[RWebb]

dunno re value of $1k in 1898, but the CPI Index of 100 in 1982 dollars were worth only 9.80 in 1913...

today that 100 index is at 215...

so if I do this right 100/9.8 = 10.2
then 2.15 * 10.2 = ~~22

so that would be a $22k car today if it cost that much in 1913

for 1898, I dunno

also, the CPI is not always what you want to compare; but it is what we got...