I know... 185 in 1968 was nothing to sneeze at for a high schooler... maybe a college student. I guess the only way to draw a perfect comparison, or a comparison of what they would cost today, is to figure out how many hours at minimum wage, it would take to earn 185... in 1968. Or, how many of something 185 bucks would by, then use algebra to figure out how much it would cost to buy that many today. But you're right, generally 10x an old dollar amount is today's equivalent
Being a old East Tennessee boy I was in the Nashville are a number of times.although in 68 I was on my 1st tour in Vietnam. Left my 66 396 El Camino with my dad. Cragars were the cat's meow although I had Keystones. My brother had a 65 Chevelle with the Cragars. Great times to have grown up. Much better than todays world in my opinion. Thanks for bring all that history back to us. This blog should be required reading in schools!
Amazing: Just last night I found my receipts for a 1957 Corvette I bought for $350. in 5/8/68. The receipt for the hard top to go with it for $75.00 I bought both and I had found the registration some years back, and have kept that too. I was just out of high school and soon sold it for a profit and went on to buy two 1958's for $800. each. One had dual 4's bbls.
That's more that $1800.00 today.
ReplyDeleteI know... 185 in 1968 was nothing to sneeze at for a high schooler... maybe a college student. I guess the only way to draw a perfect comparison, or a comparison of what they would cost today, is to figure out how many hours at minimum wage, it would take to earn 185... in 1968. Or, how many of something 185 bucks would by, then use algebra to figure out how much it would cost to buy that many today.
DeleteBut you're right, generally 10x an old dollar amount is today's equivalent
Being a old East Tennessee boy I was in the Nashville are a number of times.although in 68 I was on my 1st tour in Vietnam. Left my 66 396 El Camino with my dad. Cragars were the cat's meow although I had Keystones. My brother had a 65 Chevelle with the Cragars. Great times to have grown up. Much better than todays world in my opinion. Thanks for bring all that history back to us. This blog should be required reading in schools!
ReplyDeleteAmazing: Just last night I found my receipts for a 1957 Corvette I bought for $350. in 5/8/68. The receipt for the hard top to go with it for $75.00 I bought both and I had found the registration some years back, and have kept that too.
ReplyDeleteI was just out of high school and soon sold it for a profit and went on to buy two 1958's for $800. each.
One had dual 4's bbls.
WOW! You scored!
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