[ARC5] Inflation, radios, and cars

[jcoward5452 at aol.com]

I had a friend in college whose father was the president of the east coast Messerschmit club.They had several and a whole cellar full of pasts.Got to ride in a parade in the back seat.It had a Sachs 175 cc single cylinder engine.To go in reverse you started the engine backwards.
 It was fun and kids loved to see this tiny car.
Jay






-----Original Message-----
From: WA5CAB at cs.com
To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Mon, Feb 22, 2010 8:58 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Inflation, radios, and cars


Messerschmit (sp) built something like that in the 50's.  Except the body 
as aluminum, the engine was probably petrol, and it was a two-seater (fore 
nd aft).  A family in my old home town in north LA had one.  But I never got 
o drive it.
In a message dated 2/22/2010 8:40:11 PM Central Standard Time, 
coward5452 at aol.com writes: 
 I want one or two!
 Jay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -----Original Message-----
 From: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
 To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
 Sent: Fri, Feb 19, 2010 12:16 pm
 Subject: [ARC5] Inflation, radios, and cars
 
 
 One reason it is difficult to compare is that today you can buy things 
 that you 
 ould not buy for any price years ago.  What would a rather pedestrian 2.4 
 GHZ 
 omputer been worth in 1946?
 But that goes both ways.  I have an ad out of QST for a place called Radio 
 Shack 
 n 1946 that shows a full set of brand new SCR-274-N components, including 
 3 
 eceivers, two transmitters, and all the control boxes for $39.95.
 Now, around 1980, buying all that gear at a southern Cailf ham swap meet 
 might 
 ave have cost you a total of maybe $15.00; it would have not been new, but 
 
 robably in pretty good shape, unhacked.  Today imagine what it would be 
 worth.  
 ertainly a lot more than you would pay for a 2.4 GHZ computer.
 As for cars, did y'all hear about the new VW that is going to be built in 
 China 
 or that market? Single seat, carbon fiber body, bubble canopy like a 
 P-51D, 1 
 ylinder diesel engine, gets 250 mpg, at a sales price of $600.  And that 
 is not 
 typo, SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.  
 Y'all have a good weekend.
 
 
Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
a5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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