In 1970, I was in grade 10.My part time jobs paid $1.35Can/hr. Having started a paper route in 1966, in those 4 intervening years, I had managed to save up $1200.Exactly half the price of a very low mileage,slighly used,1970 Swinger 340/4-spd/3.55s with nearly new tires.Daddy co-signed the loan.I was working PT at Canadian Tire, after school, and pumping gas on weekends. IIRC gas was around 33 cents a gallon.The older boys were selling smokes to the underage schoolboys, for 2 cents a cig, and making money.Draft beer was 2 for .50, and I bought my first case of beer in 1971,for $3.65Can at age 18.I think it was a dozen. And it wasn't that rot-gut Canadian brand either.Probly Club or Blue.