ya, this was an actual thing back then
even cheaper, had a place sold at 18-9/gallon in du quoin illinois.
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If the prices pizz you off, quit buying gas and hamburgers.
In 1969, my VW Bug got 30 MPG burning gas that cost 30 cents a gallon. Penny a mile. Today, I get roughly 24 MPG and paid $2.88/gal or 12 cents a mile. Looked at it that way, gas is 12 times more expensive now than then.
But I'm not bitching.0 -
asop wrote:And the cigarettes were 25 cents a pack at the Clark stations. Displayed in maybe a 3'X3' top hinged top wooden box next to the pumps.
Started with Bull Durham @ 5 cents a pouch. In the PX in Germany ready rolled were 10 cents a pack while the Germans paid 24 cents for 10 cigarettes.
Gas was 10 cents/gal on post but well over a Dollar off post. (Late 50s, early 60s)
When I got back & had to pay 20 cents a pack that was the last I smoked cigarettes.0 -
Adjusted for inflation price for gas in 1972 vrs 2019 is NOT such a good deal. 1998 was the best year.
https://inflationdata.com/articles/inflation-adjusted-prices/inflation-adjusted-gasoline-prices/0 -
I remember $.19 during gas wars, the least I paid was $.26, riding my bicycle to town with a gallon can for lawn mowing gas. '70-ish.
By the time I discovered cruising in '74 it had jumped to $.54.
It was '99 or 2000 that I saw it go to $2.00. I took pics of the station sign, thinking I would never see such a price again.
I was right, but not the way I thought.0 -
dcon12 wrote:I was working at a gas station when gas went above a dollar the first time. The pumps only went to 99.9. We had to set the price to half of what it really was and double the total. It seemed to piss a lot of people off when you wanted more than the pump said! Don
YEAP!!! I did the same thing . Think it must have been around 1968 to 70 IIRC.
I was 12 years old and working in the corner gas station.
You want a mind screwing??? I was the manger of a speedshop/auto parts place beginning in 1975. Valvoline's best quart of motor oil was .89 cents. Kendall's race oils was 99 cents.
Go by a quart of each today and see what you pay! :shock:0 -
Yeah, but...
You were being paid how much back then? Find somebody doing the same job today and see what they get.0 -
I'm old enough to remember the gas wars, especially when I fill the truck tank now. In the 60's and 70's, I made good use of a rubber hose and Dad's company car. In those days oilfield service companies didn't care how often he had to fill his tank. 0 -
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Grasshopper : Thats been a while back : I remember selling New Ravens ( with ammo & a case ? I think ) for $ 49.95 ??? Sold bout a bazillion of them and the lil Jennings back in the day ! I still have one of each in the safe from back then !!! Both are shooters ??? I closed my 'shop' a few years ago : Do miss it a bit ???
Thanks !!!0
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