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11-02-2014, 02:26 PM | #1 |
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Ahhh, the good old days
Recently came across this little goodie. Hopefully the segmented photos will be legible.
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11-02-2014, 02:46 PM | #2 |
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Re: Ahhh, the good old days
Labor (only) for overhauling engine (reboring/rebabbitting/refitting) cost $25.00 in (say) 1930.
Today the inflation adjustment calculator (http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi) puts this in today's dollars as $344.75 - or perhaps 5 hours at possible present hourly rate with overheads? The hours seems a little small. Even 10 hours ($34 per hour) seems a little small. We're talking reboring/rebabbitting here. Joe K
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11-02-2014, 03:03 PM | #3 |
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Good old prices, then again people only made about .25 per hour.
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11-02-2014, 04:05 PM | #5 |
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It's like chrome plating. Without lots of competition, the prices skyrocket. Gasoline is another good example, and the crap gas we have to use isn't near as good as what we bought for 30 cents a gallon.
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11-02-2014, 04:55 PM | #6 |
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About 1987 I paid $799 for a re-bore/repiston only on a Model B engine used on the Gordon Smith Air Compressor (after the mice had their way with cylinder No. 4) Yup. Law of supply & demand. Joe K
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11-02-2014, 06:16 PM | #7 |
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Re: Ahhh, the good old days
I just paid $550 for a rebabbit and bore on the mains.
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