Cheap Gas
- Thread starter Dave Mellor NJ
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alexiskai
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The tax is high as a percentage of the total, but think about the great ROI people were getting on it. At the time, most roads in the US were still being paved for the first time, and the gas tax revenue went straight into road improvement. Paying gas tax improved the utility of your car in a very direct way.
alexiskai
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In the 1940s, chop suey typically cost 65-85¢ depending on where you were. I haven't seen any menus from prior to that.
fried okra
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I remember gas at $ .19 (19 cents) a gallon in Detroit in gas wars in 1969.
But my Ram Air GTO required Sunoco 260 at 24.9 cents per gallon though
But my Ram Air GTO required Sunoco 260 at 24.9 cents per gallon though
Gene F
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I remember 26 cents per gallon from about 1964. And riding with a gallon can placed in the mousetrap rack behind the seat of my bicycle.
I imagine today a cop would pull you over for that.
Joe K
I do too. My granddad would give me a quarter, and send me 1 block down (walking) to the Humble Oil station (tiger in your tank...anyone remember those?) with a 1 gallon gas can for the mower. The attendant would fill the can within about 3/8 of an inch of the cap. When I started driving gasoline was about 62 cents (58 - 62 cents).
Keith True
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I bought a new 350 Honda and in the summer of 73 American high test was 31 cents.I was hard pressed to get a dollars worth into the tank.Winter of 73-74 we had the Arab oil embargo,and I worked at that station.Me,my friends and my folks got all the gas they needed.I remember the tiger thing very well,everybody was driving around with those tiger tails hanging off their license plates.The American station I later worked at had a big sign that said,Clean the tiger hairs out of your tank!I can't remember the brand of gas that advertised the extra kick,but they would clap a pair of plastic horseshoes with magnets in them to the back of your car.I think the logo was a mule kind of looking back over his shoulder.After a few days in the sun those plastic horseshoes would crumble into dust in your hand.At one time there were more of those plastic things on the main road through than dead squirrels.
fried okra
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Those 350cc Honda's were good bikes.....would keep up with my 500cc Triumph.
And the Honda's didn't leak oil
And the Honda's didn't leak oil
I worked at a gas station in high school in the late ‘60s and gas was typically ~$0.30/ gal. During “price wars” it got as low as $0.25/gal. About 1974 or so (after the first oil embargo) my girlfriend and I took a road trip in her brother’s camper, I swore I would never pay those damn OPEC clowns $0.50/ gal.
Times, they have a changed.
Times, they have a changed.
mass A man
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I remember those ultra cheapo orange plastic horseshoes Keith. Can't remember who gave them out.
ModelA29
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Maybe you guys can help me figure this out. When I got my car the tank held about $24 worth of gas. Today it holds nearly $50 but doesn't go any further.
I worked at a gas station in the mid 60s. A gas war got the price down to 21 cents. I asked the owner how he could sell that cheap. He said Mobil guaranteed him 8 cents per gallon if the price dropped below a certain amount.
I worked at a gas station in the mid 60s. A gas war got the price down to 21 cents. I asked the owner how he could sell that cheap. He said Mobil guaranteed him 8 cents per gallon if the price dropped below a certain amount.
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Dave Mellor NJ
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I think it's a Dodge and a LaSalle
Keith True
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I have the first pump that dispensed leaded gas here in town.It was Gulf.The owner had a little store with a gas pump out front,and a couple of years after the war he added the leaded pump.That was mounted on the end of his store porch.It wasn't a big seller back then.Some of the old guys would hang around on the porch and complain about metal in the gas.Those were the guys that could remember when there were no cars,and complained when cars started replacing horses.Today they would be sitting on the porch whining about EV's.
Elmo Rodge
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In the early to mid 60s I remember paying 17.9 cents at the Powerine station in Southern California. We got a coupon for a penny's worth of gas with each gallon making the price 16.9. Those coupons went in the glove box and were used to go surfing.
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Ray in La Mesa
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Worked at the Signal gas station in Big Bear City, Ca. in 1963 just out of high school. Gas was $.24/gal, saw a price war down to $.19/gal. Mom collected Green Stamps, I saw the Blue Chip stamps later. Couldn't put $10 worth of gas in the Model A tank!