39¢ Spark Plugs

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 10/09/2018 at 17:10 • Filed to: None

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Corner of First Avenue and East 62nd Street. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is the same spot today. The cars are a little bit newer.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 17:18

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I just spent $135 on a battery for a ford explorer. That’s a tad bit more than $ 3.45.

Svend > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 17:19

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I lov e stuff like this.

I guess it’s the way of New York in that a lot of really large places go from their peak in the old days to run down dilapidated bui ldings in the modern age while dilapidated buildings of old in new York are now demanding a premium to own a small piece of it. 

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 17:21

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I wanna go to the Palisades Amusement Park!!!

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 17:22

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It got uglier 

ttyymmnn > Svend 10/09/2018 at 17:25

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Gentrification FTW. 

ttyymmnn > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/09/2018 at 17:26

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Probably not any cleaner, either. 

benjrblant > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 17:29

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Adjusted for inflation, that’s a $7 spark plug and a $62.14 battery.

Seems spendy for plugs, especially when they needed to be changed so frequently.

user314 > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 17:36

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And down the rabbit hole I go.....

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

Artist: Berenice Abbott (American, Springfield, Ohio 1898–1991 Monson, Maine)

Date: 1937

Medium: Gelatin silver print

Dimensions: 26.1 x 33.8 cm. (10 1/4 x 13 5/16 in.)

Classification: Photographs

Credit Line: Gift of Ronald A. Kurtz, 1987

Accession Number: 1987.1184.41

Rights and Reproduction: © Berenice Abbott / Commerce Graphics Ltd. Inc.

Sobol Brothers was controlled by SOCONY - Standard Oil Company of NY.  

fintail > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 17:38

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Cars from L to R:  37-38 Dodge or Plymouth coupe (I think), early Model A Tudor, 35 Ford sedan delivery.

Zaxbys > benjrblant 10/09/2018 at 17:38

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The spark plug price includes labor though. Nice price.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 10/09/2018 at 17:40

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That must have been a pretty racy ad for the time 

facw > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 10/09/2018 at 17:44

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You’re about 45 years too late. Apartment towers now there IIRC.

facw > benjrblant 10/09/2018 at 17:45

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That’s $0.39 installed . Spark plugs can be pretty easy, but I don’t think your are going to find a shop that will do them for $7 a piece.

facw > user314 10/09/2018 at 17:47

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Ghost cars! (also ghosts)

facw > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 17:48

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The windows on the right building got fixed though.

Svend > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 17:51

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But is it even ‘gentrification’? New York has always been a place for people to flock to and New York isn’t getting any bigger and so places demand a premium. People always want to get the best price for what they are selling.

Nobody puts their car up for auction and then stops it midway and says, ‘yeah, that’ll do, we’ll stop it there!’. Businesses don’t just sell things for 30% what they want for it, they start selling it for 30% off be cause it wasn’t selling well at full price and they either want to draw people in or get shot of the items so they can get stuff in to sell at full price that people will buy because they want to make money .

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > facw 10/09/2018 at 18:01

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:’-(

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > facw 10/09/2018 at 18:13

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Haha especially make it something difficult to reach like a Subaru! I didn't find it that challenging on my STi but compared to my Miata, it was about 1000x harder. 

ranwhenparked > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 10/09/2018 at 18:17

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This was the era when pretty much everything was a flathead - usually either a straight six or a straight eight, sometimes a V8. Every corner garage could do every mechanical repair on every car. 

benjrblant > facw 10/09/2018 at 18:41

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Oh! I overlooked the installation. Thats a heck of a deal 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > benjrblant 10/09/2018 at 18:46

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Cars back then went maybe 50,000 miles if they were well taken car of. Full tune ups every 5,000 - 10,000 miles. Oil change 1500 miles etc...

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ttyymmnn 10/09/2018 at 20:07

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I'm more amazed by the $3.45 battery.

punkgoose17 > fintail 10/09/2018 at 21:02

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I am just going to believe you are correct.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 10/10/2018 at 06:09

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spark plugs for 39c fitted?

SOLD!

ttyymmnn > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/10/2018 at 09:28

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That’s $7 in today’s money.