Hello All,
I just wanted to share a recent find with
all of you. I was on ebay a week ago and bid on a Mopar Parts price list book.
It shows the Factory Retail Prices at the factory and the net prices of all the
parts for 1960, 1959 and below. It may even go into the early 50's. No one else
bid on it so now I have it. It is really neat to look through the book and see
what things cost then. For example part no.s 1943542 and 1943543. These are the
part no.s for '59 Plymouth front bumper wing guards. The factory price for those
are $16.50 ea. and the net price is $10.73 ea. Man, what we all wouldn't do to
go back in time and get parts for that price! How about an automatic headlamp
dimmer package or a mirror-matic? Well, the headlamp dimmer is $49.70 at the
factory and the net price is $38.60, the mirror-matic is $23.25 at the factory
and has a $16.28 net price. I could go on and on with this stuff but I just
thought I'd share a few things with all of you. Now, I don't want to get
bombarded with e-mails but it would be fun to see what this book has. Maybe if
we can get a list of "curiosities" that everyone always wondered what the price
was for a part; maybe we could post it somewhere for everyone to see. Just
a thought. Well that's all for now folks.
Take Care,
Frank
P.S. I'm sure there's alot of folks out there who
wonder what the price was for '58 Bumper wings. If someone can give me the part
numbers for front and rear, I'll post them tonight.
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