[TR] Used car ads from 1969

[Joe Curry]

One could only image what that GTO convertible might go for at auction!


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From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Chip19474 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:27 AM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Used car ads from 1969

List,
 
Rainy day here so my wife and I headed to the basement to rearrange some  
stuff (nothing ever gets thrown out - just rearranged!).  I found our local

town newspaper that I kept from the moon landing dated July 21, 1969, and 
after  a few minutes of moon walk nostalgia, went to the automobile ads.
 
Wow....if we had the money/storage space/foresight. etc back then!!!   
Here's a few interesting nuggets to refresh your memory on what our cars
were  
fetching in 1969:
 
1967 TR4A IRS, radio, heater, tonneau, wire wheels..........   $1649
1967 Sunbeam Alpine, radio, heater, wire wheels, low  mileage.......$1399
1966 Triumph Spitfire, 2 tops, radio, heater, tonneau, wire  
wheels.......$1099
 
Here are the big bucks opportunities:
 
1967 GTO, hardtop, 4 sp, PS, radio, heater, vinyl  roof................$2099
1966 GTO convertible, 4 sp, wide ovals, radio,  heater.................$1799
 
While these prices seem fantastic compared to the value we (and Barrett  
Jackson!) place on the cars, in the same paper, a new 20" RCA color TV was  
advertised for $258 which was a lot of money back then considering the nice 
LCD  TVs one can buy today for $258 so I guess technology has helped quality

and  prices in some segments:)
 
Fun reading......
 
Chip Krout
Delaware Valley Triumphs, Ltd.
Skippack,  PA
1976 TR6 CF57822U


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