Re: '53 Cruising Speed
Posted by HH56 On 2011/10/7 9:50:21
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I'm old enough to recall "Gas Wars" with stations posting as low as 18 cents a gallon and my dad pulling into the cheapest one in our '55 Merc.
Talk about memories. Dad stopping at "Oriental Gas" at a wide spot in the road between home and Albuquerque. Filled up with ethyl at a whopping 23.9 cents/gallon (it was 29.9 at home). Moms car & she told him she didn't like the looks of the place. He did, car smoked, belched, passed gas and sounded like marbles in a can the rest of the trip. It's a wonder we made it any further and other than the car, things seemed quiet and a little strained in the front seat between them.
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