Cost of some accessories in '48

[BobT-47P15]

This old invoice was for sale on ebay at one time in the past. I saved a

copy of it.....just found it in files. The items were installed on a 47 Plymouth

two door.

[BobT-47P15]

Sales invoice copy.

[1940plymouth]

Bob, I wonder if the twenty five dollar sunvisor was an outside one.

Seems like that amount of money would be rather steep in 1948 for an inside one

[Niel Hoback]

I wondered about that too. It seems the labor charges are about right for the time, but the parts prices are kind of steep. $100 for a radio? At any rate, those are very nice papers. I did save them, maybe blow them up and print them? Thanks for posting them.

[RobertKB]

Wouldn't you just love to be able to buy those items now at the prices shown. All new, shiny, and working.

[greg g]

It's funny that in January of 48 these folks paid a 1400 base price for a 1947 vehicle. The price for my 46 Coupe was around 700.00 FOB in 46. Even stranger that when you consider in january of 1974, I had made a deal with the local AMC dealer for a 73 Hornet Demo with 2500 miles on it for 1750.00. This was on a 2659 price sticker car. It was a 2 door hatchback with the 258 2 bbl straight 6, with a 4 speed and 3.58 limited slip trans. Even had Ac and Am/FM radio. But we decided we couldn't afford the 52.00 buck a month and the higher insurance, so we bought a 71 Volvo 142S istead at 40 bucks a month.

In case nobody remembers the hornet they were a pretty sharp looking car and the 6 was rated at 155 hp. With the 4 speed it was a pretty snappy ride.

[David Maxwell]

Adjusted for inflation, that $100 radio was nearly $950 in today's money. For $950 you could get a pretty killer CD player that is MP3 compatible with 4 nice speakers installed! It's easy to see why so many people opted not to get one.

This old invoice was for sale on ebay at one time in the past. I saved a

copy of it.....just found it in files. The items were installed on a 47 Plymouth

two door.

Edited October 27, 2009 by David Maxwell
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[steveplym]

Just looked at that Bob and that invoice is from Herrin, IL. A town just a few miles down the road from me. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. I'd love to know where this car is now.