"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:tSPPj.3485$nb4.892
@trnddc08:


"LRod" wrote:

I don't know what "many years ago" is to you, but it takes me back
to
my yout of the '50s, when regular was commonly 22¢ a gallon or
thereabouts.

Along about that time gas wars were common in Detroit.

Would hear stories about $0.16-$0.18 sometimers as low as $0.15/gal
from people who had just been to Detroit.

Of course, to put things in perspective, minimum wage was $050/hr for
part time help and had gotten all the way to $1.00/hr for a 40 hour
week by thye time I graduated from hiogh school.

Still remember going to the Amoco station and filling up my motorcycle
(less than 2 gal) with their super Hi-Test for $0.50 which lasted ALL
week.



The least I ever paid for gas in the USA was $.119. This was in 1957 at
many stations along 'gasoline alley (Columbus Ave.)' in Springfield Mass.
during the gas wars. Had a '41 Ford coupe with a '48 Merc 59AB block.
Triple Fenton manifold mounting Stromberg 98s (or was it 97s?). Had a three
quarter cam and Edelbrock 10:1 heads. Headers and the loudest glass packs
in the state. I could beat most showroom Chevy's, but vettes were a
problem. I loved the flatheads, but I knew the era was over.