05-18-2025, 08:47 PM
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We do not have anything on that unit in our digital library. There is a Sam's Photofact schematic with that chassis number available from the Sam's website. https://samswebsite.com/en/photofact/det.../id/114668
I think it was likely a 1971 model introduced in Autumn of 1970. I found a number of newspaper advertisements for it in October 1970. This example had a selling price of $365 (about $2640 in 2025 dollars).
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w69m8c7qh...egn6b&dl=0
By October of 1973 it was selling for $229. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hqqdsymf3...8cf&dl=0By the time it was a give away for a car sale in 1977 it was probably on liquidation sale. I can't explain the late patent date.
We do not have anything on that unit in our digital library. There is a Sam's Photofact schematic with that chassis number available from the Sam's website. https://samswebsite.com/en/photofact/det.../id/114668
I think it was likely a 1971 model introduced in Autumn of 1970. I found a number of newspaper advertisements for it in October 1970. This example had a selling price of $365 (about $2640 in 2025 dollars).
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w69m8c7qh...egn6b&dl=0
By October of 1973 it was selling for $229. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hqqdsymf3...8cf&dl=0By the time it was a give away for a car sale in 1977 it was probably on liquidation sale. I can't explain the late patent date.
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