Inflation!!!

[lscottb88]

I found an old receipt from a Porsche dealer for transmission and clutch work. Can you say inflation.... I knew you could.
Here goes.The bill is from 1973. The current prices are from Pelican. Dealer is Anderson Behel in Santa Clara,Ca.
Shop labor $20/hr
Transmission bearings
999 052 016 00 then $11. Now $244.50
999 053 025 00 then $37.90 now. $285
Now the clutch...
Pressure plate then $35 now (Sachs) $233
Por (OEM) $384
T.O. Bearing then $13.10. now (Sachs) $168.75 Por(oem)$263
And finally (the "sleeve")
901 302 226 01 then $66. now $760
Now that is INFLATION!!

[Chuck Miller]

I think I posted this before.... but:

I have a mouse eaten Nicolaus von Rosenberg Porsche parts and accessory catalog form 1971...
BTW - In '71 I was into Alfa's not Porsches …

Yeah, that's $150 ...….



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[NorthernThrux]

Inflation according to the US Fed CPI inflation calculator accounts for a 6x increase. Just remember the 911S cost something like US$10,500 in 1973 and something like a Carrera S bare bones costs 113k now. So Porsche car and parts prices are about twice as high as inflation would suggest (a Mustang is about the same price as original in adjusted dollars).

Also worth noting that the average income of a Porsche 911 purchaser was about 30 grand a year in 1983 and is now north of 300 grand now, so also about a 10 fold increase. Basically, you are unlikely to spend more than 1/3 of your income on a car. While someone in the army or a professor could buy a new 911 back in the day, its now out of reach for people in those careers.

The Porsche 911 has moved up market. The Ford Mustang has not. Parts have followed similarly.