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Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!?

Posted By: Cheeto

Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 04:50 AM

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.

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Posted By: Cheeto

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 04:57 AM

Perhaps (like me) you were sporting a slightly different "ride" in the early '70s? Not to worry, Western Auto had you covered...

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Posted By: Cheeto

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 05:00 AM

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. whiney
Posted By: dart4forte

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 02:33 PM

Western Auto and Grand Auto. Had lots of good deals at the time. Let’s not forget JC Pennys.
Posted By: gtx6970

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 02:51 PM

You cant buy ONE crager wheel for that money today.
Posted By: poorboy

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 03:14 PM

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.
Posted By: BSharp

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 03:15 PM

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator, $200 in 1970 is over $1600 in today’s money.
Posted By: Rhinodart

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 03:52 PM

I got my small bolt Cragar's and air shocks at JC Penney in 1979, can't remember what I paid...
Posted By: not_a_charger

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 04:30 PM

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.
Posted By: W.I.N. Racing

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 05:07 PM

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!
Posted By: not_a_charger

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 05:23 PM

I'm glad someone still makes them. shruggy
Posted By: Cheeto

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 05:38 PM

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.
Posted By: Cheeto

Re: Brand new Cragar S/S mags. 4 w/caps for $207 !?!? - 02/28/24 05:41 PM

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.

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