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06-14-2006, 06:09 AM
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06-17-2006, 10:28 AM
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Re: Pump gas
"We have a Sunoco down here that sells 110 leaded right at the pumps."
That is what we have around here as well... 110 Sunoco It states on the pump "110 Leaded Race Fuel FOR OFF ROAD USE ONLY" but at $5.49 / gal.... They are more than happy to take your $$$$$$.
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#25
06-17-2006, 08:49 PM
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Re: Pump gas
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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. [/ QUOTE ] 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
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#26
06-18-2006, 05:05 AM
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Re: Pump gas
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.
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06-18-2006, 05:24 PM
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Re: Pump gas
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[ QUOTE ] 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 [/ QUOTE ] 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. 
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#28
06-18-2006, 08:40 PM
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Ah yes.....the gas wars.....Loved them!
I remember pumping 260 into a 69 L78 for a quarter per gallon. Reckon you could say them were the good 'ol days.
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#29
06-21-2006, 10:59 PM
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Re: Pump gas
I was at Martin, MI for the F.A.S.T. race this last weekend. They boasted of having the cheapest racing fuel in the country-- Torco 110--$4/ gallon -- Torco 112-- $4.50/ gallon. I filled up the race jugs before making the trip back home!
 Almost as good as some of our good friends rolling a 55 gallon drum to the pump and saying "fill'er up!" 
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#30
06-21-2006, 11:04 PM
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I filled up the race jugs before making the trip back home! [/ QUOTE ] I'm kicking myself for for not doing the same thing. 
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Steve
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