While looking for something else in my Alfatross files I came across this page of cars for sale in Road & Track's Market Place dated 1969, the year I acquired The Alfatross. At first I wondered why I kept it, until I spotted the photo of one of The Alfatross' brethren offered for the princely sum of $2,500!
Most cars are liabilities, not assets . . . aren't they? Not these! [All current values taken from the 2015 Sports Car Market Price Guide].
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Blast from the past. .Road & Track market place ads, 1969--the year I was tricked
into buying The Alfatross from my cousin Bo. If we only knew then what we know now! |
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| 1939 AR 6C2500 (50 built). Value today: $535,000-700,000. |
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We can only guess what it went for then. Value today:
$2,250,000-4,000,000. |
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| Expensive! Value today: $400,000-750,000. |
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Or real estate? Has it appreciated as much? Value today:
$375,000-650,000. |
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Self addressed, stamped envelope? How quaint! Value
today: $97,500-185,000. |
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| Gas hog. Gotta get rid of it! Value now:$975,000-1,250,000. |
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| So is it a Cobra or a Mustang? Never hot-rodded? Why did you buy it? Value now: $850,000-1,000,000. |
And last, but not least . . . .
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So did you get the whole $1,500 or did you have to drop the price to get rid of it? Value now:
$900,000-1,400,000. |
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The clause in the contract between Bo (the seller) and me (the buyer) whereby I became the
Steward of The Alfatross in 1969 (and the Honda was wrecked!). It was just a used car,
and I was just a dumb kid . . . . |
