"My first gallon of gas cost 25 cents."
I remember when my father would give the gas station attendant $5 to fill the tank on our Chevy Malibu ... and he would get change back.
I remember complaining like a madman at 50 cents a gallon. Of course, my slant 6 Valiant was getting 20mpg on the hiway. If you have a 6banger getting that little on the hiway now, you would send it for repairs.
In November of 1963, I bought a 1984 Chevelle Malibu Super Sport, the first year they were manufactured, off the dealer showroom floor in Norfolk. I paid sticker price for the 283 V8 with high compression heads and dual exhaust. They called it the Power Pack. Sticker price? $3290.00.
My uncle's 62 Bel Air would "fill it up and run it over," for $5. S. Iowa gas was $.15/gallon but you could get Missouri gas about 11 miles away for $.12, plus they sold 3.2 beer on Sunday. What a deal !