I spent two nights in a Duval County jail for just about that same thing. Only it was the Padres car... some nuns blew the whistle on me. Ah, those trips to the border towns in the 60's. I left my money at Papagallos...
What's the lowest price you have ever paid for gasoline?
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I spent two nights in a Duval County jail for just about that same thing. Only it was the Padres car... some nuns blew the whistle on me. Ah, those trips to the border towns in the 60's. I left my money at Papagallos...
About .22 per back in the early 60s when I started driving.
A dollar could keep you cruising all night!
A dollar could keep you cruising all night!
Coldshooter
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Sunoco 260 dropped down to $.27 in Western Indiana in 1972 it sure made the 69 383 Roadrunner rev nice. Those big block engines had a crummy distributer which would not hold dwell when reved out so the 260 helped with preventing pinging. Switching to a capacitive discharge system and 260 would let it run at redline no problems.
SW MP15
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When I started driving in 1971 gas was .35-.50 a gallon. I always had a hot rod so Ethel (as they called premium) was .50 cents a gallon. And in 1972-73 the big gas crunch started. And gas doubled over night. Then the hot rods weren't so appealing!!
In 1973 I was paying .50 cents a gallon for Sunoco 260. If I bought it at work I paid .36 cents a gallon since the company I worked for was a Sun dealer and we were on the pipeline!
My Olds 442 sure did like that 260!
My Olds 442 sure did like that 260!
Big Cholla
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I remember a Chevron/Standard station just South of Las Vegas selling gas during a gas war for 11.9 cents per while I was in High School and giving me the choice of a white coffee cup, saucer or small dinner plate with each fillup. Regular gas was normally 19.9 cents per. I drove a '47 Ford 1/2 ton pickup with a flathead V-8. It didn't get very good gas mileage as I remember, especially the way I drove. My Mom told me to quit bringing home those dishes! But, I could go to a Mobile station and pay 16.9 cents and get Green Stamps instead. Mom liked (no loved) those Green Stamps.
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When we were kids we'd get up early on a Sunday morning before the corner gas station was open and drain the gas leftover in the hoses into the gas tanks on our minibikes. There was a lot of pumps so we had plenty of gas to ride.
Yeah I know...
When we were kids we'd get up early on a Sunday morning before the corner gas station was open and drain the gas leftover in the hoses into the gas tanks on our minibikes. There was a lot of pumps so we had plenty of gas to ride.
Yeah I know...
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DWalt
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While I was in college at Ohio State, I would drive home to Southern Ohio most weekends. This was in the early 1960s. I always drove through Chilicothe OH going and coming, and always filled up there at 19.9. And I used to buy cigarettes in Kentucky for about $2.00/carton about the same time period. Cigarettes have gone up a lot more than gasoline.
Hair Trigger
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I started driving in 1970, I was paying $.32-$.35/gal.
Of course, I was bagging groceries at minimum wage ($1.60/hr), so a gallon of gas was roughly 20% of an hour's pay. At $1.65/gal, that's less than 5% of my hourly rate today. Even two years ago, when regular was $3.50/gal, it was still less than 9% of my hourly rate. My gas mileage is a whole lot better today, too.
Of course, I was bagging groceries at minimum wage ($1.60/hr), so a gallon of gas was roughly 20% of an hour's pay. At $1.65/gal, that's less than 5% of my hourly rate today. Even two years ago, when regular was $3.50/gal, it was still less than 9% of my hourly rate. My gas mileage is a whole lot better today, too.
jrm53
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In the summer of 1958 I was working for a constructuion company building a 2 pole transmission power line in Houston Mo. and bought it for 14.9, in 57 I was riding a Triumph Terrier and buying Gulf Crest for .35 a gallon. Jeff
Black_Sheep
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When I mowed lawns as a kid you could fill a gallon can to the very top for .25
coltle6920
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I only remember 29-32¢/gal in the late sixties because that's when I had to start paying for my own gas.That was still a lot of money when I usually didn't have two nickels to rub together.
Targets Guy
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I worked in my father's gas station in the mid 50's. It was a steady .333 a gallon. I remember that because a buck got you 3 gallons, two bucks got you six gallons and three bucks got you nine gallons. Most of us bought three gallons at a time for the Friday night "cruise the town". I do remember gas wars that would drive gas down to almost single digits.
And I really miss Sunoco and DX. Sunoco was one of the last ones that carried high octane in our area.
And I really miss Sunoco and DX. Sunoco was one of the last ones that carried high octane in our area.
When I was a pump jockey at the Skelly station in '73, I believe it was .26-.30. Of course, I was making a whopping $1.35/hr
A pack of Camels or a gallon of gas, that was the dilemma
I had in high school. $0.25 IIRC. A buck fiddy was a darn good wage.
DeathGrip
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Georgia Credit Card? Priceless.
Viss
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I was a pump jockey in 1976. That's the year I got my license. Gas was .59 cents a gallon. Guys would pull in when it's raining and get $2.00 . Stand there and get wet for a two dollar sale. Those were the days.
After completing C.U.T.E. X at Ottowa University's graduate college in mid-June 1971, I drove from my apartment in Kansas City, Missouri, home. Yep, a gas war on. Filled my 1958 VW beetle (aka the battleship gray bomb) with regular @ 19.9¢
I paid .20 cents a gallon late 60's kept my 57 chevy on the road.
23 cents regular
I remember when a pack of Camel's was .17 and in a vending machine they were .20.
I remember $.14.9 way back but it was under $.25 up until the first "shortage" in winter '72-'73 and doubled to $.50 at the end. Doubled again to $1/gal in the 2nd shortage winter '78-'79. Paid $1.62.9 this week so relatively speaking it's cheaper than ever. Joe
oldRoger
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Five gallons for a $dollar at the White Rose Station in 1950.
fat tom
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Me too. Marlboros were also nineteen cents a pack and you could get 3.2 beer on base for $3.85 a case. IIRC,minimum wage was $1.35. This was early 1960's.
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I remember pumping gas for my mom's car and it was 25 cents a gallon, I went into the store to buy bread and it was 25 cents a loaf for Wonder Bread. I believe that comparison still holds pretty close today doesn't it?
J. R. WEEMS
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Lowest price I ever paid was 10cents a gallon.
Man, those were the days-- one station on each of four corners, then gas wars started. You could ride around town all week on 2 bucks worth of gas.
Lowest price I ever paid was 10cents a gallon.
Man, those were the days-- one station on each of four corners, then gas wars started. You could ride around town all week on 2 bucks worth of gas. 
Lets see, lowest gas?
$.159 a gallon, Sea stores cigarettes, $1.00 a carton, case of Bud delivered to the base, $9.90 I think.
$.159 a gallon, Sea stores cigarettes, $1.00 a carton, case of Bud delivered to the base, $9.90 I think.
When I started driving in 1980 the national average for a gallon of gas was about $1.05, but I can remember filling up during a local price war for $0.79 a gallon.
Of course $0.79 in 1980 is equivalent to around $2.50 in today's dollars. So at $1.75 or so a gallon today, the gas now is quite a bit cheaper than it was then - at least in relative terms...
Of course $0.79 in 1980 is equivalent to around $2.50 in today's dollars. So at $1.75 or so a gallon today, the gas now is quite a bit cheaper than it was then - at least in relative terms...
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