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Originally Posted by 75Sv1
I think if you look in perspective, that was a lot of money back then. Also, I think if you look at some sports cars back then, say Corvette, Jag XKE, Saab Sonnet III cost less than that. Also, I think that is close to the price of a Porsche 911 or close. I think the COPO Camero was $7K and Ferrraris Dino around $7K. I think a lot of Ferraris were about $12K or so a few years earlier. There was a huge inflation of prices during the early to mid 70's. Also, there was stil a lot of inflation up to the mid 80's.
Tom
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My old Ferrari GT 250 pf coupe sold new for about 13,500 in '59...just about exactly what I paid for it in 1994 in semi running condition.
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