The cost of a car the year you were born article
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Found this interesting article about the cost of a car the year you were born:
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/enthusiasts/the-cost...
Some quite astonishing prices when valued in today's money. I seriously doubt most ordinary working class folk could afford £507 (today's equiv of £15,685) back in 1951 to buy an Austin A30. Very few people could afford a car in the 1950s unless you had a very well paid job like a doctor. My dad, in the 60s, was earning £10 a week, so imagine trying to save up to buy a £500 Austin?, just didn't happen.
Not too sure about the 1973 MGB being £15,000, not as far as the GT goes. You can pick an MGB today for pretty much next to nothing, unless it happens to be one of those Abingdon MGB's priced at 100k.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/enthusiasts/the-cost...
Some quite astonishing prices when valued in today's money. I seriously doubt most ordinary working class folk could afford £507 (today's equiv of £15,685) back in 1951 to buy an Austin A30. Very few people could afford a car in the 1950s unless you had a very well paid job like a doctor. My dad, in the 60s, was earning £10 a week, so imagine trying to save up to buy a £500 Austin?, just didn't happen.
Not too sure about the 1973 MGB being £15,000, not as far as the GT goes. You can pick an MGB today for pretty much next to nothing, unless it happens to be one of those Abingdon MGB's priced at 100k.
Edited by Jukebag on Friday 22 July 23:37
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