1967 price of gas

[ashling]

I found a little notebook containing a log of a camping trip my family took in 1967.
Entry for July 30: ..."gas costs loads in New Mexico: Gulf Regular is 31 cents!"

of course, those were the olden days when you could take a chicken to the doctor.

:rofl:

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. I'm sure I remember "gas wars"...

.
...between stations on competing corners that drove the
cost of gas at those stations (around the early 70's)
down to 27.9 cents per gallon.
.
It was NOT unusual to buy a buck's worth of gasoline.
.

[hayu_lol]

2. When I started driving in '49...

Regular was 19 cents/gal.

[Bucky]

3. You can still take a chicken to the doctor these days

If it's sick enough, you probably should.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. And median annual pay was around 7000.

And you can still take a chicken to the doctor. If you want to.

:hi:

[stray cat]

5. How much was your salary in 1967 as a comparison?

[ashling]

10. As I recall,

my allowance was 50 cents ... but I got an extra quarter when I washed the car.

[mockmonkey]

6. I remember those prices...

and my Dad driving around to find a station selling it for 30 cents. And for that they pumped the gas and you got the windows cleaned and the oil checked.

[Art_from_Ark]

15. I remember gas wars in Arkansas in 1967 or 68

My grandma filled up for 21 cents/gallon at one station, then had a fit when she saw gas at 19 cents/gallon a little farther down the road.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. I can remember gasoline being 19 cents a gallon

in Houston during gas wars in 1965-66 or so. Now we're paying $3.55 a gallon here in Anchorage.

[ashling]

11. We lived in Houston then

nt

[carlyhippy]

8. I remember getting my license in early 80's

and gas was 1.00 a gallon....oh the horror, how in the world was I going to afford to drive?!

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Wow! But this makes sense...

I remember my cousin driving me back to school in the '70s. We needed gas, but when we stopped at a rest stop on the Thruway, she said that it was too expensive there, that we'd go elsewhere. It was 47-cents. :wow:

[Bombero1956]

12. when I was a kid gas was 22 cents a gallon

My Dad would send me to the corner store for cigarettes, bread and milk. The cigarettes were 35 cents a pack, bread was 23 cents a loaf and milk was 49 cents for a half gallon. Don't even get me started on the price of candy.

[trof]

13. AND we got free glasses.

Had the University of Alabama seal and Bear Bryant's picture on them.
And they washed the windshield, checked the oil, radiator level, air in the tires.

Remember the 'ding-ding' hose that let the guys inside know when you drove in?

[Bombero1956]

14. we gassed up at an Atlantic station where the man that owned it was in his 80's

he didn't have a tooth in his head but he was the friendliest man. Always gave us a lollipop before we left. I miss those days.

[Auggie]

16. I remember buying $2.00 worth because I felt broke

[bamacrat]

17. Cheapest I remember was when I was 13. and gas was 85 cents for regular.

Was .99 when I started driving. $15 would fill you up, now damn it costs near $40 to fill my car up.

[Urban Prairie]

18. I remember pumping it for 38 cents a gallon

in the winter of '73 as a pump jockey for a huge gas station with 8 bays....froze my butt off and my hands, because I either had to take my gloves off to make change or use the portable/manual gas card swiper...brrrr!