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Originally Posted by Adrian Thompson View Post
Looking at the ad and seeing 'that young people can afford' hit my BS meter. Looking at the price of a base zero option Cayman 718 now, it starts at $68,300. So I ran an inflation calculator on the $3,595 from the ad. The 1.7L was sold from 69-73 (not knowing what year the ad was from) so I ran both. That's $30,480 in 69 down to $25,471 in 1973. So wow, yes that would have been affordable to a young person.
I question your math. In 72 I bought a new Vega. It was $2700.

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