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Title: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 05 September 2014, 10:25:03
How much is it worth in 2014?
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 05 September 2014, 10:38:46
Yes like everything else funerals have gone up massively!  ::)  ;D

Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: aaronjb on 05 September 2014, 10:39:12
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html

If something cost £1427 then, adjusted for inflation it should be £10,454 now.

Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 05 September 2014, 10:39:24
I would guess at about £10k given that historically the value tends to double every ten years
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: 05omegav6 on 05 September 2014, 10:41:30
That's less than I was thinking... was aiming at a sixth of an S Class, which cost just shy of £8000 for a 6.9 when it was launched :-\
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Andy B on 05 September 2014, 12:29:01
How much is it worth in 2014?

Depends what you bought or wanted to buy with it. In 1970 my parents house was something like £2300 to buy and is now worth £150k ? But it would have probably just about bought some cars

This is from a local paper in 1968

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/Tiff4327/scan0003_zpsc737f175.jpg) (http://s84.photobucket.com/user/Tiff4327/media/scan0003_zpsc737f175.jpg.html)
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: chrisgixer on 05 September 2014, 13:49:47
If that was spent on property in South West London/Surrey it would now be worth £285,414 :)

I wonder did Dr get that sort of return on Opti towers?
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 05 September 2014, 14:28:14
An obliging uncle left me one seventh of his house in 1976.......£1427. I was sixteen at the time and not allowed to have the money until my 18th birthday.

Needless to say that I pissed my inheritance up the wall and was back to square one by the time I was nineteen. :-\ :-\....Ah well, we live and learn.

My sister who was twenty at the time used her share as a significant  deposit (25%) on her first house....which cost £5700.  :y

Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 05 September 2014, 14:31:02
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html

If something cost £1427 then, adjusted for inflation it should be £10,454 now.

Fooking hell. :o :o :o :o

I had a great time though. :y
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: aaronjb on 05 September 2014, 14:41:56
If you'd done what your sister did just think how much that house would be worth now…

Go on, depress yourself and look her old house up on Zoopla to find its current value ;)
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 05 September 2014, 15:01:11
If you'd done what your sister did just think how much that house would be worth now…

Go on, depress yourself and look her old house up on Zoopla to find its current value ;)

What can I say, Aaron. I was a callow youth who knew no better. :y In summary......I f**ked up.

Having said that, I had more pussy in those 12 short months than I've had since. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: redelitev6 on 05 September 2014, 17:58:39
How much is it worth in 2014?

Depends what you bought or wanted to buy with it. In 1970 my parents house was something like £2300 to buy and is now worth £150k ? But it would have probably just about bought some cars

This is from a local paper in 1968

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/Tiff4327/scan0003_zpsc737f175.jpg) (http://s84.photobucket.com/user/Tiff4327/media/scan0003_zpsc737f175.jpg.html)
Can I buy the jaguar and the zodiac please ?
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Andy B on 05 September 2014, 19:35:17
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 Can I buy the jaguar and the zodiac please ?

I'll get you their phone number  ;) ;)
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 05 September 2014, 19:57:45
Wire wheels, radio and overdrive would have all been 'optional extras' on the 1965 3.4 bank robber Jag. :)
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Andy B on 05 September 2014, 20:40:19
Wire wheels, radio and overdrive would have all been 'optional extras' on the 1965 3.4 bank robber Jag. :)

Wouldn't bank robbers use a 4.2?  :y :y
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 05 September 2014, 21:19:59
Wire wheels, radio and overdrive would have all been 'optional extras' on the 1965 3.4 bank robber Jag. :)

Wouldn't bank robbers use a 4.2?  :y :y

3.8 if a MK2. :y
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Andy B on 05 September 2014, 23:04:15
Wire wheels, radio and overdrive would have all been 'optional extras' on the 1965 3.4 bank robber Jag. :)

Wouldn't bank robbers use a 4.2?  :y :y

3.8 if a MK2. :y

I meant that ........  ::) ::)
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: dbug on 06 September 2014, 01:16:43
Yep MkII 3.8S, same as the one I had late 60s - didn't rob any banks though ::)
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 06 September 2014, 10:26:42
Yep MkII 3.8S, same as the one I had late 60s - didn't rob any banks though ::)

Four up and 'tooled up' the 3.8 MK2 could outrun most things in the sixties.

Good for 125 MPH. :y
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 06 September 2014, 10:33:05
Now we know why Lord Dr Opti is so wealthy! He's a bank robber!!  :y
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 06 September 2014, 10:33:33
No self-respecting villain would rob a bank without  a 3.8 litre Mk2 sitting outside. :y
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 06 September 2014, 10:35:47
Now we know why Lord Dr Opti is so wealthy! He's a bank robber!!  :y

'Destitute' is my middle name. :'( :'(
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: omega3000 on 06 September 2014, 11:01:40
Now we know why Lord Dr Opti is so wealthy! He's a bank robber!!  :y

'Destitute' is my middle name. :'( :'(

Your not as pi$$ poor as me me lud  ::) ;D
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 06 September 2014, 11:05:31
Now we know why Lord Dr Opti is so wealthy! He's a bank robber!!  :y

'Destitute' is my middle name. :'( :'(

Your not as pi$$ poor as me me lud  ::) ;D

Nor me, rural poverty is a terrible thing!  :'(
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 06 September 2014, 14:06:57
Now we know why Lord Dr Opti is so wealthy! He's a bank robber!!  :y

'Destitute' is my middle name. :'( :'(

Your not as pi$$ poor as me me lud  ::) ;D

You could buy and sell me a dozen times over, Mr Emd. If only people understood how impoverised I am. :)
Title: Re: £1427 in 1976.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 06 September 2014, 14:09:09
Now we know why Lord Dr Opti is so wealthy! He's a bank robber!!  :y

'Destitute' is my middle name. :'( :'(

Your not as pi$$ poor as me me lud  ::) ;D

Nor me, rural poverty is a terrible thing!  :'(

Er....30,000 acres of prime Dorset pasture land says otherwise. :y