<VV> Corvette Arises (Some Corvair)

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

I think that most of the price of a modern Corvette is for "prestige" of 
owning one.

Back then, it was an eccentric pleasure, a weird little care and very 
strange if you think about it.  Chevy took a big chance making such a 
curmudgeonly little care.

I bought my first Corvair (Corsa 140 convert) with the deposit that was 
(eventually) refunded from the 1968 Mustang 302/345 I had ordered but was 
cancelled by the dealer (who tried everything to keep the sale, offering 
427s, 428s, etc, but my buddy's Corsa coupe had hooked me !)

The 2 1/2 year Corsa convert cost $1000; the same as the deposit on the 
Mustang ($5800, most for the engine,  if I recall correctly), which would 
have saddled me with 3 years of payments on top of that.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "Smitty Smith" <vairologist at verizon.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvette Arises (No Corvair)


> OK, a couple of people pointed out that you can't delete the PG in '54. 
> So what is $3,253 in today's money?  According to the inflation calculator 
> I found
>
> http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
>
> that translates to $25,147 in today's economy.  Not a small amount, but 
> still quite doable (if you are a bit eccentric) and probably less than 
> half the price of a modern Vette.
>
> Later, JR
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
> To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: "Smitty Smith" <vairologist at verizon.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 9:57 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvette Arises (No Corvair)
>
>
>> No?
>>
>> Just more than the average person's anual salary!
>>
>> And just half the price of a typical new house here at the time.
>>
>> Frank DuVal
>>
>> J R Read_HML wrote:
>>
>>> According to this, a 54 Vette "loaded" was $3253.  Take out the PG (in 
>>> '54 I think most would have) and it was a mere $3,075.  Didn't take ALL 
>>> that much money to do.
>>>
>>> http://www.idavette.net/facts/54.htm
>>>
>>> Later, JR
>>>
>>
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