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[Tom-D]

I didn't get what year.

 

[AdamZ]

WOW! Talk about the good Ole days!

 

[Trapper John]

Amazing...

Someone well versed in avionics history could probably estimate the date. One of the listings mentions a Collins 360 channel comm, which I would think put the ad sometime in the mid-1960s or newer.


Trapper John

 

[tonycondon]

apparently it was published before the telephone or postal service was invented. how were you supposed to get ahold of the seller in order to become a buyer?

 

[Trapper John]

apparently it was published before the telephone or postal service was invented. how were you supposed to get ahold of the seller in order to become a buyer?

Trapper John

 

[ClimbnSink]

A J-3 for 10% of the cost of a P-51 'gasp' that is highway robbery. Those poor bastards that lived back then, I'm sorry folks had to live through that.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

Stopitstopitstopit, its too painful

 

[Tom-D]

A J-3 for 10% of the cost of a P-51 'gasp' that is highway robbery. Those poor bastards that lived back then, I'm sorry folks had to live through that.

These numbers should teach you what has happened to our Dollar.

 

[ScottM]

This thread reminds me of the rants I used to hear from my father. You see when he was a boy in the depression bread was a nickle, you could go to the movies for a dime, gas was $.12/gal, etc.

Yeah planes cost a lot less back then. But remember you would not be earning 21st century wages either. So it is likely that that $8000 was as high relatively as $300,000 is now.

 

[Steve]

http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/Aircraft Profiles/P51_prof.htm

The Mustang is probably the most recognized fighter of World War II and has proven to be a popular and widely used civilian Warbird. Most of the Mustangs in use today have been in civilian hands for many years. The U.S. Military and the Royal Canadian Air Force made the largest surplus release of these aircraft in the late 50's and early 60's. A number of aircraft previously served with the forces of over seas countries. The aircraft sold as surplus in 1958 for prices ranging from $800-1500. While there have been various models of the P-51 produced, the majority of aircraft today are the P-51D version.

 

[Henning]

My great Uncle took home his P-51 after the war for like $500 IIRC. He sold it in the early 70s for around the prices shown in the OP

 

[Tom-D]

This thread reminds me of the rants I used to hear from my father. You see when he was a boy in the depression bread was a nickle, you could go to the movies for a dime, gas was $.12/gal, etc.

Yeah planes cost a lot less back then. But remember you would not be earning 21st century wages either. So it is likely that that $8000 was as high relatively as $300,000 is now.

Fact is, my Dad bought a fully operating Dairy Farm 1948 for $8800, and complained all the way thru 1981 about the high interest rate (2.5%)

But he was grinning when he sold it.

 

[rottydaddy]

This thread reminds me of the rants I used to hear from my father. You see when he was a boy in the depression bread was a nickle, you could go to the movies for a dime, gas was $.12/gal, etc.

Yeah planes cost a lot less back then. But remember you would not be earning 21st century wages either. So it is likely that that $8000 was as high relatively as $300,000 is now.

Yes and no... airworthy warbirds were more plentiful then (I'm assuming this had to be at least 40 years ago), and there were fewer ADs on them.

 

[Anthony]

So the Time Value of Money suprises people???

 

[flyersfan31]

So the Time Value of Money suprises people???

apparently