[TR] Used car ads from 1969

Jeff fishplate at charter.net
Thu Oct 27 17:07:15 MDT 2011


On 10/27/2011 1:26 PM, Chip19474 at aol.com wrote:
> 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:
>
> 1966 Triumph Spitfire, 2 tops, radio, heater, tonneau, wire
> wheels.......$1099
>

Being a Spitfire guy, I looked this up on the BLS Inflation Calculator:  
http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

$1099 in 1969 is almost $6800 today.  So that's about right.

On the other hand, $1799 for the Goat is a little over $11,000 today.  
That one sounds like a good investment...

Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.


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