In August 1925 Mr. Henry. B. Smith, a civil engineer who lived on Washington Avenue in Titusville, bought a 1925 Jordan sedan for the purchase price of $3,415 -- quite a hefty sum for a car in those days. The Jordan was an 8-cylinder car with spoke wheels and pneumatic tires. It was a 5-passenger vehicle, weighing 3,600 pounds.
The "certificate plate" in those early years was a 2-inch aluminum disk, shown here. The renewal fee for the license in 1926 was $18.00 The title certificate for the vehicle is shown here.
He insured the car for $2,000 against fire and theft with the Scottish Union & National Insurance Company. The premium for one year was $30.40 ($22.80 for fire and $7.60 for theft).
Mr. Smith paid $82 for liability and damage insurance to the Royal Indeminity Company, Hartford, Conn. The breakdown of the premium was: $20 for liability, $11.00 for property damage, and $51 for collision. The local agency was Robertson & Kingman, with offices in the Indian River State Bank Building in Titusville.
The price of gasoline at Joe Johnson Auto Equipment & Sales Co. on Washington Avenue in Titusville (Phone No. 50) was 37 cents per gallon. Oil was 30 cents per quart in September 1924. (Incidentally, Mr. Smith's electric bill from Southern Utilities Company for the month of January that year was $2.50.)
Mr. Smith also owned a 1924 Ford Model T Touring Car, similar to the one shown above,
as well as a 1923 Buick touring car, a 1924 Overland touring car and a 1924 Nash touring car
