As a point of comparison, I bought a new Corvette in 1975 for $8500. And
the camber compensators I sell for Spitfires for $195.00 were priced at
$25.00 back in the day.
Joe
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From: TR250Driver@aol.com [mailto:TR250Driver@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 12:23 PM
To: spitlist@cox.net
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] use of overdrive
In a message dated 8/25/2010 2:43:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
spitlist@cox.net writes:
In terms of today's money, That $85.00 could be multiplied by 10. So $850
was substantial.
Joe
Good point Joe,
I had forgotten that my Snickers bar was only a nickel back then. What is
really a shame is nowadays a rebuilt Stanpart gearbox with an A Type Laycock
de Normanville Overdrive unit is $2000 and up. I bought the one in my TR3
box used at a swap meet in 1995 for $400. The TR4 box was around $600 also
used from Team Triumph in the late 90's. The Six box was bought from the
6-PACK newsletter, had to be rebuilt twice before it was right, and cost
well over $2000. I am in the market for one last A-type for my 63 TR4
restoration. I would prefer a Banger but I will take what I can get. Anyone
have any spares?
Darrell
I have received one blank and one with comments from Fred.
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