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FYI, an interesting free WEB site is available to calculate the effect of inflation. It is: Westegg.com/inflation.
If you input a car that cost $3000, for example, in 1960, you will find that inflation would require you to put out about $18,000 today (2002) for the same car. Put another way, if you bought the car in 1960 for $3000 and held it until 2002, and if it is worth $18,000 in 2002, you are dead even (except for opportunity cost). Anything less than $18,000 and you have lost money. Anything more and you've made a very little something. I dare say alot of old cars have not kept up with inflation.
Play around with some of your examples and see what you come up with.
JP
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