"Baber K. Khan" (beekay)
09/09/2013 at 16:42 • Filed to: None
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"Baber K. Khan" (beekay)
09/09/2013 at 16:42 • Filed to: None | 3
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I know that people used mail system and sent out actual letter before spam and scam took over. But something as far back as 1928, I didn't thought it would be cost friendly/feasible to send out mass mails/flyers to Model-T customers.
Bangshift.com's reader sent one in to them. The letter is from 1928;
Prices in the brochure are surely correct according to that time but it was amusing to read because I had my parents tell me quite often when growing up and asking for some money for you know..;'In our day all months ration was bought for a quarter or half of a dollar...', and today, the whole dollars gets us nothing!
ps: Talked in my local currency terms, but I am sure things aren't much different elsewhere.
GhostZ
> Baber K. Khan
09/09/2013 at 16:53 |
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Even adjusted for inflation, that's a $13 tuning job, $22 brake change, and fenders from $40 to 67$ each. That's a hell of a deal!
Blondude
> Baber K. Khan
09/09/2013 at 16:56 |
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If only you could get your engine overhauled for $20 today...
exizeo - still loving fourza
> Blondude
09/09/2013 at 17:20 |
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Dunno man, 20 dollars sounds pretty reasonable for a tune job that's roughly giving 1 hp. Maybe less.
Also, inflation doesn't always work the same way. Cars have inflated more, certain things became cheaper (telephone calls, etc.). A Model T was $300, a new Ford Fusion is $30 000. That's a 100x increase. So the $5 fenders would roughly be 500, the $1 tune is $100. And for $100, a tune giving +/- 2 HP would be decent. Since $1000 gets you 20 hp or so on N/A engines...
desertdog5051
> Baber K. Khan
09/09/2013 at 17:27 |
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Postage for a postcard was 1 cent in 1928.
vdub_nut: scooter snob
> Baber K. Khan
09/09/2013 at 17:29 |
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Max Bass, NJ?
Is that where Skrillex is from?
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Baber K. Khan
> desertdog5051
09/09/2013 at 17:39 |
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Was it cheap for that time?
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desertdog5051
> Baber K. Khan
09/09/2013 at 18:00 |
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Do not think it could have been less than a penny.