RE: Speaking of gasoline

[William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>]

You are not the only one dated.
I remeber the gas wars of minus 10 cents per gallon and White Castles being 5 cents each.
Of course the average wage was around $2.00 per hour unless you baled hay and then you were paid 3 cents a bail.
Later
Bill Harrison
65 Coronet 2 dr post

--- On Thu, 4/1/10, Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Speaking of gasoline
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 6:05 PM
> 
> OK, I'm really dating myself here, but I lived in Lawndale,
> Cafifornia 
> in the early 60's and in 1965 there were 2 gas stations on
> the corner of 
> my street in gas wars, and their signs said .099 per
> gallon!
> mopar383fury@xxxxxxx
> wrote:
> > 
> > Gas was .55-.65 a gallon????  When was this
> mythical time? I thought it 
> > was only in legend, myth, and song!  Cheapest I
> ever remember was .99 in 
> > 1999 here in California. I miss those days!  
> > 
> > Dodge recommends 89 for my 08 Hemi, I use 87 and see
> no difference. 
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:02:18 
> > To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Speaking o f gasoline
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ...I only buy brand (new) name gasoline for my cars
> but I will use the 
> > off brand (second hand) gas in my lawn equipment. Why?
> 
> >  
> >  I put the last 30 years of my working career
> employed by a liquid 
> >  petroleum pipeline company as a mechanic
> servicing pumps, motors valves 
> >  etc all relating to the safe movement and
> handling of liquid petroleum 
> >  products. This, by no means makes me any kind of
> authority on fossil 
> >  fuels or the production of gasoline, but over
> the years I’ve seen how 
> >  petroleum products are handled in a pipeline and
> at storage facilities. 
> >  I found it absolutely fascinating and my hats
> off to the people that 
> >  operate these systems. My point of all this is
> that all gasoline is 
> >  transported VIA pipeline from refineries to
> their respective 
> >  distribution points and then trucked to the
> sales stations. These 
> >  pipelines do not only carry gasoline but also
> other similar petroleum 
> >  products, home heating oil, diesel, etc (yes, in
> the same pipe at the 
> >  same time). These liquids do not mix per say
> while in the pipeline 
> >  because they are under constant pressure.
> However, there is a small 
> >  amount of what’s known as “transmix” (the
> tail end of one batch against 
> >  the head end of the following batch), which
> normally does occur in the 
> >  line.  This transmix is cut out of the
> stream and stored in separate 
> >  tankage. Eventually you end up with a full tank
> of “accumulated 
> >  transmix” product, what do you with this
> stuff? It gets pumped 
> >  separately to a refractory, which re-refines or
> separates the different 
> >  products back to “useable” fuels once again.
> Hey, this is a good thing 
> >  right? Well, I agree to a certain extent. I
> remember ‘back in the day’ 
> >  when brand name gas sold for say .95 per gallon
> while down the road was 
> >  a cheap ‘no name’ station selling gas for
> .55 or .65 cents a gal. How 
> >  could they do that? Like I said, I’m no expert
> but I’d bet they were 
> >  selling refracted gasoline but at an honest
> price. You got what you paid 
> >  for and it worked. Performance didn’t matter
> and so what if it smoked a 
> >  little more, it was cheap. So what are these no
> name gas stations 
> >  selling today at very nearly the same cost as
> branded gas? Well, I can’t 
> >  say for sure but that is my opinion of no name
> fuels and why I will only 
> >  buy brand new gas for my cars. I cringe every
> time I see a classic 
> >  muscle car filling up at a no name station!
> UGH!     
> > Dave
> >               
>        
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> Jeff Adams
> 64 Polara
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