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[MXZ]

What was the octane rating for 260? Anyone remember how much a gal. this was? When burnt, did it have the same lovely aroma as say CAM II?

What a time that must have been.

[COPO427]

I believe 105 octane @ 51.9/gal in the 70's.

[@wot]

I thought it was 102 octane, and I remember pumping a dollars worth and cruising all night. In the 60's it was somewhere between $.30 and $.40 per gallon.

[ANDY M]

It was 102 octane. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunoco
In 1969, it was around $.36 a gallon in Detroit.
When I cruised Woodward Av. with my friends, it cost less than $5.00 for a tank of gas, which would take you less than 100 miles. If you were a kid who worked for the minimum wage, $1.50 an hour, that was just over 3 hours wages to cruise on Friday night.

[Motion Camaro]

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In 1969, it was around $.36 a gallon in Detroit...
... If you were a kid who worked for the minimum wage, $1.50 an hour, that was just over 3 hours wages to cruise on Friday night.

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<font color="blue">and worth every penny of it !!! </font>

[Mr70]

Amen.

[Mr70]

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[Seattle Sam]

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What was the octane rating for 260? Anyone remember how much a gal. this was? When burnt, did it have the same lovely aroma as say CAM II?

What a time that must have been.

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Pete, leaded gas always had a "sweet" smell, I never thought it was unpleasant at all and still don't. Unleaded blends on the other hand smell awful to me...

As to gas prices, I remember buying gas in Iowa in 1970 or 71 for as low as 17 cents a gallon - they used to have "gas wars" between brands!
-Sam

[@wot]

A couple of days ago, I was at a Torco fuel dealers shop, and he told me that he had customers buying racing fuel simply for the smell that the burnt fuel had. At $7.50- $8.00 per gallon, I find this a fairly expsensive 60's sensoring pleasing experience.

[lzdick]

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As to gas prices, I remember buying gas in Iowa in 1970 or 71 for as low as 17 cents a gallon - they used to have "gas wars" between brands!
-Sam

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In the summer of '69 (wasn't there a song about that?) a friend and I were leaving Chicago heading to Colorado to vacation. As we drove into Waterloo, IA there was a 'gas war' going on. There were three gas stations at one intersection priced at 18 cents, 17 cents and 16 cents per gallon. We had just tanked up in the previous town at something like 28 cents. I recall at the time wishing we could buy a trailer, cheap, and haul some of that 16 cent fuel with us for the remainder of the trip.

Oh, for those prices again. Maybe in my afterlife.