Why didn't they sell these when we were kids?

Alex Denysenko · 03-16-2014, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DIC GEARY

Alex...When I was a kid in high school, Cook and Bedwell went 166 MPH in top fuel.. Fastest run ever...

In 1969 I was a junior in high school working part time at my uncles standard station in Chicago for$3.50 an hour driving my hand me down 65 Mustang street racing week nights every chance we could,along with racing AHRA class at US 30 dragstrip on Sundays

rickseeman · 03-17-2014, 11:19 AM

$3.50 an hour in 1969? Yes, he was your uncle. Everybody else in the country was making less than 1/2 that.

Mike Gray · 03-17-2014, 06:39 PM

What will they be worth in 40-50 years? I bought a '67 GT500 in '77 for $3,900. I could probably trade the GT500 for 2 Cobra Jets today (if I still had it)

Randall Klein · 03-17-2014, 07:33 PM

I dunno, 40 yrs from now it may be better to invest in play stations, nintendos etc the way the younger set is trending.....not much into cars.

MikeMoller · 03-27-2014, 01:16 PM

That car come with wheelie bars?

kdanner · 03-27-2014, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeMoller

That car come with wheelie bars?

The 2014 model does.

Robert Swartz · 03-30-2014, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

In 1969 I was a junior in high school working part time at my uncles standard station in Chicago for$3.50 an hour driving my hand me down 65 Mustang street racing week nights every chance we could,along with racing AHRA class at US 30 dragstrip on Sundays

$3.50 an hour in 69! I was 16 before I could get a real job. Working at gas stations in the early 70's around here. You were lucky to make $1.50-.75 an hour and get 15 to 20 hours a week, course they'd work you most of that on a weekend, LOL!

I didn't get to mess with cars in earnest until I was out of HS. I well remember the insurance racket. I passed on a lot of neat cars. The car I could afford, it was the insurance that was the killer. Those were the days, I remember passing on a 67 Corvette 427-425hp single carb motor, $2500 I believe, 1973. Don't recall the premium they required but do remember it was expensive.

Harry 6674 · 03-30-2014, 12:00 PM

When I got back from Nam in 1969 I bought a fuel injected 61 Corvette for $1300.00 I saved while in Nam. Went to work in a service station for $1.60/hr. traded the vette straight across for a 66 Shelby. In the small town in eastern Washington at the time was what turned out to be a rare car. A Mexican friend bought a new (1969) firebird TransAm convertible. I guess they only made like 8.

03-17-2014, 11:19 AM	#2
rickseeman Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Stuttgart, AR Posts: 125 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Why didn't they sell these when we were kids? $3.50 an hour in 1969? Yes, he was your uncle. Everybody else in the country was making less than 1/2 that.

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Mike Gray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 615 Likes: 310 Liked 685 Times in 196 Posts	Re: Why didn't they sell these when we were kids? What will they be worth in 40-50 years? I bought a '67 GT500 in '77 for $3,900. I could probably trade the GT500 for 2 Cobra Jets today (if I still had it)

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Randall Klein Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 785 Likes: 45 Liked 316 Times in 67 Posts	Re: Why didn't they sell these when we were kids? I dunno, 40 yrs from now it may be better to invest in play stations, nintendos etc the way the younger set is trending.....not much into cars.

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MikeMoller Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 637 Likes: 27 Liked 254 Times in 78 Posts	Re: Why didn't they sell these when we were kids? That car come with wheelie bars? __________________ Mike Moller NHRA 203 Q-R-T/SA

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Harry 6674 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 589 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Why didn't they sell these when we were kids? When I got back from Nam in 1969 I bought a fuel injected 61 Corvette for $1300.00 I saved while in Nam. Went to work in a service station for $1.60/hr. traded the vette straight across for a 66 Shelby. In the small town in eastern Washington at the time was what turned out to be a rare car. A Mexican friend bought a new (1969) firebird TransAm convertible. I guess they only made like 8.