A "car" find

[burner31]

I bought a '31 town sedan last Dec and going through some of the boxes that came with the car (in the back seat) I found some part books from 1964 - 1967, from AMSCO parts, MARK auto and GASLIGHT auto parts. You would not believe the prices on items back then compared to prices today, I know its been almost fifty years...but WOW. And shipping, nothing like it is today.
Back in '66 I was making $1.60 per hour, and thought that was good money for a young man.
If only I could go back..go back...go back

[burner31]

I also found Vol. 1 club newsletter for the Fort Worth Model A Club, dated Jan. 1964.
It's their very first newsletter. Excellent condition, along with a flyer to their very first "drive in picinic". Lots of history and good info on their beginnings and their original members.
I've sent an e-mail to the club offering them this rare "car find"

[bikejunk]

I 1968 my parents purchased the house I live in now for 21,000$ 6 years ago I payed 350,000$ to the estate for the same house .

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by bikejunk

I 1968 my parents purchased the house I live in now for 21,000$ 6 years ago I payed 350,000$ to the estate for the same house .

Yep, it's just about the same where I live. The housing has inflated even more than gas and cars.

[mshmodela]

Come to Cleveland where homes lose their values. Heck I could sell my car and buy 2 home in the city proper.

[Y-Blockhead]

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You want to talk real estate prices? Come to Southern California...

[Joe K]

Originally Posted by Y-Blockhead

You want to talk real estate prices? Come to Southern California...

Followed closely behind by southern Cow Hampshire.

Homes at the end of my street now selling in the cool 3/4 million range. One close to great bay is still on the market for 1.2M.

This the same neighborhood my wife and I walked through in the early 1990s counting the number of "For Sale" signs, (Max 10 in a 43 house subdivision) with the highest price then being $290K.

We thought that so expensive then. HA!

I shudda bought two houses!

Joe K

[Jordan]

can we see pictures of the car? Happen to know the cars history of ownership?

[burner31]

My avator is the car.
All I know of the history is it was owned by a Mr. Roger W. Williams of Fort Worth Texas going back to at least 1958, before that is a blank.
Mr. Williams worked in the aviation industry, found some aircraft parts in the car also, landing gear motor I believe.

[John Duden]

Originally Posted by Y-Blockhead

You want to talk real estate prices? Come to Southern California...

Try to buy a nice 40 acre farm up here in the corn producing area once

[burner31]

I used to live in Sacramento, moved to Oklahoma, could not touch what we have now for under cool million in Calif. Should have moved here 40 years ago.

[MrBruce]

Come to Charlotte where Kyle Bush paid 7.5 Mil for his house N/W of Charlotte in a small town called Stanley, NC. The northern area north of Charlotte (Lake Norman) a manmade lake is really expensive.