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1970s ROAD TAX ?

  • 05-01-2010 10:09pm
    #1
    124 man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 77 ✭✭


    sURLEY SOMEONE KNOWS HOW MUCH IT COST TO TAX A 1.6 CAR IN THE 70s ? :)


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  • #2
    1948Wolseley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 270 ✭✭1948Wolseley


    I wasn't born then!


  • #3
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    Well,an 1100 in 1977 was
    12mth £81
    6 mth £44.50
    3mth £22.50


    And in 1986 a 1600 cost
    12 mth £169
    6mth £93.00
    3mth £46.50

    And a 1litre in 1986 was
    12mths £68
    6mths £37
    3mths £18.50

    Thats the best i can come up with.


  • #4
    Whosbetter?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭Whosbetter?


    carchaeologist wrote: »
    Well,an 1100 in 1977 was
    12mth £81
    6 mth £44.50
    3mth £22.50


    Jaysus! £81 was a lotta scrill to stump up for, to tax a tiny car back then.

    Putting that into context.

    I started my working life in 1987 & I was on £80 a week.


  • #5
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Whosbetter? wrote: »
    Jaysus! £81 was a lotta scrill to stump up for, to tax a tiny car back then.

    Putting that into context.

    I started my working life in 1987 & I was on £80 a week.
    I started in about 1995 on about £100 a week (damned accountants)!

    Earning a year's car tax a week isn't too shabby these days either!


  • #6
    hi5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭hi5


    Also. motor tax was abolished from around 1977 to 1981.Not sure of the exact dates.


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  • #7
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    hi5 wrote: »
    Also. motor tax was abolished from around 1977 to 1981.Not sure of the exact dates.
    Id like some of that now too please!:D


  • #8
    Whosbetter?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭Whosbetter?


    hi5 wrote: »
    Also. motor tax was abolished from around 1977 to 1981.Not sure of the exact dates.

    Yeah, it was. It was part off FF's 'giveaway our econemy' manifesto for the '77 election. It didn't include cars over 2ltr, however though...

    FF. They always had our best interests at heart....bless...:rolleyes:

    FF; The party of the Gombeen. When will the Irish people ever learn?


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