http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

This is a fun page...type in your salary for your chosen year and it calculates the current value.

Or enter the price of gas for some year and it will calculate the equivalent price today....

For instance, I bought a new 1970 Z28 in 1970 for $3376 which converts to $18,849 in 2008 dollars...I'd buy one for that!

mike in tucson