I sometimes forget ford used to make cars more than trucks. the prices in that article shows the diners were cheap enough for a working man to eat daily there

I sometimes forget ford used to make cars more than trucks. the prices in that article shows the diners were cheap enough for a working man to eat daily there - a 10c dinner in 1940 - would be $2.38 today. you can't find a hot meal for $2.30 anywhere in the states or Western Europe today.