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[Don65Stang]

I started driving in 78, and I remember that a gallon of regular gas, and a pack of smokes were both $0.55, then when I got my 69 428 Cobrajet Mach 1 (wish I still had that!) I think I was paying $0.79 for "Ethel", and got about 8 mpg!

Of course, I was working minimum wage for Hardee's making a whopping $2.90/hr!

Hardee's eh? Me too. I think my rate was $3.15/hr IIRC.

 

[Steven Harris]

My first gas purchase for the lawn mower was in 1976 and I paid $.55 We had just came to the U.S. for a year from Africa where we were paying over $5.00 when we could buy it (about half the year).

Interesting - our politicians have finally caught us up to Africa in the 70's!

Burger King (1982) - $3.25/hr driving a 1970 GT Torino M Code!

 

[73vertproject]

I remember my mother cussing because the gas station she drove out of her way to get to had raised its price from 29 cents the previous day to 32 cents. She thought that it must be illegal somehow, and threatened to sue the owner. Of course, this was back when there was no such thing as "self service" gas. And high octane gas was called "Ethel" (anyone know the story behind that?) This was sometime in the mid- to late- sixties in Oklahoma City, OK. And cigarettes were 29 cents a pack for regulars, and 32 cents for 100s. I know this because I frequently went down to the local supermarket to buy them for her or my dad. Occasionally, a clerk would question me and I'd have to run home to get a note from one or the other to verify that the purchase was for them.

When I started driving in 1975, I think gas was a little over $1 a gallon at the Air Force Base (Edwards, CA) that my mother was employed at.

Showing my age, for sure.

Doc

 

[droptop73]

I remember paying around .50 per gallon in '73 when I got my liscence.

 

[Tnfastbk]

I remember my mother cussing because the gas station she drove out of her way to get to had raised its price from 29 cents the previous day to 32 cents. She thought that it must be illegal somehow, and threatened to sue the owner. Of course, this was back when there was no such thing as "self service" gas. And high octane gas was called "Ethel" (anyone know the story behind that?) This was sometime in the mid- to late- sixties in Oklahoma City, OK. And cigarettes were 29 cents a pack for regulars, and 32 cents for 100s. I know this because I frequently went down to the local supermarket to buy them for her or my dad. Occasionally, a clerk would question me and I'd have to run home to get a note from one or the other to verify that the purchase was for them.

When I started driving in 1975, I think gas was a little over $1 a gallon at the Air Force Base (Edwards, CA) that my mother was employed at.

Showing my age, for sure.

Doc

Here you go Doc

http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/12/1209leaded-gasoline-tested/

 

[midlife]

Pffft...damn youngsters.

My first fill-up of gas for my first car (65 GT Coupe) was high-test (103 octane) for $0.299 a gallon.