What drew my attention was the Jag SS100 for 2000.00 in 1964. About 17K today. If only. There’s some other interesting entries on this, the first page of Road&Track’s ad space, “Market Place”. In the glacially slow days of 1964, my birth year, this was it. If you wanted an interesting vehicle, this was the place.
The first entry was a 1961 Abarth 850 S Allemano Scorpion coupe The ad cites the car’s excellent tires, its lofty 57 horses, from 850cc, no less, and the facts that it was never raced and had only one owner. 1500.00, about 13K today. Here’s a tool to help convert yesterday’s funds into today’s, because listening to folks going on about what a bargain that was back then always makes me impatient.
A Jowett Jupiter, located on Mercer Island, Washington State, for the princely sum of $5600.00 in today’s money, or 650.00 when this issue of Road&Track was published. Oh- Here’s a picture of the Jowett Jupiter:
If you think of the Jowett as a British Subaru, you’d be pretty close, at least as far as engine type. Above the Jowett, there are a couple of D-type Jags. One chromed, one with spares and trailer delivery. The latter is going for $5500 1961 dollars, while the chromed one has no price, always a bad sign- as in: “I know what I’ve got.” Have fun wandering through the page, maybe indulge in a little fantasy time. Until Then!
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