1969 - I would fill up the 2 1/2 gallon gas tank on my Triumph Bonneville (motorcycle) for about $1.50. I also paid $.33 for a pack of Lucky Strikes. LOL
At 19.9 cents per gallon, I could afford to drive my first car- ‘56 Buick.
After the Oil crisis, $.499 and then Jimmuh Carter, it was $.699 to $.839.
Then paid $.839 in Febuary 1999.
18 cents a gallon during a price war in the 50s.
Used to go out with five dollars on a Friday night
put two dollars in the car and get food for two.
Sandy Springs Ga. was just a gas station on a two lane
at that time.
It was 1986, I had abs, a Yamaha 850 special, and reg was .69/gal.
$1.49 in 1988 when I first got my license.
In the 50s in San Antonio, TX, I remember 18.9 and occasionally lower at the original gas station that eventually grew to be Diamond Shamrock and then Valero. The place was a one tank station with a portable tin building about 10’x5’ for an office.
Lots of folks wouldn’t trade there because the rumor was that the gas had water in it, but schoolboys didn’t care. I’d pitch in my lunch money (.25) to a friend who had a car and we’d hit the streets for a spin.
24.9 in Houston when I got my license.
Cheeper with the gas wars (remember independent stations?).
They also were “full service”, and topped off your windshield fluid, checked oil, etc)
$2.69 per gallon.......I think it was last week.
50 cents back in the early 70’s.
1972 Northeast Oklahoma - ranged from 13¢ to 18¢ per gallon.
The gas war ended and in early 1973 it was in the 28¢ to 32¢ range, never to return to those rates of 1972.
I could swear I remember my dad filling up his 1949 Ford pickup at the Texaco station (where he knew the owner) for $.199. I might be delusional, but that’s what I remember.
12.9, in west Texas, gas war hit 10.9 as I remember. Of course, I only made about 75 dollars a month then, and draft beer was 10 cents (5 cents on special nights), cigs were 15 cents a pack, hot loving Texas women were free, free, free.
(Sigh)
What happened?
When I started driving in 1971 there were gas wars. Stations would compete for business by lowering the price, giving away dinner ware and Green Stamps or S&H Stamps with each purchase. The lowest I ever paid was 18 or 19 cents for low test. In 1973 we were all shocked by OPEC and the price rocketed up. I don’t recall what it went to. My 1955 four door Dodge Royal got 17 mpg on a good day. It had a 318 V8 two barrel.
I remember Milwaukee had a gas war which ran on for over thirty years.
My first paying job was an attendant at a Gulf station near Iron Mouintain MI, pumping gas and handing out the free glasses and S&H green stamps for $0.75/hour, (late 1950's). I also did oil changes, grease jobs (Pontiacs had 16 Zerk fittings!), tune-ups and made change for the ladies doing their laundry at the attached laundromat.
When things got dull I worked on my high school home work.
Regards,
GtG
Yes, I recall getting 10 gallons for 2 bucks back in the 50’s, in NYS.
When I graduated from college and bought my first car an MG it took high test. 41 cents per gallon and I was outraged. LOL!
15c 1971 Pittsburgh gas wars
I remember when I was a kid, signs that read $0.25/gallon. And back then the cost covered fuel and a guy who would check the oil, air and wash the windshield!!!
I remember .24 a gallon, because I remember paying with a quarter and getting a penny back. Hey, a gallon of gas could get me around the neighborhood for a night of teenage revelry.