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How times have changed

sogood · 2014-07-14 19:32:01

I recently acquired an old MG as a project, but more about that later. The interesting thing is the fact that the car came with a large bundle of paperwork, a lot of it consisting of sevice/repairs receipts etc. One that caught my eye dated February 1983 was a receipt from "Malick Cars" Automobile Restoration Engineers. It…

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sogood

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I recently acquired an old MG as a project, but more about that later. The interesting thing is the fact that the car came with a large bundle of paperwork, a lot of it consisting of sevice/repairs receipts etc.

One that caught my eye dated February 1983 was a receipt from
"Malick Cars" Automobile Restoration Engineers. It read;

Breakdown callout, rectify fitting of new points, replace burnt out condenser and baseplate screw and adjust distributor settings.

Callout £5.00
Parts £0.90
Labour £10.50

Total £16.40

Fitting of new disc pads

Parts £9.80
Labour £10.50

I know everything was cheaper back in 1983, but still...........

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#2 14-07-2014 8:49pm
jca

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Still profiteering on the labour cost..... No change there. Small wonder I did it all myself.

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