I think it was 1962 or 1963 and a gas-war was going on in Buffalo. My Dad had a Gas-Station in northern Pennsylvania and I can remember him saying the gas prices in Buffalo were much cheaper than he was able to buy it. The price .... 17.9 cents. I pumped gas since I was 10 years old and I don't ever remember gas being cheaper. Not many customers filled up their cars. Most would say, "Give me 5 gallons." Sometimes it would be, "Give me a dollars worth." ... and with those huge sales they got their windshield washed, oil checked, fan belt examined, water checked and, if they asked, we'd check the air in their tires and add some if it was needed. Dad paid me $10 and all the gas I could burn for a weeks work (35 hours) in my senior year. He changed "all the gas I could burn" to "one tank a week." I could burn a lot of gas. I had a 1956 Plymouth with push-button drive with a 277 cu in V8. It would smoke all of the Chevys and Fords of the day.

Xavier