I remember when regular gas was 22 cents a gallon and Ethel was 40 cents. 1971.”
We used to have gas price wars in Kansas City during the late 1970’s and wait to fill up when it was $.19 a gallon. Seems like Hudson Oil used to always start up the war at least once a month. Had two teenagers driving and used to be able to fill three cars every Monday morning for $20 total. My son also had a motorcycle which he could run to and from school for almost two weeks on just $.25 for gas.
Of course I also fed my family three meals a day for two weeks on $100 worth of groceries. Did a look back several months ago and our family net income then was greater than it is now.
***Seems like Hudson Oil used to always start up the war at least once a month. ***
All our gas wars started in Kansas City ans spread out clear down into Arkansas and Oklahoma.
One day it would be 22 cents, the next day 20 cents, then 18 cents then 14 cents. The lowest I ever remember was 12 cents around 1970.
But then, we also had EIGHT full service gas stations in this small burg. Competition was tense! Now we have two self service convenience store stations.
Good old Mary Hudson. Convicted of cheating the customers. As a teen I worked at an APCO station and remember the price wars. The highest it ever got while I was working there was 18.9.