It was not unusual for my old man to ask for a dollar’s worth. Then go inside and put two dimes in the cigarette machine, get a pack of Pall Malls with Three pennies inside the celephane wrapper!
😁😁😁, DAMN! I’m OLD.
17 cents in Ohio and the station attendant would pump the gas, clean your windshield, check the tires and all of your fluids. I remember brands such as Sinclair, Pure Oil, SOHIO, Union 76, Sunoco.
My dad used to shake his head in disbelief when he had to spend $5.00 to fill up. But then he got his free glass from Shell, and everything was ok with the world again 😊
I’ve gotten it for 17 cents during a “gas war”. Back when service stations actually provided service. Like check your oil, put air in your tires, clean your windshield. All while they were pumping your gas.
… I can go back to 17.9 gas wars because my Dad used to let me pump gas when we needed fuel, however. Because I owned my first car during the time, my recollection is..
Gas wars of 1955 or 1956. About 16 cents per gallon. People would drive across the street to another gas station when they dropped their price 1 or 2 cents. That’s a gas war !!
12.9, Hillsdale gas war, senior yr!😉
19.9 cents a gallon during the gas wars of 1964
It was not unusual for my old man to ask for a dollar’s worth. Then go inside and put two dimes in the cigarette machine, get a pack of Pall Malls with Three pennies inside the celephane wrapper!
😁😁😁, DAMN! I’m OLD.
I remember gas being 23 cents a gallon. McDonald’s hamburgers were 15 cents. Minimum wage was $1.25/hr
25 cents. Cigarettes were 25 cents also. It seemed for years gas and smokes were always around the same price.
22 Cents a gallon. Hell Now gas is almost the same price. The rest is ALL TAXES put on there by our GREEDY Politicians
17 cents in Ohio and the station attendant would pump the gas, clean your windshield, check the tires and all of your fluids. I remember brands such as Sinclair, Pure Oil, SOHIO, Union 76, Sunoco.
29 cents a gallon Canada 🇨🇦
My dad used to shake his head in disbelief when he had to spend $5.00 to fill up. But then he got his free glass from Shell, and everything was ok with the world again 😊
I’ve gotten it for 17 cents during a “gas war”. Back when service stations actually provided service. Like check your oil, put air in your tires, clean your windshield. All while they were pumping your gas.
Yes about 19 cents a gallon in the sixties some times use tell the guy put in 50 cents lol
15 cents during gas war,remember them?????
When I got my license in 1947, 5 gallons for a Buck. But, my job paid 75¢ an hour and it was a union job. Most guys didnt make that much.
My dad ran a Sinclair gas station back in the sixties and gas prices were around 25 cents a gallon
I remember taking the 1gallon gas can to the Texaco station on Jeff Hwy to get gas for the lawn mower and Dad gave me a quarter and I got pennies back
… I can go back to 17.9 gas wars because my Dad used to let me pump gas when we needed fuel, however. Because I owned my first car during the time, my recollection is..
My father worked for Chevron/Standard Oil for 44 yrs. Lowest Gas price, remember- 11cts. Give or take a penny either way.😎🎩
1958 25 cents per gallon!
During a gas war, it got down to 9 cents a gallon back in the late 50s or early 60s. Cheapest I ever saw.
17 Cents and if you fill up you could get dishes too!
I actually remember 15 cents in 1971. I was only 16 so I was really glad to fill up my car for a dollar or two. This was the result of gas wars….
Gas wars of 1955 or 1956. About 16 cents per gallon. People would drive across the street to another gas station when they dropped their price 1 or 2 cents. That’s a gas war !!
Yall remember when ur car are truck didnt get but 5 miles to a gallion.
10 cents during what was called a gas war
.23 CENTS A GALLON. BAD IN THE 60’S AND EARLY 70’S 30CENTS A GALLON.
17 cents a gallon early sixties
I remember my dad being mad that gas was .30 a gallon. Highway robbery!!!
.19 cents a gallon in the early sixties.
ARKANSAS GAS CAN AND A RUBBER HOSE LOL
.22 Cents per gallon, 1967.
Over 3 gal for $1. All chipped in to joy ride and drag race
18 cents in Lemoore, CA in mid 1950s.
10 cents a gal. In 62.an there were gas wars. They kept dropping it down 1cent.an it went back an forth.
28 cents for regular, 32 for high test
Gas war in the 60’s. $.15 a gallon. My VW could fill up for less tjan a dollar.
16.9 cents for Cars!!
9.9 cents for Farm Tractors!!
09.9 a gallon in Orlando, FL. 1970. Gas wars on South Orange Blossom Trail.
12 cents a gallon gas early 60’s in Dade County, Florida to cover the gas tax.
17/19 cents per gallon 😊😊😊
Early sixties in Mobile they had gas wars and I filled up for TEN CENTS a GALLON!!!!
13.9 cents a gallon in 1949 -1950 at Red Head Gas in Mansfield, Ohio.
18 – 23 cents per gallon!
18 cents a gallon in a gas war in the sixties
17¢ a gallon, was working in a full service gas station. Pump price was 23.9¢ but my one and only perk was I got my gas at cost
23.9 cents a gallon During a gas war!
10 cents for ethyl during a gas war.