Very old car add (1980) - how much has changed

[Tracy]

Hi,

I am amazed how things have changed. I came across this old add whilst cleaning up my mother's house and seeing this brought back memories of the times. Published in the Sunday telegraph in 1980, at that time I was doing an apprenticeship as mechanic at a ford dealership.

I remember these coups were not very desirable at the time due to them being rather impractical and thirsty. In the add you can see the relative values of the other cars. This was a well optioned model with 302 and sunroof.

Since you would be lucky to get a coup for under a 100k now. I think it shows how generally affluent our present society is to enable such values for these cars. I also remember at the time you could buy a GTHO phase 3 for 12K.

I am not saying they are not worth it, as the market has decided that and obviously, they are now in the domain of collectors and investors.

Anyway, thought that this would be of interest and promote discussion on the topic.

Trace