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6. i remember 19.9 cents a gal

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 10:40 PM

Mar 2020

my 1st car a 64 Corvair Monza 3 speed
whee !

wish i still had that car
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Strange Side Effect of Low Gasoline Prices.. [View all] Stuart G Mar 2020 OP

lowest I ever got gas was for 49.9 cents a gallon gopiscrap Mar 2020 #1

June, 1967, I filled my 1960 Ford Galaxy 500 at 17.9 a gallon WheelWalker Mar 2020 #7

Thank You for posting that. Great Memory.. Stuart G Mar 2020 #12

yes you are about 10 years older than I am gopiscrap Mar 2020 #5

i remember 19.9 cents a gal dweller Mar 2020 #6

Yep. Clear memory of 13.9 / 17.9 (regular/ethyl). WheelWalker Mar 2020 #8

How about morning matinees in the summer, probably mid 1960s, House of Roberts Mar 2020 #14

My first gas was .26 Movies: 1950's Saturday matinee. 3Hotdogs Mar 2020 #15

Hit the Saturday matinees every week if possible. The Rivoli showed WheelWalker Apr 2020 #20

Here's the story from my youth I most often tell... WheelWalker Apr 2020 #17

Um, I remember 19 cents a gallon! nt tblue37 Mar 2020 #9

I'm probably customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #11

We probably customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #19

...Museum of Science and Industry...was/is a great museum.... Stuart G Apr 2020 #21

I visited there customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Apr 2020 #25

When I was a kid, I remember my dad pulling in... 3catwoman3 Apr 2020 #26

19.9 was available in Detroit around 1972-73 S.E. TN Liberal Apr 2020 #28