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Cheapest I remember it was .18. gas stations used to have gas wars and this was at an old station that you put tokens in the pump. I was about 10. So that would've been about 42 years ago. Never paid less than .38 per gallon. It was 1.00 a gallon in 1978 during the oil embargo and never came down.
Of course back in 68 we had nothing but American made cars that averaged about 14 miles per gallon provided you didn't have a 400 or 454 under the hood. Even the slant six Dodges only got 17 or 18 mpg and were underpowered. Datsun and Toyotas got popular around 1970. I think we had an oil shortage then too. I remember going with my friends Dad to a Datsun dealer for a test drive. The guy weighed about 350. He made good money but was conservative and felt that he should be saving money. He ended up buying a brand new Lincoln Town Car. 10 mpg but mighty comfortable. naturally prices came down some and people went back to the hogs just like they did 2 years ago when prices came back down.
Cheapest I remember it was .18. gas stations used to have gas wars and this was at an old station that you put tokens in the pump. I was about 10. So that would've been about 42 years ago. Never paid less than .38 per gallon. It was 1.00 a gallon in 1978 during the oil embargo and never came down.
Of course back in 68 we had nothing but American made cars that averaged about 14 miles per gallon provided you didn't have a 400 or 454 under the hood. Even the slant six Dodges only got 17 or 18 mpg and were underpowered. Datsun and Toyotas got popular around 1970. I think we had an oil shortage then too. I remember going with my friends Dad to a Datsun dealer for a test drive. The guy weighed about 350. He made good money but was conservative and felt that he should be saving money. He ended up buying a brand new Lincoln Town Car. 10 mpg but mighty comfortable. naturally prices came down some and people went back to the hogs just like they did 2 years ago when prices came back down.