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.
It was about $1.25 in the mid 80s when I started to drive. It actually got a little cheaper in the years after that, under a dollar for awhile. My Dad made sure to point out to me how the dollar reels were out pacing the gallons, he started driving around 1940…
Technically, in today's cars you can get in a wreck at highway speeds and have a fair to very good chance of living thru it. That 63 beetle? Yeah, no way. I've ridden, driven, and worked on beetles back in the day (never owned one, but my friends did) and got to say, that tin can was about the most dangerous vehicle to be in I've ever seen.
Early 70s I worked for the local Fina distributor at one of their company owned stations. During the gas wars, I sold regular gas for 12.9 cents per gallon.
1969, $1 got me a little under 4 gallons, which would last a week in my MG midget. When the price went over $1 per gallon, a lot of stations set their tanks to a half hall on price because the pump price stopped at $.999. You had to pay twice what the pump read out.
When I was a teen, gas was about 30 cents a gallon. We would cruise around, everybody had to dig for pocket change so we could buy a few more gallons. What do kids do nowadays?
I've got a picture around here somewhere of my moms family all coming out of mass on Easter morning 1957 OR 58. They wanted a picture of all the kids, and that picture has a Gas For Less station across the street from the church with a big "Gas War" sign in front, Regular-9.9/gal.
The lowest gas prices I recall is $0.33 a gallon, in the mid 60s. Current price here for regular is $4.74 a gallon.
ReplyDeleteIt was about $1.25 in the mid 80s when I started to drive. It actually got a little cheaper in the years after that, under a dollar for awhile. My Dad made sure to point out to me how the dollar reels were out pacing the gallons, he started driving around 1940…
ReplyDeleteGonna show my age here, 18.5 cents a gallon in 1966. Could fill my 65 El Camino's 24 gallon tank for under $5.......
ReplyDeleteI think that price is 1973-4. Newly increased, even, odd days, wait in line Arab oil embargo. Tree Mike
ReplyDeleteHad a 63 Beetle with a 10 gal tank I could fill for $2.50 and drive 300 miles plus. Where's the progress?
ReplyDeleteTechnically, in today's cars you can get in a wreck at highway speeds and have a fair to very good chance of living thru it. That 63 beetle? Yeah, no way. I've ridden, driven, and worked on beetles back in the day (never owned one, but my friends did) and got to say, that tin can was about the most dangerous vehicle to be in I've ever seen.
DeleteEarly 70s I worked for the local Fina distributor at one of their company owned stations. During the gas wars, I sold regular gas for 12.9 cents per gallon.
ReplyDelete1969, $1 got me a little under 4 gallons, which would last a week in my MG midget. When the price went over $1 per gallon, a lot of stations set their tanks to a half hall on price because the pump price stopped at $.999. You had to pay twice what the pump read out.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a teen, gas was about 30 cents a gallon. We would cruise around, everybody had to dig for pocket change so we could buy a few more gallons. What do kids do nowadays?
ReplyDeleteI bet that Super Bee burns through some gas.
ReplyDeleteThey passed everything except the gas station…
DeleteHow much was High Test, those engines loved hi octane.
ReplyDeleteI've got a picture around here somewhere of my moms family all coming out of mass on Easter morning 1957 OR 58.
ReplyDeleteThey wanted a picture of all the kids, and that picture has a Gas For Less station across the street from the church with a big "Gas War" sign in front, Regular-9.9/gal.
My personal best mileage/buck: $.75 for riding my Ducati from Milwaukee to Elgin, Il in 1971.
ReplyDeleteI remember being really pissed the first time I saw gas over a buck.
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