“A new truck cost nearly as much as my house did!”
In today’s dollars a 1923 Model-T truck would be $12,000.
My $2500 1974 PINTO would cost $14,838.47.................
https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=2500&year1=197401&year2=202110
“In today’s dollars a 1923 Model-T truck would be $12,000.”
That means todays $50K trucks are a great deal.