[Milsurplus] Seen at Fair Radio this AM - prices

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

Well, as Jeep so accurately pointed out in a recent ER article of his on the SX-71, $179.95 
in the 1950s is equivalent to over $1800.00 today.

I know I sure could not have dug up that sort of money then....nor now either.

A $450.00 HRO-60 in 1956 is equivalent to $4125.64 today.

I remember, with great sadness, once being offered an almost new Packard 1936 V-12 
Limousine for $1000.00. It was light green with dual 20" fender-mounted spares, among 
other goodies, and it ran like a top. It was beautiful.

I went all over town contacting everyone I knew, trying to either borrow the money, or 
getting someone to buy it, and no deal anywhere.

That would be a bit over $8600.00 today. 

Someone from Chicago bought it a day or two later and had it trucked out there.

Sigh... :-(

Ken W7EKB

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