Gasoline in the 30's and 40's

[tubman]

Originally Posted by sidevalve8ba

Early 70's in East Tennessee there was a gas war and a certain Amoco station had regular at 19.9 a gallon and hi-test was 21.9. Shaefer beer was 95 cents a six pack at Drug Fair. My how times have changed.

Are you sure about that date? I remember the early seventies being the time of the oil embargo and lines at the gas pumps. It is etched in my mind, as I was the proud owner of a brand spankin' new '73 Rivera "Boattail", much to the derision of my best buddy, who had purchased a new Vega at the same time. Three years later, I was the one who was laughing when the aluminum engine in his nearly new Vega took a dump.

I would have purchased a couple of those six packs.