Sparky-(Admin) 21,586 #2 Posted December 7, 2019 Very cool! I love old advertisements. Wish it showed a few prices 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,210 #3 Posted December 7, 2019 I grew up in Lansing. I vividly remember shoveling after the big '67 snow storm. That one canceled school for a week, if I remember correctly. I'll bet that Whalen's sales were still pretty strong in 1969. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 26,235 #4 Posted December 8, 2019 Very cool! Thanks for posting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retired Wrencher 5,543 #5 Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) 18 hours ago, Sparky said: Very cool! I love old advertisements. Wish it showed a few prices I am with you on that Mike. And thanks edgro for the post. Edited December 8, 2019 by Retierd Wrencher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edgro 677 #6 Posted December 8, 2019 I went thru the Lansing State Journal Wheel Horse adds, I'll post some with prices. Whalen's did a lot of advertising 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edgro 677 #7 Posted December 8, 2019 December 1968 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger 66 3,488 #8 Posted December 8, 2019 10 minutes ago, edgro said: December 1968 WOW ! 7 hundo was a boatload of dough then . I guess they really DO hold their value ! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edgro 677 #9 Posted December 8, 2019 1975 here's a good deal $500 off a C160 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edgro 677 #10 Posted December 8, 2019 1982 Sale prices 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edgro 677 #11 Posted December 8, 2019 1983 get a free lawn vac at the tent sale 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edgro 677 #13 Posted December 8, 2019 1968 Wheel Horse Lifers Bonus Promotion At Horrocks. If you are ever in Lansing, be sure to stop there. Especially if you like to drink beer and shop at the same time. Awesome place, no tractors sold now though. https://www.shophorrocks.com/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,263 #14 Posted December 8, 2019 36 minutes ago, edgro said: 1983 get a free lawn vac at the tent sale Check out the price difference between 36” and 42” decks with the 16 hp! $1300? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 26,235 #15 Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) Check out Le Car!!! How many of them are still on the road like the same year Wheel Horses...?!?!?! And just noticed my 1982 C105 was $2199 on sale! Edited December 9, 2019 by SylvanLakeWH 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 9,151 #16 Posted December 9, 2019 Answer: none!😂😂 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 18,035 #17 Posted December 9, 2019 31 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Check out Le Car!!! How many of them are still on the road like the same year Wheel Horses...?!?!?! Didn't D-250 use a Renault engine??? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,263 #18 Posted December 9, 2019 15 hours ago, pfrederi said: Didn't D-250 use a Renault engine??? By the sounds of it... not too many of those around in good shape either... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tractorhead 9,065 #19 Posted December 9, 2019 17 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: Check out Le Car!!! How many of them are still on the road like the same year Wheel Horses...?!?!?! And just noticed my 1982 C105 was $2199 on sale! To answer your question, i guess maybe 1 or 2 as Flowerpot 😂 Renaults has the reputation, they rotten faster than they drive.. 😎 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,554 #20 Posted December 9, 2019 18 hours ago, pullstart said: Check out the price difference between 36” and 42” decks with the 16 hp! $1300? Really something aint right! Almost 2500 for my C-125 back then and what did we pay Kev...300??? new battery & it still runs & cuts great! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 63,263 #21 Posted December 9, 2019 19 minutes ago, WHX24 said: Really something aint right! Almost 2500 for my C-125 back then and what did we pay Kev...300??? new battery & it still runs & cuts great! Yeah, put a load on her and she don’t slow that’s for sure! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lane Ranger 11,048 #22 Posted December 9, 2019 April 13, 1974 Wheel Horse advertisement in the Milwaukee Journal. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N875ED 98 #23 Posted December 10, 2019 I checked the U.S. Treasury's Consumer Price Index on the web and it says the cost of living is now a little over 6 times what it was in 1974; so according to that arithmetic, the $1,480 mowing package shown above would cost about $8,900 in today's dollars. Hard to believe. You can see why Wheel Horse went out of business...very few people would pay that much for one of these hi-end, quality tractors today. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 56,308 #24 Posted December 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, N875ED said: ew people would pay that much for one of these hi-end, quality tractors today Sad but true! People don't want to invest in a quality piece of equipment that will stand the test of time. Over the period of four decades they will throw away over a grand each on foreign made big box junk riding mowers ten or more times while we continue to enjoy our . Guess we just aren't doing our part to support the Chinese Economy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 49,554 #25 Posted December 10, 2019 So true felllas... me thinks it's our duty to combat our throwaway society and get youngins involved. I fear that might be like trying to get folks to get involved in a local VFW. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
