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For those into nostalgia !

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 7:56 pm
by javalin390
Pretty excited ! Just got my package from boatbrocures.com . They still have original Marinette sales brochures, but supplies are dwindling. The brochures for the 41' Maquis are sold out but it looks like they still have others left. The package included an original, single page price & option list for the 1981 37' and another three page price & option list for the entire 1984 line-up !! Here is just one example...base price for the all time favorite, best selling 32' sedan, with twin Chrysler small blocks Starts at $56,130 :o and that's before any options !! The 39' Double cabin, that year, base price comes in at just under 100,000 grand !! ($98,990). That may not seem like a lot by today's standards, but I can tell you from my life experience, while starting my mechanics career at the local Chevrolet/Oldsmobile Dealership, in 1984, a new Cutlass Supreme, loaded with all the bells and whistles, listed for around $12,000 and a bare bones, no option Chevy S-10 ran around 3,500 bucks ! My how time flies...

https://boatbrochure.com/collections/ma ... e-brochure

Re: For those into nostalgia !

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:48 pm
by jralbert
Applying the rate of inflation to that $56-thousand boat, in today's dollar it would price at $142,088.31. Extras are extra. Sign right here, please

Re: For those into nostalgia !

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:03 am
by Fastjeff
If you thought the inflation rate was high before, just you wait!

Jeff

Re: For those into nostalgia !

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2021 3:35 pm
by jralbert
I didn't say it was high. But 84 to now is a loooong time. Inflation comes and inflation goes.

Re: For those into nostalgia !

Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:10 pm
by Fastjeff
Look for it to go sky high, and soon. The Fed can't keep printing money.

Jeff

Re: For those into nostalgia !

Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 3:16 pm
by Rockit
Thanks for the nostalgia.

A list price of $150k in 2021 for a new 32 sedan would be a bargain. A new similar sized Regal is double that and a Tiara triple.

I remember those brochures from the 1970s--they changed the layout of the 32 sedan in the late 70s, but the pictures of the other boats were the same for about a decade. My uncle purchased a 1970 28 express in '72 and a new 32' sedan in 1979. He had the 32 for over twenty years and it held up well. Those boats were worth every penny.

Re: For those into nostalgia !

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:06 am
by Busia
Fastjeff wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:10 pm Look for it to go sky high, and soon. The Fed can't keep printing money.

Jeff
I hope you realize the Fed doesn't just "print" money. With no backing. They print money paid for with federal bonds. As long as they can find a buyer to loan them money, they can do that. Paying it back later is another problem.

Re: For those into nostalgia !

Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:59 am
by Fastjeff
Printing money is just a figure of speech, and I to think of whom we'll be begging for additional loans. (Think China!)

Jeff

Re: For those into nostalgia !

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 7:49 am
by bill
BigM
HELLO,
Has everyone gone into hibernation? :lol:
bill

Re: For those into nostalgia !

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:22 am
by bcassedy
At 2° here in Cincy, hibernation doesn't sound like a horrible idea...
Last Wednesday it was 60° and I spent the day down at SS2 attending to items on the surveyors "must do" list. Whittling it down. Big 'gulp' is finding the Sea-Fire E-350 engine room extinguisher (last attended to in the late 80's <when placed in boat!>) can't be re-certified (per manufacturer). Replacing with Fireboy automatic/manual 400 cu ft unit. VERY HARD to shell out best price of 900.00 Inc shipping & hazardous mat'l surcharge. 🙄

Bill