1968 Traveller List Price?

Post by **mike-b** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 5:04 pm

I need to find out the list price for a 1968 Traveller, does anyone have a copy of original price lists or some other "official" document that would prove what the list price was?

I need it to calculate company car tax, so any official documentation to back up the price would be very useful.

TIA

Post by **mike-b** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:17 am

Anyone?

Is this the sort of information that the club might have records of?

Post by **simmitc** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:03 pm

Sorry, not a list price, not 1968, but the closest I can offer from an original receipt dated 1st December 1970:
Vehicle £696
Purchase tax £214 19s 2d
12 months road tax £25
Reflective number plates £4 10s
Delivery charge £14
Seat belts £8 10s
Underseal £13 15s
Petrol / anti-freeze £1 9s
Documents £3 3s
Total on road £981 6s 2d

Hope that's of some help / interest.

Post by **Leo** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:07 pm

My Traveller was bought new on 20th November 1969 and I have the original invoice

Minor Traveller Deluxe £504-6-10
Static Seat Belts £4-3-6
Anti Freeze 9-3
Fuel 4 gallons £1-6-0
Purchase tax £158-7-6

Total £698-13-1

This was a staff sale as the owner worked at Pressed Steel Fisher and would have included a discount of the basic price. I think it was 24% but I cannot be absolutely sure

Leo

Post by **dalebrignall** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:07 pm

the tax looked a bit steep

Post by **Sidney'61** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:04 pm

dalebrignall wrote:the tax looked a bit steep

But look at those fuel prices!

Post by **MGFmad** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:20 pm

I not quite old enough for pre-decimal currency but 4 gallons of fuel at £1-6-0 presumably 6 shillings which translates to 30p so 4 gallons for £1.30 or thereby making a gallon 32.5 pence, turn that into litres and its 7 pence a litre!

My earliest memory of fuel prices is being in the car with my parents and they were complaining about the cost of petrol reaching 70p a gallon, must have been in the 1970's but not sure which year!

Post by **RogerRust** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:33 am

The first gallon I bought cost me 6/8 (34p) in 1970 for my honda 50 insurance was £5 a year. and I was paid 10 shillings for a mornings work and 12/6 (32.5p)for my paper round. And I didn't have a beard then. I was 19 before I bought a car it seemed like an old car then. It was a 1968 Austin 1100 it was only 6 years old but already rust had taken its toll. Build quality wasn't great!

sorry off topic