for years. Money was great (union shops and piece work). Didn't bother with the new car/hotrod/musclecar/apartment thing like my buddies did. Lived at home and drove a shitty pickup. But by 25 I had paid cash for my first house/shop, and built and raced a sprint car. Guess it was just a matter of priorities.

 

My late father used to say in the early 70’s that “The Good Ole Days”was now. 1930’s Were not as good as some thought, Depression was raging.

 

We don’t even need to go back that far to say “if I only knew” as pointed out about ‘60’s & ‘70’s muscle cars. 1983 Merrimack NH, in front of the fire station on RT 3 I looked at a ‘70 440 six pack Cuda. 4 speed, Dana 60 with the super track pack (4.10 gear) B5 blue, black interior, shaker. $2500. Guy had a new baby and need to do some remodeling. Ask my wife and she said, well you know what she said since we had a 3 year old.

Oh well,
Cliff Ramsdell

 

Graduated in June '73, started in a steel mill Aug.'73. Labor rated jobs were around $3.50-$3.75 IIRC. Still a helluva good wage. I was livin' large for a young buck! Spent my dough on cars, guitars, motorcycles, wimmens, booze, & partying. The rest I foolishly wasted...

 

In November of 72 I bought a 66 ford F600 truck (still have it) for $900 cash . Bought a new chain saw for $242 and went to logging. mostly cutting hauling 40 inch block's . Sold hickory to the handle mill , oak and Elm to the chicken coop factory. The cull knotty stuff I sold to a pallet factory. Usually got a $120per load. paid 1/4 (stumpage)to the land owner. paid 1/4 to the guy (a 300 pound strong guy not fat!)who helped me cut and haul. Gas was less than 30cents. I was making about $45 per load profit and hauled 4 or 5 loads per week. Then that fake gas shortage happened. and the markets dried up and what little you could sell didn't pay very much. Went back to running a bulldozer stacking & burning timber for $2 a hour and all the dust, ashes and dirt I could eat.They where clearing the delta to grow rice. It bothered me to push nice trees that had pretty logs up into a windrow and burn them. However there wasn't any market for them.

 

A dozen eggs is still a dozen eggs. Why has the price gone up so much over the years?

 

You bought any chicken feed lately....?