SECOND-HAND CAR "BOOM'
£4000 FOR ONE NEARLY FIVE , j YEARS OLD. .i ' •■ ■' ■ „_. ■'■ ','■■•. Five yaaiPs agv» the , sieciond-ihaiiyi imoibcr car' buisiiiess -wass iinfra, dig >n the ciak-panelled and gilt-minwed eistablishimeiuits in Lomidon., where oiily braaid new ciarsweii'e sold., T!o-d!ay it i,g a\ "taniamaa," in faur-figuired items. The imimiacfulaitie youmig 1 mieini, wliioi ma-y hiaive hoiped for tihe time w'h'ein., as in New York: to-day, "'the only peicipite witihoiuiti eara, are ;those who are boip■piiin^ ciu-t <d tihe ;.wiay' J ; brnt in tiheiir wiildeist drfeiamis none ever .thoutghit ,of selling <h foui" yeiai-s and tern moihths' old chasaig for X^OCO crash, w-Uli-fu piciking im a iuqw lnotdy at £600. ■ A mepitial caloukibrom of a tramw aabioo aft a Lomdom garage (says fih.,* Daily Mail) siirnvs tiha.t a seaoiud-band I Rols-Royce, built in 191-1, was sold > at slightly over £1 a lb. Sitioe Doeemibefr liast/tilie -price- of .siiiniiL'i.l*'" ciop'tf bias heieini going* up ait the ratlei '•f £100 a rmotaith.
On ruling |pr»ioeis it is estiimiaited tihatt the first new aifter-war ciha.ssis to be delivered, .th&' Rolls-Roiyce womkig, Lis-tal a* isionneitihing! liike £1450, hia® a mla,rkeit value of aboiuit £5000. Ta 'M® mfl.y bo added' a. closed boidy ati 90 p©r cienit oiveir p>r&wiaa J ooeife, oa" am' oipeiii touring 1 .body a.t 110 nser oenit! tup.
Amocolgtsltl 'Othei^ rfeceiuit. "deals" is •tifoef.pirivalte/Eiaile, by am aiirmiami of a, Ford 'can 1. Ira '.1914 he pwrcihaised the miacihiiine, them ai .yeair old, fonr 1 £80y amid' aifltef spending 1 £60 c"'ri ar -little caamotuflagle, dfove it fo.r 20,000' miiles km wiair service. He sold it llaist week foir £320.
In; ipir'ei-war dnyai <me> cioiuld walk iinto a; Wesit. Eiid KlaJeronon; with ,£BfXV amid drive .artvay wiith a. choice fro.m Lialf-ai-dozemi fir'sitrolai^ miaikesi Of mod-en-atei-FpOTTOred iteiuirttni<? cars. M •vfioiuld require moitihi'ng 1 shorrtl of £1200 to' £•1500 and ciomteiderable sentr'cih to buy onus -ocf' thioisei miacihiinies toi-dfiy-
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13934, 12 July 1919, Page 3
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312SECOND-HAND CAR "BOOM' Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13934, 12 July 1919, Page 3
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