Spinoff : What's the cheapest prices you recall for gas ?

ROYC75 · 04-07-2005, 07:15 AM

The other thread got me to thinking about gas prices...... It's getting out of hands, but I was wondering what was the cheapest you recall when you 1st bought a tank of gas /or seeing the price of it.

For me, I bought it at 0.169 a gallon to mow yards as a kid.

My first tank of gas I bought in my car was 0.299

Far cry from todays market.

KingPriest2 · 04-07-2005, 07:22 AM

Damn when was that in the depression?

NaI saw it for 69 cents back in the mid 90s. I also rem the late 80s it was around 82 cents. I just rem it being 99 cents all the time.

**Saulbadguy** · 04-07-2005, 07:25 AM

about 99 cents when I started driving. Those were good prices.

redbrian · 04-07-2005, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ROYC75

The other thread got me to thinking about gas prices...... It's getting out of hands, but I was wondering what was the cheapest you recall when you 1st bought a tank of gas /or seeing the price of it.

For me, I bought it at 0.169 a gallon to mow yards as a kid.

My first tank of gas I bought in my car was 0.299

Far cry from todays market.

And you could get a loaf of bread for a nickle. It's all relative, the price of gas has been lagging behind other goods for years.

ROYC75 · 04-07-2005, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by redbrian

And you could get a loaf of bread for a nickle. It's all relative, the price of gas has been lagging behind other goods for years.

16.9 per gallon of gas, a hand full of bubble gum from the change back off a quarter, mow all day and make $ 30.00 .

Back then, we thought that was good.

ROYC75 · 04-07-2005, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by KingPriest2

Damn when was that in the depression?

Nope ........... 1967

**HemiEd** · 04-07-2005, 07:38 AM

From 1964 to 67 I worked at a high volume Vickers Station while in high school. We were always in a gas war with Hudson oil. It got down to $.17. We did not have sevens for both sides of our backlit sign so I made one out of cardboard. At night it looked like a one, so from a distance it looked like our price was .11. We had cars backed up for blocks, they would come in and pull back out when they saw it was .17 on the pump. Of course we washed the windows, vacuumed the car and checked the oil!

**Dartgod** · 04-07-2005, 07:41 AM

I worked at a Zarda gas station in the late 70's and remember it around $.50 - $.59 a gallon.

Coach · 04-07-2005, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by KingPriest2

Damn when was that in the depression?

NaI saw it for 69 cents back in the mid 90s. I also rem the late 80s it was around 82 cents. I just rem it being 99 cents all the time.

Yeah, somewhere in 98-99 is where it was around the $.90 to $1.00 range.

ROYC75 · 04-07-2005, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dartgod

I worked at a Zarda gas station in the late 70's and remember it around $.50 - $.59 a gallon.

Heh, which one ? I use to deliver fresh eggs to the Zarda stores on a weekly delievery.

Frazod · 04-07-2005, 07:43 AM

The lowest I can remember seeing it (assuming I didn't notice it when it was lower and I was really young) was about $.50 a gallon in the 70s.

The lowest I can remember paying was about $.75 a gallon back in the 90s, when I was in Kirksville for the weekend and all the gas stations were involved in a city-wide price war. That was awesome. It was about $.40 a gallon higher in every surrounding town.

It'll be $.75 a QUART soon enough. Goddamn Arabs.

KChiefs1 · 04-07-2005, 07:45 AM

It was 16.9 when I started driving in the early '60's.

ROYC75 · 04-07-2005, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by frazod

The lowest I can remember seeing it (assuming I didn't notice it when it was lower and I was really young) was about $.50 a gallon in the 70s.

The lowest I can remember paying was about $.75 a gallon back in the 90s, when I was in Kirksville for the weekend and all the gas stations were involved in a city-wide price war. That was awesome. It was about $.40 a gallon higher in every surrounding town.

It'll be $.75 a QUART soon enough. Goddamn Arabs.

In 1976 - 1977, I remember selling it at .35 a gallon at a truckstop just north of town. Diesel prices were lower at .25 a gallon.

JimNasium · 04-07-2005, 07:47 AM

Let me tell you a little story about this time that I was huntin' for some food and up from the ground came a bubblin' crude.....

SCTrojan · 04-07-2005, 07:48 AM

I'm fairly sure it was about 50-60 cents a gallon when I started driving. All I remember is that I drove a VW Bug and it took about five dollars to fill the tank when it was low.

04-07-2005, 07:15 AM
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04-07-2005, 07:22 AM	#2
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04-07-2005, 07:25 AM	#3
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04-07-2005, 07:38 AM	#7
HemiEd Supporter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ozarks Casino cash: $3160564	From 1964 to 67 I worked at a high volume Vickers Station while in high school. We were always in a gas war with Hudson oil. It got down to $.17. We did not have sevens for both sides of our backlit sign so I made one out of cardboard. At night it looked like a one, so from a distance it looked like our price was .11. We had cars backed up for blocks, they would come in and pull back out when they saw it was .17 on the pump. Of course we washed the windows, vacuumed the car and checked the oil!
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04-07-2005, 07:41 AM	#8
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Frazod WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $3005085	The lowest I can remember seeing it (assuming I didn't notice it when it was lower and I was really young) was about $.50 a gallon in the 70s. The lowest I can remember paying was about $.75 a gallon back in the 90s, when I was in Kirksville for the weekend and all the gas stations were involved in a city-wide price war. That was awesome. It was about $.40 a gallon higher in every surrounding town. It'll be $.75 a QUART soon enough. Goddamn Arabs.
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SCTrojan Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Across the park Casino cash: $6129719	I'm fairly sure it was about 50-60 cents a gallon when I started driving. All I remember is that I drove a VW Bug and it took about five dollars to fill the tank when it was low.
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