What's The Cheapest You Remember A Gallon of Gas?

[1978 NYB]

 

[1978 NYB]

$0.34 a gallon in 1969.

 

[xxcarguy]

$0.64 in 1979

 

[LocuMob]

$0.99 in 2001

 

[BLIMP]

When I was a senior in high school (1986), there were a couple fuel stations having a "Gas War"...saw the price drop to 70 cents a gallon.

 

[300rag]

I remember 32 -34 cents in '69, and that was for the imperial gallon.

 

[traintech55]

.46 cents in 1972.

 

[polara71]

$0.34 a gallon in 1969.

I must be commode hanging drunk, id swear I remember. 29 cents at the Gas stations at the corner. Dad and I would walk up to the stations for lawn mower gasoline. He used to keep it in a gallon plastic milk jug 69/70 ish.

 

[azblackhemi]

$.32 in early 70's.

 

[69CoronetRT]

$0.19 at a Ginn station outside of Omaha during an early 70's gas war. Gas was typically $0.32 - $0.34 cents a gallon before the oil embargo. I also remember the pumps were you could select five different grades of gas, with appropriate pricing as the octane level went up. Seems like high octane AV gas for racing was an outrageous $0.99 a gal.

 

[66sptfry]

.77 cents late 90's.

 

[david hill]

Regular gas .24, premium .34 era 1970.

 

[crazyboutwagons]

My brother had a friend who's dad owned a ARCO gas station and we used to hangout there on weekends when he didn't work and the price on the signs were 29 cents a gallon for regular. Year was 1968

 

[tbm3fan]

Premium at 0.28 cents 1968 in San Diego at Shell along with free glassware with the logo of the NFL Chargers on it for filling up.

 

[rapidtrans]

.19 cents a gallon back in the ‘60s. Two stations right by Highland Park HQ constantly had “gas wars” luring Chrysler employees. I personally recall low .20s in summer ‘71. I know I filled an empty ‘71 RR for $5.00! Lot of lawn mowing money back then. But well worth it!

 

[Toolmanmike]

I worked at the Phillips 66 station when I was in High School. 71 or 72 we had a gas war with the Mobil station down the street. It was 19.9¢ for a Saturday.

 

[Samplingman]

I was clueless until I got my first car in 1980. I think it was .98 cents.

 

[live4theking]

I thought for sure I bought it for less than a dollar in 1990. I remember when it hit $1.55 everyone was panicking.

 

[WissaMan]

I definitely remember 60 cents in the mid/late 70's. Possibly .58 briefly.

I also remember in the mid/late 80's, fortuitously coinciding with my teen years driving the 68 New Yorker, gas prices sunk below a dollar for a while, which was great considering what horrific fuel mileage it got (<10mpg on average)

This Bloom County cartoon so accurately expressed my feelings at the time.... Chrysler "LeBehomth" -- I love it

 

[Badvert65]

In the early to mid 60's, my dad used to send me to the local gas station (an ESSO station) with a quarter and an empty gallon gas can. I got to keep the change. I usually put it in the bubble gum machines (remember those?). I was disappointed when gas got to 25 cents per gallon.
good times....good times....