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Brand new minor price back in the day?
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:29 pm
by rossrox
Hey all, How much would my minor have been brand new in 1970???
Cheers, Ross.
Re: Brand new minor price back in the day?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:47 am
by drivewasher
About £600
Re: Brand new minor price back in the day?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:02 pm
by mbo145
Does that include purchase tax? Was that still payable in 1970?
Re: Brand new minor price back in the day?
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:03 am
by IaininTenbury
I've got a four door that came with its original bill of sale and in 1965 it was £575, 18 shillings and 4 pence!
Though the delivery, number plates and antifreeze were and extra £15, 1 shilling and 8 pence and yet another £15 for the 'road fund' licence brought it to a nice round £605
2 doors were a bit cheaper so its quite possible that 5 years later a 2 door could have been about the same price
Re: Brand new minor price back in the day?
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:41 am
by Fingolfin
I spoke with Selden Mayse's son about a year ago. Selden Mayse was the proprietor of the BMC dealership in Springfield, Missouri, where my Mog was purchased. Mr Mayse (the younger) said that his father sold Morris Minors in the '60s for $1750 new, or $13415 in 2011 dollars (or £8365 in modern pounds, or £625 then given an exchange rate in 1960 of £2.80 per $1).