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License plate collecting with the Wizard
| January 4th, 2017 at 7:47:02 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22940 |
I wonder if that is more than the 1917 car it was on? I mean when the car was new. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| January 4th, 2017 at 8:30:52 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 |
I don't think so. Cars were quite a luxury item back then. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| January 4th, 2017 at 10:16:30 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 148 Posts: 25978 | Only 80K people lived in Nevada in 1917, how many new car dealerships could there have been. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| January 5th, 2017 at 2:27:48 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 |
Could have been a used car dealer as well. Some dealers then sold just a few cars per year. But yes, I would guess less than 200 dealer plates made back then. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| January 5th, 2017 at 8:41:12 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
How do you feel about things like Bicentennial plates from the State of Mexico? Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| January 27th, 2017 at 11:17:22 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22940 | Saw a Challenger/Columbia plate today. Has the shuttle on it. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| January 27th, 2017 at 3:45:13 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 |
I've had one for years. It was one of the first fund-raiser plates in Florida.
I've never seen a fund-raiser plate in Mexico before, the city, state, or country. I'd like to get one. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| January 28th, 2017 at 1:59:23 AM permalink | |
| stinkingliberal Member since: Nov 9, 2016 Threads: 17 Posts: 731 | My favorite plates: "2TH DOC" ("DENTIST" wouldn't have fit on a standard CA plate at the time) "AKQJ10" (Nevada plate, naturally) |
| January 28th, 2017 at 2:03:15 AM permalink | |
| stinkingliberal Member since: Nov 9, 2016 Threads: 17 Posts: 731 |
Ford's press release in 1917 announced that it would reduce its prices to $325 for the cheapest model and $645 for the most expensive. So that could conceivably be more than the car was worth then. http://www.mtfca.com/encyclo/1917-20H.htm The CPI is almost exactly 20 times now what it was then, so a 1917 basic Ford cost an equivalent of $6500. Not bad. http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/consumer-price-index-and-annual-percent-changes-from-1913-to-2008/ |
| January 28th, 2017 at 8:17:26 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108 |
I didn't know that. I knew the assembly line, which I think Ford invented, brought down the price of Fords, but I didn't think they were that affordable. As I've said before, the best argument is one you lose, because at least you learned something. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |