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Title: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Scoobum on May 22 2017, 10:30:06 AM
Steve...you shoulda bought 1 of each of these...
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Be4u on May 22 2017, 11:25:01 AM
That's just........wo w, what a steal!
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Scoobum on May 22 2017, 11:32:45 AM
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Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Forzfed on May 22 2017, 11:47:04 AM
That is cool.  I wonder what the average guy made back then?
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Steve Wood on May 22 2017, 01:10:38 PM
That is cool.  I wonder what the average guy made back then?
$6-700 a month but we did not have a pocket full of credit cars that had to be paid every month
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Be4u on May 22 2017, 02:42:56 PM
Damn Steve, so in four months you could pay it off! Ain't happening now adays, not even close.
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Steve Wood on May 22 2017, 03:05:13 PM
if you did not have to eat, pay rent, buy gas, and never went close to a woman!  I paid about $3100 for a Plymouth in '65.  My friend paid $4300 for a 425 hp 396 Vette with the removable hard top at the same time.  He was a high rolling electrical engineer....:)
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Scoobum on May 22 2017, 03:16:47 PM
If I HAD the money back then...it woulda been a Superbird...wi th the same rims and lettered/numbered up like Richard Pettys.
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: reality on May 22 2017, 03:35:20 PM
For me those were truly the good old days. I got married in 1971 and at the time had a 70 W30 2dr hardtop standard steering and brakes. paid 2995 for it and won the pure stock title for the 1971 year at the local track.


I find that the expendable income was way higher back then.  the steel co [Stelco] starting wage was $2,50 hr.


YES I am still married to the same woman.


OH it ran 13.4 at 104 with g60-15 bias ply  kelly chargers factory stock.
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Forzfed on May 22 2017, 04:44:01 PM
That is cool.  I wonder what the average guy made back then?
$6-700 a month but we did not have a pocket full of credit cars that had to be paid every month

Or taxed to death, like we are up here! :(
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: motorhead on May 22 2017, 06:16:35 PM
I'd take the Duster 340... mmm... Decor Group
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Steve Wood on May 22 2017, 06:32:35 PM
Brad, I drove past a Superbird every day for about three years that was parked under a tree without stopping.  One day I thought about it and decided I would go see the guy...of course, it was gone.

Then, in the 90's, I took my son and one of his friends to an auction.  They were selling a really nice Bird.  Kids bugged hell out of me to buy it...Of course, I said I would not pay a bunch of money for one...especial ly being newly divorced and starting my own company.  It sold for 12,000...that car would have paid for my retirement :D
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Scoobum on May 22 2017, 06:37:30 PM
If I ever were to win the lottery, I'm buying a Superbird.
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: reality on May 22 2017, 06:54:46 PM
Do you know the real reason for the high spoiler on a  Superbird and Daytona?


So you could open the trunk. the spoiler is 1 piece.
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: daveismissing on May 22 2017, 10:41:48 PM
If I ever were to win the lottery, I'm buying a Superbird.

Last time I was at Legendary Motorcar I believe they had at least 3 of them, some may have been Daytonas.
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: TexasT on May 23 2017, 07:40:21 PM
Not sure that spoiler is one piece as I think you can adjust the angle on the horizontal piece. But id have to look for a pic. I do like me some superbird. Daytona not so much and I cant really say why. I like the Super B better than a road runner but id want a gtx over either of those two. But there are a bunch of gm stuff I'd buy before id purchase a mopar.
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: reality on May 23 2017, 08:15:19 PM
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a29732/daytona-superbird-reason-for-wings/ (http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a29732/daytona-superbird-reason-for-wings/)


Well there goes another myth.
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Pyro6 on May 25 2017, 09:53:02 PM
I paid $1,795 for my 442 Convertible in 1975, was a Sr. in HS. Used it to go 100 miles a day to Automotive Training Center west of Philly from Lancaster, 1975-1977. It had 65K when I bought it, 128K today.  Still have it. 95% original. 
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: daveismissing on May 26 2017, 11:42:45 AM
Explain how you had $1795 in High School? Gigolo?


:o


  :rofl:
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Pyro6 on May 26 2017, 12:40:06 PM
Gigolo was only part of it, I took out a loan for the rest.
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: gusszgs on May 26 2017, 02:43:09 PM
Back when the interest rates were ohhh such a deal  :rolleyes;
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: Pyro6 on May 26 2017, 07:02:14 PM
If I remember it was 9%
Title: Re: 1970 Muscle Car Ad-Prices
Post by: motorhead on May 30 2017, 04:14:22 PM
Sorta related: http://bangshift.com/general-news/gallery-vintage-ads-from-the-pages-of-sports-car-graphic-magazine-1969/ (http://bangshift.com/general-news/gallery-vintage-ads-from-the-pages-of-sports-car-graphic-magazine-1969/)
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