Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]there's an inflation calculator at http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/bu2/inflateGDP.html according to this, the $288 in 1954 is $1,586.42 in 2001 dollars. but if you must measure by chevies, the 1954 chevy corvette convertible was $3,498 and the 2002 chevy corvette convertible is $47,530. if the leica were to remain at 8.233% of the price of the vette, it would now cost $3,913.14. - -rei > From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> > > In 1954, a new Chevy, if you could have found one, would have been around > $1,000. A Leica M3 body had a list price of $288 -- and that list price > was far more rigidly policed then than now. So, a Leica body cost you > around 30% the price of a new car. The Leica has fallen substantially in > relative cost, unless there are some $7,500 new cars around I've missed > hearing about. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html