MOST CARS
MERELY FADE AWAY THIS ONE DIDN’T When a car is sold few owners ever hear of it again, although they may sometimes recognise it on the road. It is very difficult to trace its progress, particularly when it changes hands many times. Here is the life history of a popular make of five-seater tourer, purchased new in 1913 for £365. 1914 Sold in April for £2SS. 1915 Resold in June at £205, the owner having enlisted. 1917 —Very little motoring done on account of war, and seller considered he was lucky when he got £l5O for it. HAD A BARGAIN 1918 December. Purchased for £182; the new owner reckoned he had a bargain. 1919 —The last purchaser was right. After spending £4B in having the car done up, it sold for £312. 1921—Values slumped rapidly, but as a trade-in, £IOO was allowed It was probably resold for much less, but there is no record. 1923—Another trade-in, saw the 1013 car allowed for at £45. 1925—501 dby auction, it fetched £2O. There is no further record, and the probability is that the car was broken up after covering 95,000 miles.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 58, 31 May 1927, Page 11
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191MOST CARS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 58, 31 May 1927, Page 11
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