Just to give my 2cents worth I paid $1,998 AU (Australian) dollars for my
88" diesel 11A direct from the factory and had it shipped to the U.S. early
1970. Back then it took $2.50 U.S. to make $1.00 AU dollar.
I was looking at the Jeep and other 4wds and found that they may have been
cheaper to buy but by the time you added the off road packeges it cost a
hell of a lot more. I know at the time one chap spent another $8.000 on his
scout and then didn't want to scratch it off road. My 88 went from the U.S.
to Canada to Australia where I sold it in 1993.(for parts) the frame was
toast. Peter.
Original Message -----
From: Faure, Marin <Marin.Faure@PSS.Boeing.com>
To: 'Land Rover Mail Group' <LRO@works.team.net>
Cc: <rgrant@cadvision.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 6:28 PM
Subject: LRO: Re: Land Rover Price in 1959?
> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:38:14 -0600
> From: Rick Grant <rgrant@cadvision.com>
> Subject: LRO: Land Rover Price in 1959?
>
> >Would anyone happen to know the approximate price in North America of a
> Series II in 1959 or thereabouts? The reason I ask is that I got
> chatting with a Disco driver today who
> remarked that my rather time worn but reeking of character Series II
> probably cost the equivalent in 1959 of a Discovery today. I'd like to
> check that.
>
> I'd say your acquaintance is not too far off. I can't speak for the late
> 1950s, but in 1973, a US-spec Series III Hardtop Deluxe cost about
> $4,200. Plus tax, shipping, etc. At that time, a Toyota Land Cruiser
> FJ-40 was just under $4,000, and a Jeep CJ-5 was just under $3,000.
> During that same time frame, if memory serves, you could buy a new
> Ferrari for about $10,000, and a new Cadillac was about $5,000. (A new
> Cessna 150 was about $8,000 and a Cessna 172 was $14,000.) So I would
> say a new Series in the US cost about as much in relation to everything
else
> as an upper-mid-range SUV does today. I do know that at the time (1973),
> the Land Rover Series III was the most expensive of the utility-type 4wds
> available in the US. Its only competition back then was the Toyota FJ-40,
> the Ford Bronco, the Jeep CJ, and the (very limited numbers) Datsun
Patrol.
> I'm not sure if the International Scout was out yet. The big Chevy Blazer
was
> introduced at about that same time, and then Toyota began bringing in the
> long wheelbase Land Cruiser. But by that time the Land Rover was no
longer
> available in the US.
> ___________________________
> C. Marin Faure
> (original owner)
> 1973 Land Rover Series III-88
> 1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
> Seattle
>
>
>
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