'68 C3 Vert in auction soon

[CaptainK]

Yeah, my 68 has those door cards. I don't have a door handle / pull on it. Just the cut out thing. I must confess I've not had any problems with it, though a proper handle would be nice.

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Some bargains to be had here...

How times have changed eh!

 

[Nassau65]

Those were the days

 

[Nassau65]

I like looking back through Hemings or corvette traders, the oldest one I have is from 1976. Mid year corvettes as low as $800. 1965-67 mustangs $250-400 V8’s to boot.

 

[Roscobbc]

You'd struggle to buy a Vette even then on a UK salary in 1968 - an average annual figure in the UK (for 96% of the population) was £1,144 pa)
Wheras in the USA that average figure was $5,571.76 pa. Convert that to pounds at the £/$ exchange rate in 1968 and it equates to £2,331 pa in the USA.
So more than double the earnings at the time here in the UK. Purchase tax here in the UK 1968 for motor vehicles was increased by a few points from 27.5% to 33 1/3%
Don't know what import duty would have been. UK petrol was the equivalent of 25p per gallon (or approx 5.5p per litre) in the USA it was 35 cents per US gallon (about 22p for a 'smaller' US gallon perhaps)

 

[Nassau65]

£11,000 per year seems far to high as the average wage in 1968 that’s £211 per week.

 

[Mr. Cricket]

£11,000 per year seems far to high as the average wage in 1968 that’s £211 per week.

I was thinking the Av American wage of £24,030 is very high for 1968 too?

Just checked and 60% were on that or higher.. still seems way to high

 

[Nassau65]

Average Uk wage in 1969 is showing £24 per week.
New cortina MK2 in 1968 is showing as £800

 

[Nassau65]

Average US wage for a male was $6000 per year in 1968 according to the nett.

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Average US wage for a male was $6000 per year in 1968 according to the nett.

maybe Ross is on the sauce early

 

[Roscobbc]

I was thinking the Av American wage of £24,030 is very high for 1968 too?

Just checked and 60% were on that or higher.. still seems way to high

Whoops - 1 digit too many on calculator - should have been £1144 per annum - £22 ish per week. I can recall some engineers at my firm about that time on £18 a week.

 

[Roscobbc]

I was thinking the Av American wage of £24,030 is very high for 1968 too?

Just checked and 60% were on that or higher.. still seems way to high

Same calculator error Stuart - thanks for pointing it out!

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Same calculator error Stuart - thanks for pointing it out!

Just realised I can't multi-task

 

[Roscobbc]

maybe Ross is on the sauce early

Not on the 'sauce' currentlty Stuart.......but perhaps should consider it?

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Not on the 'sauce' currentlty Stuart.......but perhaps should consider it?

Why not, after a spell laying my new garage floor I've just poured myself a large vino tinto as a reward