Originally Posted by
Roody
It's interesting to look at gas prices adjusted for inflation. Through much of the 20th century, they hovered around $2.50 in todays dollars. In 1962, when MacDonald hamburgers were 90 cents (adjusted for inflation), gasoline cost about $2.40 a gallon. The highest prices were in 1981--$3.81. The lowest prices were less than $1.50, in 1999.
http://inflationdata.com/inflation/i...tion_chart.htm
I remember the tirade my old man went into when gas hit 50cents a gallon in the 70's. We did a lot of camping. we had lite pop up camper that we pulled with a VW Station wagon. We were on our way to Colorado from Troy MI and some where in Illinois and we drove on fumes trying to find a place under 50cents a gallon. My old man pitched a fit for the next 100 miles.