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Old 02-16-2024 | 12:34 PM
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Old 02-16-2024 | 02:54 PM
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Prices were reasonable then..... i spent $95k for a less than 100hr 38 top gun with 420's and TRS from a Cape Cod boat dealer .......
the 80's were great
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Old 02-16-2024 | 03:25 PM
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I was kinda surprised that the 90 gun was 350K.......
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Old 02-16-2024 | 03:41 PM
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StarChaser eventually ended up at our place. Funny I was just talking about that resto with a few other members
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Old 02-16-2024 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by F-2 Speedy
I was kinda surprised that the 90 gun was 350K.......
wow - that was a lot of bananas back then!! (It’s a lot now as well)
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Old 02-16-2024 | 07:00 PM
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Id bet those all aluminum Donovan's built by Hawk where 150K..........cool video

https://donovanengines.com/donovan-history/
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Old 02-19-2024 | 08:02 AM
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Lots of money to Blow
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Old 02-22-2024 | 07:40 AM
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Old 02-22-2024 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by seafordguy
wow - that was a lot of bananas back then!! (It’s a lot now as well)
when adjusted for inflation, it’s 890k in 2024.
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$135,000 in 1989 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $335,776.57 today, an increase of $200,776.57 over 35 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.64% per year between 1989 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 148.72%.

This means that today's prices are 2.49 times as high as average prices since 1989, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 40.205% of what it could buy back then.
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