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Charger prices & Jet crashes in 1978...

Started by Big Lebowski, May 09, 2007, 05:26:48 PM

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Big Lebowski

May 09, 2007, 05:26:48 PM
  It was a bad day in San Diego, Calif. Sept. 26th 1978, I'm 13 and a Jet crashed a mile from my house. We all saw the fireball & smoke, anyway I kept the whole newspaper for the day.
      So here's a few pics of the headlines & the Dodge's for sale in the classifieds...A '70 Charger R/T nice car $1295.00
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Big Lebowski

#1
May 09, 2007, 05:32:07 PM
  Here's the classifieds section for Dodge...'70 Charger $1295...'69 Coronet $475...'70 Challenger $1300...'68 Charger $1195 Wow!!!
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

Charger_Fan

#2
May 09, 2007, 06:37:17 PM
Some days it's almost unimaginable that these cars were ever that cheap. Pretty cool.

On a side note...Man, look at that nice clear shot of the plane going down! :o 


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Rack

#3
May 09, 2007, 06:58:43 PM
$1295? Hell that's cheap for a parts car nowadays.  :icon_smile_big:

GreenMachine

#4
May 09, 2007, 07:00:53 PM
Wow, you could buy a 70 Charger R/T, 70 Challenger, and a 69 Coronet all for less that a 78 Omni or Pinto.
If it ain't broke, fix it 'till it is.

hutch

#5
May 09, 2007, 07:42:31 PM
unions, government emissions standards, government MPG standards, government safty standards, R&D for all the government standards, and now you cant get a good car for under 35K.   Crazy
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mustanghater

#6
May 09, 2007, 08:02:08 PM
dang
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#7
May 09, 2007, 08:25:26 PM
70 swinger 340 4 spd... $1000!!!!!  :'(
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#8
May 09, 2007, 08:30:50 PM
Hmmm...the 70 Charger R/T (1978 @ $1295) inflation adjusted = $4176 in '06 dollars!  Same car in prolly the same condition today - add another $20k.

Ricardo

#9
May 09, 2007, 10:42:24 PM
You should try to call those phone numbers to find out if some of those car are still available.

Big Lebowski

#10
May 10, 2007, 12:44:11 AM
Quote from: Ricardo on May 09, 2007, 10:42:24 PM
You should try to call those phone numbers to find out if some of those car are still available.

   :haha: You should see the housing prices...$66,000 to $140,000 Wow. Now everything's $500,000 to 5 million
"Let me explain something to you, um i am not Mr. Lebowski, you're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude, so that's what you call me. That or his dudeness, or duder, or you know, el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing."

az69rtcharger

#11
May 10, 2007, 01:19:34 AM
I paid $700 for my 69 Charger R/T in 1978, that I still have today! Its been a great investment, but I'll never sell it (Unless I can get $10 Million for it LOL)

Shakey

#12
May 10, 2007, 08:45:36 AM
What was the minimum wage in 1978?

What is it today?

What did a loaf of bread cost in 1978?

What does it cost today?

Needa68

#13
May 10, 2007, 09:30:34 AM
Also says: 1968 Coronet - $599  or 39 / mo.   Sheesh...
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#14
May 10, 2007, 09:34:45 AM
Hey Big, I was at P.E. class and saw the whole thing. I felt the ground rumble and the black smoke rising up. It still in my mind after all these years.

My thoughts were something like "I bet that crash wont even be on the news tonight." and proceeded ditching my P.E. class because the teacher was a dork.

Model student. 8)

I got my first Charger 5 years later and it cost me $500. Rebuilt engine, slotted mags, well you've seen it in my signature.
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dpm68

#15
May 10, 2007, 09:35:34 AM
As far as the plane goes - bad day for those aboard. Gravity wins again.

