1954 Jaguar receipt

[GBH]

I thought some of you might find this of interest.
I found it in a book about Sheffield.
I wonder what happened to the car, maybe simpleR might know

 

[Anonymous]

To be authentic to the era, here is what I found.

 

[F-typo]

Hope it survives somewhere... an online calculator I found reckons that £1700 in 1954 would be the equivalent of around £58k in today's cash, so still an extravagant purchase when the average wage was £9 9s per week and the average house price was £1800!

 

[ianp]

To be fair to the calculation, F-typo, the wages and house price should also reflect today's values which may show the car to be exceedingly good value. Someone like to calculate?

 

[Lunar]

If only 36 litres of petrol was still that price!

 

[cj10jeeper]

The killer for me is Purchase Tax at over 40%. That would sting.

Clearly a very extravagant purchase for the area. My parents purchased a large Victorian 3 bed detached house in Derby for £450 in May of the same year...