tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post3252419751761191744..comments2023-09-03T15:10:00.180-04:00Comments on casey/artandcolour: Road & Track, April 1970. Classic Issue!Casey Shainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-16143954638004982882010-12-28T22:48:45.337-05:002010-12-28T22:48:45.337-05:00Good for you, Katie! You know what you wanted an y...Good for you, Katie! You know what you wanted an you went out and got it!Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-60231909000372828312010-12-28T21:29:42.565-05:002010-12-28T21:29:42.565-05:00Other than graduating high school and starting com...Other than graduating high school and starting community college in 1970, it wasn't the good old days for me. Yikes. I like life beginning at about 40 a lot better than my teenage years! LOL<br /><br />Katie<br /><br />My first car was $900. It was a 1966 VW Bug in 1970. I went up to their door and told them I wanted to buy their car. It wasn't for sale. But everything has a price, I'Katie In NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05128096526634023424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-91732427192044641192010-12-28T20:05:16.655-05:002010-12-28T20:05:16.655-05:00I remember one of my neighbor's back in the la...I remember one of my neighbor's back in the late 70's pulling up to their new house in a 240Z. At the time, I was unaware of Datsuns and only knew about big American cars. I was eager to sit in because it was the only red car on the block and far more sportier looking than our bloated Buicks. <br /><br />The cockpit was done all in black with round gauges and all these switches that Korean Car Maniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413162812043485242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-27426680732932059502010-12-28T17:31:22.659-05:002010-12-28T17:31:22.659-05:00PhhtX - Savory? - I'll bite.PhhtX - Savory? - I'll bite.Anna Guess Pickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312345846201371477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-26896846130589153182010-12-28T13:01:55.283-05:002010-12-28T13:01:55.283-05:00I JUST ASK GRAMPS HOW MUCH I PAID FOR MY RENAULT B...I JUST ASK GRAMPS HOW MUCH I PAID FOR MY RENAULT BACK 1957. I CAN'T REMEMBER. I KNOW GRAMPS PAID IT OFF BECAUSE WE BECAME ENGAGED. THEN I TURNED AROUND AND SOLD IT. STILL CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MUCH WE GOT FOR IT BUT BEING MARRIED TO GRAMPS FOR 53 YEARS I KNOW WE DIDN'T LOSE A DIME.HE NEVER BOUGHT OR SOLD A CAR THAT WE'D LOSE ON THE DEAL. I DO NO THAT I WAS MAKING $100.00 A HOUR TEN Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-28580189824000046432010-12-28T08:20:01.786-05:002010-12-28T08:20:01.786-05:00Yes, you're absolutely right, Katie! Our brand...Yes, you're absolutely right, Katie! Our brand new '69 GTO in March of '69, was only $4500. My mother's new Maverick in the spring of '70 was $2,442! My first car, a 4 year old '69 Mercury Comet, bought in 1973, was only $800 from a car dealer. I can hear Archie and Edith singing "Those were the days" right now!<br /><br />Paul: YES! Boano! I'm bowing down toCasey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-11070428398810723512010-12-28T07:47:23.000-05:002010-12-28T07:47:23.000-05:00I remember that issue! I really liked the Fiat 85...I remember that issue! I really liked the Fiat 850 Spyder -- I guess it's probably a good thing that I couldn't afford one! I'd forgotten about the coupe version.<br /><br />I think the carosserie (sp?) you are thinking of is Boano. <br /><br />I agree that Mr. Cumberford should stick to production cars. I think R/T was a bit harsh in talking about the Gremlin. Doesn't cute Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-58636007832251776112010-12-28T04:00:48.953-05:002010-12-28T04:00:48.953-05:00Some of those car prices seem unbelievably low but...Some of those car prices seem unbelievably low but one has to remember that minimum wage in America at the time was around $1.10 an hour, if I remember right from my working days back then. That was the year I graduated from high school. I got my first paycheck over $100 that year. $101.80 takehome for 88 hours' work. And I was a supervisor. LOL<br /><br />KatieKatie In NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05128096526634023424noreply@blogger.com