[TR] Used car ads from 1969

[wbeech at flash.net]

The same year I bought my first TR3 for $700.  Unfortunately I was under 25
and my insurance jumped $1000 because they classified it as a High-Power
sports car.  Traded it the next year for a Volvo PV-544... I sure miss both
those cars.

Bill

Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS30766L  "Tarbaby"
www.triumphowners.com/1566
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"

 

-----Original Message-----
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 12:27 PM
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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