("Flyingmonk" wrote)
UAW baby! $12.50/hr after a probation period. I was making $8.50/hr temp
wages.

Was this what you were making in '78 Montblack? Wow that's good money
back then I bet.


I was at $8 temp. I didn't stay long enough for the $12.50 - $14.00.
With OT it was a full-time $25-$32K job in '78.

Nice houses sold for $50K-$75K in 1978.
College at a very nice private school was $4,800. $5,050 in '79. St Olaf.
1976 new VW Karmann Ghia was under $4K.
Gas was 0.57/gal It topped $1.00 in the spring of '79.
IIRC, new Ford full size pickups were about $7K-$8K in 1978.

1978 was the first year for the Cessna 152 ....$15K Base price.
http://www.cessna150-152club.com/


Montblack