Aussie Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Just an idle thought, really, but seeing a Leopard recently had an estimated sale price of 2mil I wonder what older MVs cost when new. Specifically the Saladin, Saracen, Centurion and Ferret, but any original prices (with date, to allow adjustment to today's value) would be interesting. I couldn't find any info on Google so just wonder if anyone knows? James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Somewhere I have a list of prices paid by the US government for the various medium tanks, the only one that sticks in my memory was $69,000 for the M4A4. This was equivalent to £17,000, roughly the same as a Mk V Spitfire in 1942, it would be nice if the current values were the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snort Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Somewhere I have a list of prices paid by the US government for the various medium tanks, the only one that sticks in my memory was $69,000 for the M4A4. This was equivalent to £17,000, roughly the same as a Mk V Spitfire in 1942, it would be nice if the current values were the same! Except the stuff in your shed wouldn't be worth as much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I think a Stalwart was £32K in 1968, like Adrian the figure is stuck in my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Except the stuff in your shed wouldn't be worth as much! Well, what I meant is, it would be nice if my tank was worth the same as a Spitfire V is now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snort Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Well, what I meant is, it would be nice if my tank was worth the same as a Spitfire V is now! Ah, now I see Adrian. Thought you wouldn't want the value to drop that much. however to have a Spitfire V in there...................that would be nice:cheesy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I think a Stalwart was £32K in 1968, like Adrian the figure is stuck in my head. My parents paid £600 for their new Mini around then ... Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex5 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 My parents paid £600 for their new Mini around then ... Andy Yes, I paid £650 in 1966 for a new Morris Mini Traveller - the only new car I've ever bought! (I paid extra to have Michelin X tyres on it instead of the standard Dunlop C41s!) Mad extravagant fool:nut: John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 A Tiger 1 cost 250k RM ~ $100k when new, that's about $1.25m in today's money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McMahon Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 News paper clippings from the time, Kind regards Total cost of war machines.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McMahon Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 And another for your interest Cost.pdf cent costs.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Very interesting! Mini prices certainly put the costs in perspective and the Argus articles give an excellent overview. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 In 1956 a Scammell FV11202 6x6 artic tractor was £10k while the average UK house price was £2280. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 My twopence, or £2.50 worth. Mossberg built the MB42a rifle for British Army training in .22 rimfire, supplied under Lease Lend at £2 10 shillings each. Parke Hale then put sights on them at £3.00 per pice. Last batch supplied 21,000 in February 1941. I know because that's the batch mine came over in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Lee Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 And another for your interest [ATTACH]90154[/ATTACH][ATTACH]90155[/ATTACH] So we had 6 pdr matilda's hey? I think the author got its wires crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) If you tap in 'money then and now' to Google there's a load of great calculators where you can 'convert' money one way or the other to and from what it was worth in say 1943 to today or reverse ..makes for some sobering thinking I can tell you ! One of the things I did was put in the value of my first 'proper' wage packet on leaving school in 1977 !.......Oh my !..... I wasn't very well paid at all back in those days , as none of us probably were on leaving school ....but...... I know of very few kids able to earn such money nowadays in equivalent terms .... Wages have definitely not kept track with inflation ........ Mind you ......to put it in perspective ..... I dearly wanted a new Raleigh Chopper Bike when they first came out in about 1967 I think it was ... ..in comparison to what my Dad was earning in those days?......It's no wonder I never got one ! Oh ...and try putting in what a gallon of petrol cost in 1977 ..... .......I tell you this ...someone ,somewhere ...is making a lot of money off us PS: this is one of the best ones I've found ........ http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html Edited April 23, 2014 by RattlesnakeBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 As for the gallon of petrol. I remarked to the young women behind the Tesco petrol ststion counter I remember petrol at 35p a gallon. She looked puzzled and said 'How many gallons in a liter?'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 As for the gallon of petrol. I remarked to the young women behind the Tesco petrol ststion counter I remember petrol at 35p a gallon. She looked puzzled and said 'How many gallons in a liter?'. Haha Tony I know exactly what you mean ... Whilst at senior school from '72 through to June '77 I worked at a petrol station as the pump attendant boy (a job that has disappeared entirely by the way ! ) and in about 1976 I think it was... I recall the garage had a 'special offer' on 4 gallons of 4 Star petrol for a few months..... If you bought 4 gallons , they would give you 5p off per gallon making the cost ?............. £2.80 for 4 gallons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 As for the gallon of petrol. I remarked to the young women behind the Tesco petrol ststion counter I remember petrol at 35p a gallon. She looked puzzled and said 'How many gallons in a liter?'.[/quote 35p ? That's 7 bob!, I remember buying a gallon of Burmah for 3/10 (younger members will have to seek advise what this means....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broken arrow Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Yes, I paid £650 in 1966 for a new Morris Mini Traveller - the only new car I've ever bought!(I paid extra to have Michelin X tyres on it instead of the standard Dunlop C41s!) Mad extravagant fool:nut: John Boy racer comes to mind with that sort of mod.:nut: These days that sort of mod would have bumped up your insurance premium, any fluffy dice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty2 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Dingoes where 950 pounds in those days. Nowadays value is calculated by average inflation to the power of years. 70 years ago , average inflation 6 % 950 * (1,06^70) = 56000 pounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58 BE 88 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 The FV1801 version of the Champ cost the government £1200 in 1951. The relative costs of beer & petrol came up in the bar the other evening, when a £10 note bought just three pints. There was much disbelief when I commented that when I started drivng, that £10 would buy 40 GALLONS of Esso's finest at 5/- per Gallon (and it had not long gone up from 4/11). Notes for the youngsters: 1 Gallon = 4.54 litres 40 Gallons = 181 litres 5/- = 25p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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