RE: LRO: Land Rover Price in 1959?

From: Scott Wickham Jr. (urbncby@sgi.net)
Date: Thu Jun 14 2001 - 09:57:43 EDT

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    In July of 1969, after a three month wait, I paid $3749. That was the number
    on the check, so that includes tax, license, dealer prep,

      I think I'd of had a problem buying a vehicle in '69. Ok, first off, I
    wasn't born for another year, second, with all the muscle cars around I
    would have had to at least test drove a Hemi or 2. Who knows, I might have
    ended up with a LR anyway but, unlikely. More like a '69.5 Road Runner with
    the 440 6-pack, fiberglass lift off hood (bonnet), no wait, a Shelby
    Mustang, no a GTO, or a 302 Camaro with dual clutch and disc's all around.
    See, hard decisions ;)
      It would be a real treat to have test drove a NEW '69 Rover off the lot
    just to see what it's really supposed to be like. I'd have to say the
    closest I've come to that was driving a '57 SI pickup that was an unrestored
    beauty. A guy that used to be in our club had it and we would inspect it
    for him at our garage. It's for sale by the way, not sure how much.
        Did anybody else read the article in the OVLR newsletter a couple months
    ago that was reprinted from an old car mag? David O'Kane I think was the
    author, something like that. He worked for a LR dealer for awhile and told
    some good stories. Like his boss putting it in low box and pushing the Alfa
    out into traffic, or how he'd show people what the Rover could do on a test
    drive, good stuff.

    Scooter

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