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Labor Prices then and now - Ryan T - 03-21-2009 So my boss came across this mailer that was sent out to Model T owners on June 29th 1928 to try to drum up some service from Model T owners. Just thought you guys might get a kick out of the prices. - Jake - 03-21-2009 Nice to know that "many" Model T's could be driven for a year or longer Cool old find though. Now to find a car to go with it. - PGK - 03-22-2009 What did Model T's cost new? How do these labor prices figure as a percentage of what the car cost new, compared to a similar job on a new vehicle? - Ryan T - 03-22-2009 In 1909 the Model T cost $850 but continually fell to it's lowest point of about $300 in the 1920s because assembly line techniques became more efficient. - Mike - 03-22-2009 so your can roughly just move the decimal places two to the right for a modern day comparison since this was 1928. - HAULN-SS - 03-22-2009 lol..commutator case - Jeff - 03-23-2009 Reminds me of a bill I found around here from like 1943 where the county school system had the engine in a schoolbus rebuilt here. $200 for parts and labor to rebuild the whole engine.