On Jan 29, 7:19*am, wrote:
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:51:00 -0800 (PST), Bob Villa



wrote:
I pumped hundreds of thousands of gallons at 46.9 cents - and with the
inevitable gas wars of the late sixties I bought more than one tank
full for less than 11 cents per gallon.

I remember when gas was around 20c/gal (55+yrs ago) late fifties and
there was a gas war, the lowest being 12.9 cents. *Your recollection
is hard to believe!

I remember our boy getting into our '67 truck for the first time
last year and looking around for the switch to operate the electric
windows... funny how people come to rely on technology.

I've heard of people being in tears because they couldn't unlock their
car (dead fob battery). *A passerby helped by taking their keys and
unlocking the door.

bob

We had a 1949 Mercury convertible with power windows. I think they may
have been vacuum powered. They weren't terribly reliable.

The Toyota Rav4 that I use as a "land dinghy" for my sailboat only has
a keyhole in the driver's door.

My dad had a '49 Merc...you could change the AM radio station by a
foot-switch! Very cool!