In 1964 CLARK stations in St Louis were in a gas war with the big names like TEXACO and STANDARD OIL. Gas was $0.12 a gallon. I filled my 24 gallon Pontiac Starchief for under three bucks.I remember one time back in about 1964 during a gas price 'war', gas was 19.9 cents a gallon. Two bucks filled up the tank on my 1957 Ford.
We did that with TOPPS Baseball Cards ... something that, in retrospect, seems like it was probably financial folly, given the value of some of those cards if they would be in mint condition.
I sure do remember that stuff. My mother thought that mercurochrome was the answer to every cut and scrape. She also thought that every cough, cold, and chest congestion should be treated with Vicks Vapor Rub. I didn't mind the mercurochrome so much, but I hated that greasy Vicks stuff.
Same here. I had to lay under a lot of blankets when I had a fever. You had to "sweat it out".I sure do remember that stuff. My mother thought that mercurochrome was the answer to every cut and scrape. She also thought that every cough, cold, and chest congestion should be treated with Vicks Vapor Rub. I didn't mind the mercurochrome so much, but I hated that greasy Vicks stuff.
Not one of these items have changed in "intrinsic " value. So why do they now cost ten times as much in dollars?
Ahhhh, the 70's I grew up in Michigan, when the Pintos and Vegas were 1 year old they had rust holes you could fit a football through.
View attachment 140201
My Dad was born in 1903