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Post by stevegbr on Dec 15, 2015 21:24:31 GMT
here is a price list for bsa motorcycles in 1961.  |
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Post by wazzbo on Dec 15, 2015 21:54:13 GMT
Was £1 worth about 4 dollars in '61?
I seem to remember it was something like that.
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Post by stevegbr on Dec 15, 2015 22:01:02 GMT
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Post by wazzbo on Dec 15, 2015 22:20:16 GMT
In 1961 £1 was worth 2 dollars 80 cents, so 1000 USD was £347 and a few pence That makes the price of those bikes look a lot better.  |
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Post by davefirestorm on Dec 15, 2015 22:56:16 GMT
Me Dad always referred to half a crown (2/6d ) as half a dollar in the sixties.My BSA Starfire was £276 and a few shillings in 1970,I wrote it off after 9 days when I went over a cross road straight into side of a Ford Anglia  |
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Post by wazzbo on Dec 16, 2015 21:37:38 GMT
Ha ha my old man did as well Dave, I used to get half a doller pocket money in the sixties, loadsa money;D ;D
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Post by kickstart on Dec 16, 2015 21:43:26 GMT
Crikey inflation , great machines for the money, I,d love an old Brit bike.....
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Post by srx600 on Dec 17, 2015 13:05:06 GMT
That was serious money back them. Even when converted to serling. Average wage £20 a week?
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