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Some Motorists Ran Out of Gas Such as This Man in Portland and Had to Stand in Line with a Gas Can During the Fuel Crisis in the Pacific Northwest 12/1973

The State of Oregon Had a Flag System in Addition to Its Odd-Even System of Allocating Gasoline 01/1974

  • SCAVENGERSHOTS said:
    omg,,, i remeber the gas war days. my mom would bitch about waiting in line. lol. she shoulda drove a VW.

Imported Gasoline Was Sold at This Service Station, During the Fuel Crisis in the Fall and Winter of 1973-74...02/1974

  • Adrienne Johnson said:
    As of 2010, that gas that was $1.74/gal would be $7.61/gal. The national salary average in 1974 was $8030.76 (equivalent to $35,124 in today's dollars.).
  • nlpnt said:
    And don't forget the gas mileage was worse back then! A VW Beetle got around 25, a Valiant with slant-six and auto might hit 20, an average fullsize Chevy or Ford would get in the low teens and if you had a Caddy you were lucky to see 10.