Larry wrote in news:Xns9B33C4E0A4A3Bnoonehomecom@
74.209.131.10:

put in his new 1938 LUXURY La Salle which cost him $1,295, not $125,000!


This is an interesting study in prices:

Start here in 1927 during the boom:
http://www.car-nection.com/yann/dbas_txt/Las1927.htm
Price range : $2495-2685

Then, click on each year from 1927 to 1940 and watch the cars get bigger
and bigger and more sophisticated and luxurious and just plain HUGE! while
the prices drop like a rock during the revaluation of the currency to:
http://www.car-nection.com/yann/dbas_txt/Las1940.htm
Price range : $1240-$1895
Which my little $1 Chinese calculator says is HALF PRICE!!

Is it any wonder the Japanese were "encourage" by the corporations to
attack Pearl Harbor to drag us into BANKER-LOVING WAR?!

1940 La Salle Series 40-50 and 40-52 (L-Head 90° V-8)
Bore : 3 3/8"
Stroke : 4 ½"
Displacement : 322 cu.in.
Compression ratio : 6.25:1
Brake HP : 130 BHP @ 3400 rpm [larger Carter 2-bbl carburettor]
Wheel bases : 123" and 159" (commercial chassis)
Total units built : 10,380 (Series 50), 13,750 (Series 52)
Grand total: 24,130 (Ackerson total: 24,133)
Price range : $1240-$1895

What a beautiful car.....(c;
ALL THAT CHROME!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/355574/DJIA100
A most interesting chart of American History....
Right click and zoom in to see it better.