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rusty6

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East central Sask.

• Apr 20, 2023

• #1

Looking back at the days of 49.9 cent a litre gas back in 1992. Thats about $2.24 a gallon cdn. And you could get a new Ford pickup for less than $20,000.
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paul

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• Apr 20, 2023

• #2

My Dakota pickup was $15,200.00 that year. New.

Paul

 

Crazy Horse

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• Apr 20, 2023

• #3

Yes indeed .... but when a guy looks back at how much he was making 31 years ago, we probably thought YIKES !!! I remember on a summer trip in about 1980 or so, gas in Kamloops BC had just hit $1.00 per imperial gallon in town, that's about $0.23 per litre. I filled up on the way to the coast because I knew it was a wee bit less a few miles down the highway. My dad was a traveling door-to-door salesman back in the 50's, I remember him telling me he was paying $7 per night in a motel .... he likely thought he was getting fleeced .... ha!

 

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ss55

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• Apr 20, 2023

• #4

What did farmland sell for back then?

 

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rusty6

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East central Sask.

• Apr 20, 2023

• #5

(quoted from post at 14:23:44 04/20/23) What did farmland sell for back then?

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I'm not sure but it seems to me you could buy most any quarter section around here for around the $50,000 mark. I should remember. I bought one in 89 or 90.

 

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miangus

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• Apr 20, 2023

• #6

I bought a new Silverado K1500 for $15,500 out the door in 1992. I drove that truck for 450,000 miles. Of course, I think that might have been half a year's pay.

 

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rrlund

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• Apr 20, 2023

• #7

It's all relative I guess. As much as it pains me to say it, the most well off I've ever been was the 90s, 2010 to about 2013 and now.

 

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fastfarmall

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• Apr 20, 2023

• #8

In the fall of 1974 i order a 1975 Chevrolet Cheyenne pickup, almost $7.000 dollars, just sold it in 2022 for $2,500.The guy said afterwards he said he would of paid $3,000 for it!!! It still was a fair investment for me!

 

mudcreek183

Member

• Apr 20, 2023

• #9

Bought a 92 c/k work truck for $9200 with a trade of 84 chevy custom deluxe.Still have the truck today with over 400.000 miles.

 

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Fred47M

Member

• Apr 20, 2023

• #10

I think my mom got 900 an acre in 1993 when she sold the last ground. Nice fields, Mankato area.

 

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Sam Womer (PA)

Member

• Apr 20, 2023

• #11

1966 Stepside C10 $2089, 292 engine, 6 ply tires, deluxe heater control,positraction.SamWomer(PA)

 

Tom in TN

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Location

Southern Middle Tennessee

• Apr 20, 2023

• #12

Mr. Horse,

There was a chain of motels operating here in the US back in the 1960s - 1970s called Motel 6. Their daily fee was $6.66. It wasn't the Ritz, but it was clean and comfortable. There are still Motel 6s, but I imagine that their fee is considerably more than $6.66 today.

Tom in TN

 

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2x4

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• Apr 21, 2023

• #13

just stayed in one in Morehead KY. $55 & bedspread had cigarette burn holes thru them. Safe & clean tho.

 

Geo-TH,In

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• Apr 21, 2023

• #14

2008 gas prices in Terre Haute 3.99
Yesterday 3.49

 

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Chester5731

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• Apr 21, 2023

• #15

(quoted from post at 14:23:44 04/20/23) What did farmland sell for back then?

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In 1993 I bought my farm for $500/acre.

 

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KL in Wi

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• Apr 21, 2023

• #16

In 1972, I bought a 71 Ford F100 with just over 10,000 miles on it for $1995.00

 

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blueridge

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Location

Crawfordsville In

• Apr 21, 2023

• #17

In 1972 I bought a new Chevy Cheyenne Super off the showroom floor for 3300.00 it did not have AC or power windows. Gene

 

BarnyardEngineering

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Location

Rochester, NY

• Apr 21, 2023

• #18

(quoted from post at 17:10:58 04/20/23) In the fall of 1974 i order a 1975 Chevrolet Cheyenne pickup, almost $7.000 dollars, just sold it in 2022 for $2,500.The guy said afterwards he said he would of paid $3,000 for it!!! It still was a fair investment for me!

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$7000 in 1974 is worth over $40000 in 2023.

A Cheyenne was a pretty fancy truck for the time wasn't it? A base truck these days probably has the same level of options, but if you're going fancy-for-fancy, a fancy truck by today's standards will set you back upwards of $80000.

 

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grayrider

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• Apr 21, 2023

• #19

You paid too much then, haha. My Daddy bought a brand new 1966 Chevy step side pickup in Montgomery AL for $1500, our local dealer wanted $1600 and Dad told them that was too much and made the 2 hour drive to save a $100. He gave it to me when I turned 16 years old and I drove it all through my high school years and sold it in 1982 for $2000, wish I had kept it now.

 

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grayrider

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• Apr 21, 2023

• #20

I bought a 1977 Chevy Cheyenne SWB pickup new that was loaded with options, sticker price was $4300, paid just a tad over $3900. That truck was beautiful, had two tone buck skin paint scheme.