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Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? #3216741 02/28/24 12:50 AM 02/28/24 12:50 AM
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Cheeto OP top fuel C Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,965 ID/MT	Just saw an ad for 4 brand new Cragars with caps for $207.49. Also had new G78-14s for $38 each plus FET. It was from a Western Auto catalog from Spring/Summer 1970. Great estate sale score! I'll try to post some pics. EDIT: I corrected the pics on my tablet, not sure why the forum flipped them. Last edited by Cheeto; 02/28/24 12:52 AM. Cheeto It's not perfect. It's not correct. It's not yours!

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: Cheeto] #3216742 02/28/24 12:57 AM 02/28/24 12:57 AM
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Cheeto OP top fuel C Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,965 ID/MT	Perhaps (like me) you were sporting a slightly different "ride" in the early '70s? Not to worry, Western Auto had you covered... Cheeto It's not perfect. It's not correct. It's not yours!

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: Cheeto] #3216743 02/28/24 01:00 AM 02/28/24 01:00 AM
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Cheeto OP top fuel C Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,965 ID/MT	I have several of the Mighty Tonka dump trucks. I also currently have 2 different versions of the car carrier...neither has the Mustang or Ranchero and I paid significantly more than $8. Last edited by Cheeto; 02/28/24 01:54 PM. Cheeto It's not perfect. It's not correct. It's not yours!

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: Cheeto] #3216771 02/28/24 10:33 AM 02/28/24 10:33 AM
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dart4forte I Live Here D Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 16,145 Mesa, Arizona	Western Auto and Grand Auto. Had lots of good deals at the time. Let’s not forget JC Pennys. “So if it’s on the internet it must be true” Abe Lincoln

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: dart4forte] #3216775 02/28/24 10:51 AM 02/28/24 10:51 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 21,427 It's a dry heat gtx6970 Too Many Posts
gtx6970 Too Many Posts Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 21,427 It's a dry heat	You cant buy ONE crager wheel for that money today.

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: gtx6970] #3216779 02/28/24 11:14 AM 02/28/24 11:14 AM
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poorboy I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,555 Freeport IL USA	Western Auto was a great store for a kid back then, lots of cool stuff to look at. I worked in a JC Penny Auto Center around 1980 or so (time flies when your having fun, dates are hard to pin down in the old memory). I worked there a couple of years before they closed down all the Auto Centers. Our Auto Center was one of the last ones open, ours was still actually making money.

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: gtx6970] #3216780 02/28/24 11:15 AM 02/28/24 11:15 AM
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BSharp master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,877 Virginia	According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator, $200 in 1970 is over $1600 in today’s money.

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: BSharp] #3216788 02/28/24 11:52 AM 02/28/24 11:52 AM
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Rhinodart Rhinotruck Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,540 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy	I got my small bolt Cragar's and air shocks at JC Penney in 1979, can't remember what I paid... The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it. JB Rhinehart, Realist A-Body's RULE!

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: BSharp] #3216800 02/28/24 12:30 PM 02/28/24 12:30 PM
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not_a_charger Mr. Big Shot Moparts Moderator Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 19,895 Puttin' on the foil in Charles...	Originally Posted by BSharp According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator, $200 in 1970 is over $1600 in today’s money. Don't go ruining the argument for everyone who wants to reminisce about how "low"prices used to be while ignoring that they also made $2.35 an hour during that same time frame. Earning every penny of that moderator paycheck. DBAP

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: not_a_charger] #3216807 02/28/24 01:07 PM 02/28/24 01:07 PM
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W.I.N. Racing top fuel Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,109 Byron, NY	Originally Posted by not_a_charger Originally Posted by BSharp According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator, $200 in 1970 is over $1600 in today’s money. Don't go ruining the argument for everyone who wants to reminisce about how "low"prices used to be while ignoring that they also made $2.35 an hour during that same time frame. Just looked it up a 15X7 Cragar SS is $257.00 ea...Thanks China! '01 P1500, Blown/Inj BAE,/Veney ,Bruno/CS2,Dana 60 '01 Dodge 3500 S Cummins Auto, Fresh air kit, 4" Exhaust, '05 Dodge Magnum R/T - Too Much to list '60 Willys CJ5 '01 International LPX - Project,DT466, Allison '64 Plymouth Valiant, Inj 528 Hemi, 2spd

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: W.I.N. Racing] #3216809 02/28/24 01:23 PM 02/28/24 01:23 PM
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not_a_charger Mr. Big Shot Moparts Moderator Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 19,895 Puttin' on the foil in Charles...	I'm glad someone still makes them. Earning every penny of that moderator paycheck. DBAP

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: poorboy] #3216815 02/28/24 01:38 PM 02/28/24 01:38 PM
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Cheeto OP top fuel C Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,965 ID/MT	Originally Posted by poorboy Western Auto was a great store for a kid back then, lots of cool stuff to look at. .. Air conditioners to auto parts Farm equipment to freezers. Paint to pool tables. .Ranges to rifles, Well pumps to wrist watches...this catalog has it all. If anybody wants info/pics of something specific just let me know. I have Fall/Winter 1969/1970 and Spring/Summer 1970. Also have a 1965 supplemental catalog. Cheeto It's not perfect. It's not correct. It's not yours!

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? [Re: Cheeto] #3216818 02/28/24 01:41 PM 02/28/24 01:41 PM
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Cheeto OP top fuel C Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,965 ID/MT	Scored this also. Appears to be a return due to a short. Also, if anybody happens to have some small "Wizard" branded automobilia I may be interested. Cheeto It's not perfect. It's not correct. It's not yours!

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