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$265 is an outlier, $2000 was more typical: http://www.1920-30.com/automobiles/1922-car-prices.html

Incomes in 1920 (for the selection who paid income taxes) were around $3200: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/20soirepar.pdf

1924 cars took a lot of labor on an on-going basis to keep running. (Hell, 1960s cars took a lot of labor to keep running as compared to today's cars that visit a mechanic perhaps annually.)

Employee wages were lower as well I suppose.

Wouldn't that be incorporated in the inflation though?