[TR] Used car ads from 1969

[Eric Miller]

Bought the December 1966 issue of Road & Track about ten years ago for 
the Triumph content listed on the Cover <http://i.imgur.com/u3TY6.jpg> 
and found this Gem <http://i.imgur.com/Ct00Y.jpg> in the classifieds.

-Eric Miller
1965 TR4A

On 10/27/2011 10:26 AM, Chip19474 at aol.com wrote:
> 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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