>Gordon Glasgow:
> Going through the classified ads in the back is always worth a good cry. How
> about a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing coupe for $4900? That's cheaper
> than the Porsche RS-60 for $7500 from Ludwig Heimrath (famous racer of the
> era). Where the heck is that time machine when I need it?
I remember another ad in the R&T classifieds for that period that listed a
Birdcage Maserati, a complete Birdcage roller chassis and tons for extra
parts all for something like $800.
I also remember my first job, the summer after I graduated from high school
in '65, paid $1.25/hour, so even if I'd saved everything (even pre-tax) I
made that summer I still would have probably had less than half the $800.
One interesting side benefit of the place I worked was that it was located
next door to Overseas Motors, the local BMC dealer and one of the BMC to
North America importers, IIRC. I occasionally went over and talked a
salesman into a "test" of a Spidget and sometimes even an A-H 3000. Now
that I think about it, maybe that's were the roadster bug first bit.
FWIW,
Ron
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