Ponch ®

#16
May 10, 2007, 11:58:05 AM
Quote from: dpm68 on May 10, 2007, 09:35:34 AM
As far as the plane goes - bad day for those aboard. Gravity wins again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_Flight_182

damn...reminds me of the Cerritos crash when I was a little kid...
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CharlieCharger

#17
May 10, 2007, 01:48:04 PM
In that top picture it looks like the ailerons on that plane are to there full travel to the left..looks like he was trying to roll it out all the way to the ground, could you imagine? :-\
Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong -Solaris

Ponch ®

#18
May 10, 2007, 02:50:10 PM
Quote from: CharlieCharger on May 10, 2007, 01:48:04 PM
In that top picture it looks like the ailerons on that plane are to there full travel to the left..looks like he was trying to roll it out all the way to the ground, could you imagine? :-\

depressing stuff...

09:01:31    First Officer    Gear down
09:01:34    Clicks and sound similar to gear extension
09:01:38    First officer    There's one underneath - I was looking at that inbound there!
09:01:42    Sound similar to nose gear door closing
09:01:45    Captain    Whoop! (involuntary groan as co-pilot pulled up the nose rapidly in a last ditch effort to avoid impact)
09:01:46    First officer    Aaargh!
09:01:47    Sound of impact
09:01:47    Off-duty Captain    Oh (expletive)!

The Cessna was struck by the right wing of the Boeing, sending both aircraft crashing into the neighborhood below. The Boeing took less than 20 seconds to fall 2600 feet (790 meters) to the ground, during which this final conversation took place inside the cockpit of the out of control jet:

Time    Source (and destination)    Content
09:01:49    Captain    Easy baby, easy baby.
09:01:50    Unknown    Yeah
09:01:51    Sound of electrical system reactivation tone on voice recorder, system off less than one second
09:01:51    Captain    What have we got here?
09:01:52    First officer    It's bad.
09:01:52    Captain    Huh?
09:01:53    First officer    We're hit, man! We are hit!
09:01:55    Captain (to tower, in a calm voice)    Tower, we're going down. This is PSA.
09:01:57    Tower    OK, we'll get out the (emergency) equipment for you.
09:01:58    Unknown    Whoo!
09:01:58    Sound of stall warning
09:01:59    Captain (to tower)    This is it, baby!
09:01:59    Unknown    Bob
09:02:00    First Officer    (conversation deleted by NTSB as not germane)
09:02:01    Unknown    (conversation deleted by NTSB)
09:02:03    Captain (on intercom, to passengers)    Brace yourself.
09:02:04    Unknown    Hey, baby.
09:02:04    Unknown    Ma, I love you.
09:02:04.5    Electrical power to recorder stops
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73dodge

#19
May 10, 2007, 07:23:59 PM

09:01:11    First officer    Are we clear of that Cessna?
09:01:13    Flight Engineer    Suppose to be.
09:01:14    Captain    I guess.
09:01:20    Off-duty captain (laughing)    I hope!
09:01:21    Captain    Oh yeah, before we turned downwind I saw him at about one 'o'clock. Probably behind us now.

That's why they implemented strict cockpit discipline now, no joking around and stuff all business now in the front...
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#20
May 11, 2007, 12:10:11 AM
Quote from: CHARGER_FAN on May 09, 2007, 06:37:17 PM
Some days it's almost unimaginable that these cars were ever that cheap. Pretty cool.

On a side note...Man, look at that nice clear shot of the plane going down! :o 



Hahahaha!  You kill me bro! :D :icon_smile_wink:




But your right, that is a great photo. :D
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#21
May 12, 2007, 04:44:00 PM
Weird...I was in Balboa Park last week and thought of that.  (Very low approach on the way into Lindbergh Field)
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#22
May 12, 2007, 04:56:21 PM
HELLO!

"I saw the whole thing for real in 78, B4 the plane hit the ground." I saw it on fire, I saw it role over and I felt it hit the ground.


I felt the ground rumble and the black smoke rising up. It still in my mind after all these years.
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