And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
27 cents a gallon in a gas station that had a "grease pit" for work under the car, actually did car repairs and did not have a convenience store attached to it when I started to drive (legally) in1959 NJ. Plus, I got S&W Green Stamps and a colored drinking glass with a fill too boot.
I was the guy that put that dollars worth in your tank, cleaned your windshield, checked your oil, and swept out your floorboards. After-school jobs were hard to find and the money was miniscule. $.75 per hour IIRC.
I remember saying, "when gas hit's a dollar a gallon I'm going to stop driving!". These days $2 a gallon would make me smile...
The 24.9 cents for the regular at the Good Gulf station (Hwy 101 & Petaluma Hill Rd in Sonoma County, CA in 1972) was always too inexpensive for me to spend $3 and get a free steak knife, my tank only held 10 gallons.
You what is worse than $5/gallon gas? The "No Gas" sign...
I remember when unleaded was introduced in the early 80's. I was told by an Uncle that use of it would mess up my '76 Dodge Adventurer pickup engine (318 c.i.d. - could find parts on the moon for that old engine). If I remember correctly, leaded cost a nickel more per gallon. It hasn't been that long that the price difference between Regular, Plus and Super were only a nickel apart. Way more now.
My Dad had a 77 Plymouth with that same 318 engine. He kept that car on the road past 200k miles by going to the junkyard to find replacement parts off the many, many other 318s out there. Wish I’d’ve paid more attention.
Started driving in ‘72 when regular was $.249 a gallon. Gas war pricing brought that down a couple of cents a few times a year. I drove a ‘63 Chrysler 300 that did about 8 mpg. My minimum wage job got me to work, HS, and back. No B-pillars, so you could get a big party inside.
I remember thinking we were doomed when gas went up to fifty cents a gallon on base in Japan. I had this Daihatsu with a two cycle 350cc engine (a car, not a motorcycle.) It still cost me more for the two stroke oil it burned, probably six bucks for a gallon can on the local economy. I could hit 100 kph (62 mph) on this one stretch of road with a slight downhill if I had no passengers. And no cops around.
I turned 16 in 1971. Gas was 30 to 35 cents a gallon. Everybody would dig for pocket change so we cruise for a few more hours. What do kids do these days?
I remember when gas got up to $1/gallon. My Dad bought a locking gas cap.
ReplyDelete24.9¢ is the cheapest I ever paid. It was 1973 at Freeport, California.
ReplyDelete13 cents a gallon 1971, st. james mo.
ReplyDeletea buck's worth and you could cruise all night in alton,il. in the early 70's.
DeleteLowest I remember is more than 3x less than that expressed in the article. Yep, 13 cents when on sale or in a gas war :-).
Delete27 cents a gallon in a gas station that had a "grease pit" for work under the car, actually did car repairs and did not have a convenience store attached to it when I started to drive (legally) in1959 NJ. Plus, I got S&W Green Stamps and a colored drinking glass with a fill too boot.
ReplyDeleteI was the guy that put that dollars worth in your tank, cleaned your windshield, checked your oil, and swept out your floorboards. After-school jobs were hard to find and the money was miniscule. $.75 per hour IIRC.
DeleteGetting gas at the Esso station for my mini bike in the early 70's took less than a dollar.
ReplyDeleteWhen I turned 18 I could buy a beer for about the same price as a gallon of gas. Varied from 30 to 35 cents.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a fairly new Fiero under the sign. I can't remember the last time I saw one of those running.
ReplyDeleteI remember saying, "when gas hit's a dollar a gallon I'm going to stop driving!". These days $2 a gallon would make me smile...
ReplyDeleteThe 24.9 cents for the regular at the Good Gulf station (Hwy 101 & Petaluma Hill Rd in Sonoma County, CA in 1972) was always too inexpensive for me to spend $3 and get a free steak knife, my tank only held 10 gallons.
You what is worse than $5/gallon gas? The "No Gas" sign...
I remember when unleaded was introduced in the early 80's. I was told by an Uncle that use of it would mess up my '76 Dodge Adventurer pickup engine (318 c.i.d. - could find parts on the moon for that old engine). If I remember correctly, leaded cost a nickel more per gallon. It hasn't been that long that the price difference between Regular, Plus and Super were only a nickel apart. Way more now.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad had a 77 Plymouth with that same 318 engine. He kept that car on the road past 200k miles by going to the junkyard to find replacement parts off the many, many other 318s out there. Wish I’d’ve paid more attention.
DeleteYou remember wrong...I had a new chevy p/u in 1975 that required unleaded.
DeleteStarted driving in ‘72 when regular was $.249 a gallon. Gas war pricing brought that down a couple of cents a few times a year. I drove a ‘63 Chrysler 300 that did about 8 mpg. My minimum wage job got me to work, HS, and back. No B-pillars, so you could get a big party inside.
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ReplyDeleteI remember thinking we were doomed when gas went up to fifty cents a gallon on base in Japan. I had this Daihatsu with a two cycle 350cc engine (a car, not a motorcycle.) It still cost me more for the two stroke oil it burned, probably six bucks for a gallon can on the local economy. I could hit 100 kph (62 mph) on this one stretch of road with a slight downhill if I had no passengers. And no cops around.
ReplyDeleteI turned 16 in 1971. Gas was 30 to 35 cents a gallon. Everybody would dig for pocket change so we cruise for a few more hours. What do kids do these days?
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ReplyDeleteI remember those cars!
I remember 10.9. So old...
ReplyDeleteI was a pump jockey in Pleasant Hill, MO
ReplyDeleteand remembered pumping gas at .20 /gal
1976
In April 2020, here in Wisconsin, gas made it down under a buck.
ReplyDeleteI can remember full service at 23.9/gallon, price wars, and glasses / plates with fill ups.
ReplyDeleteI remember hwy. 67 from Arkansas going across the line into Missouri, you could get 5 gal. of gas for a dollar or 5 burgers for a dollar!
DeleteHere in PA the state and federal tax alone is almost that high.
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