At 16:30 13/06/01 -0700, Rich & Lori Williams, wrote
>The base price for an 88 SW w/ Tropical Roof is $2,435 for petrol, $2,750
>for diesel.
>
>Add $32.05 per heater.
>Add $4.20 for speedo w/ trip meter (all other instruments listed as
>"standard")
>One spare is "standard"
>Add $30.00 for extra spare tire
>Add $3.75 for bonnet spare carrier
>Add $3.28 per flyscreen
>Deluxe interior trim "standard"
>Rear seats "standard"
>Add $1.50 for locking fuel cap
>
>All for a grand total of $2,543.06 not including dealer fees, taxes,
>license, etc...
Thanks for that Rich, and thanks to all you others who also came up with
prices. The above figures match the "options" that were installed on my
machine when it was delivered to the Port of Vancouver in November 1959 for
delivery to Shell Oil in Alberta.
By the way, the dash vent flyscreens at $3.28ea are a bit of a curiosity in
my truck. I found them wrapped in oiled canvas complete with securing
screws and seemingly untouched from the day they were put behind the right
hand door panel, about three years after I acquired the vehicle. They look
brand new and no, I haven't got around to installing them.
Anyway, to get back to the original query. I took the Total Price as
supplied by Rich and ran it through
http://eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/dollarq.php
which gives $15048.63 in 2000 dollars.
Using the Canadian sites noted by Keith I get 14,559 in 99 dollars which is
remarkably close.
What I have not figured out, and I simply don't have the interest or
ability to pursue, is how currency fluctuations between Canada and the
United States would have affected the inflated prices. There was a time,
hard to believe, when the Can$ was worth much more than the
Greenback. These days it's down around the level of the Somali Shilling.
So the bottom line is that the Series II was an expensive little beast in
its time and while not at the same price point in inflated dollars today,
could fairly be said to have been the Disco of its day.
One final point. In Keith's note about prices the winch is listed at some
490$ That is something like 2800 to 3000$ today. A hell of a price at any
time.
Rick Grant
1959 Series II "88"
VORIZO
Rick Grant Communications
Media and Crisis Management
Calgary Ottawa
www.rickgrant.com
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