I got mine in 1985 for $1200 secondhand but when you compare what was available at the shops well ..... you can see why I went for the 8" f6 cave with rotation rings and pier mount. (the scope in the second pic is a meade of the same period and the same basic design of mine, and that is a 12" f6 in the background)
Here is a link I found for classic telescope catalogs and manuals
http://geogdata.csun.edu/~voltaire/classics/