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[SilentT]

I need to make an offer on these for my 84J; they were done by Hector
 

What would be a good offer?

[Fritz1]

Look up Hector price list and yokes at BAS salvage 

[201Mooniac]

I think you should offer $1 and then tell me who is selling them 

 

[toto]

I have no idea what leather covered J yokes are worth, but they look fantastic. 

[IvanP]

I paid Hector about $1,600 for covering my yokes in 2023 with a similar design. Worth every penny. 

[201Mooniac]

A pair of yokes just sold from BAS (while I was trying to buy them) for $2350 for the pair.  Considering that and the $1600 paid to Hector a few years ago, it seems like $4000 is about the price you might expect.

[KSMooniac]

The inflation is astounding... I think I paid Hector ~$500 to do my pair of yokes in 2009 or 2010 time frame.  And I sold J yokes previously for <$1000 a pair.  My yokes still look and feel fantastic, BTW.

[IvanP]

30 minutes ago, KSMooniac said:

The inflation is astounding... 

Yep, I remember paying less than $1 for gallon of gas  

Edited October 9 by IvanP

[KSMooniac]

44 minutes ago, IvanP said:

Yep, I remember paying less than $1 for gallon of gas  

Me too!  Even this century for a short spell.  And <$2 100LL

[MikeOH]

1 hour ago, IvanP said:

Yep, I remember paying less than $1 for gallon of gas  

Sadly, I remember under 40 cents per gallon

[midlifeflyer]

4 hours ago, MikeOH said:

Sadly, I remember under 40 cents per gallon

I know it’s been lower but 29.9¢ is the lowest I can remember seeing as a kid.

[Hank]

34 minutes ago, midlifeflyer said:

I know it’s been lower but 29.9¢ is the lowest I can remember seeing as a kid.

I remember stations having gas wars across the streets at 10-12¢, with Green Stamps. Then in junior high it went above $1, and the pumps would show prices like 55¢ per half gallon . . . .

[Justin Schmidt]

On 10/9/2025 at 9:25 PM, midlifeflyer said:

I know it’s been lower but 29.9¢ is the lowest I can remember seeing as a kid.

Back when the Wright brothers were in a bicycle shop? Lol

[Mark89114]

I remember when Taco Bell tacos were 39 cents....the outrage from poor high school/college kid when it went to 59 cents.....no idea what is these days.

 

[N201MKTurbo]

7 minutes ago, Mark89114 said:

I remember when Taco Bell tacos were 39 cents....the outrage from poor high school/college kid when it went to 59 cents.....no idea what is these days.

 

The current price of a crunchy taco is $2.19

[LANCECASPER]

34 minutes ago, Mark89114 said:

I remember when Taco Bell tacos were 39 cents....the outrage from poor high school/college kid when it went to 59 cents.....no idea what is these days.
 

In December of 1970 during winter break from school, my family and another family, nine of us total, took a road trip from Northern Minnesota to Southern California in two VW Beetles, each with a CB radio installed the night before the trip, along with a top carrier on each car. We ate at many a Taco Bell during our time in California. Hard Shell tacos were $.25 then. The most we paid for gas was $.31/gallon, the least we paid was $.21/gallon. I was 7 yrs old, my oldest brother was 22. We put all of the gas on his Standard Oil credit card. The trip in our car was considerably less than $200 total and that included at least one oil change, maybe two. You could also get a hamburger, small fries and a small Coke at McDonald's and get a few cents change from a dollar.

My brother bought an Amoco Gas Station in 1973, just before the Arab Oil Embargo. Gas was about $.30 when he started and in a few months it had doubled and he was buying gas for $.08 a gallon more than the discount station a block away was selling it for. Needless to say, oil changes, tune-ups and brakes jobs kept him open, not gas margins.