[BaadAssGremlins] Re: gas crises/1972

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Doc, yes and no. There were indeed limits on how much one could purchase, 
but it depended on what part of the country I guess. Here in Texas (Corpus 
Christi where I was living) you could fill up your tank, up to 20 gallons. 
We used to take gas cans (wasn't supposed to!) with us and fill up the 
Rambler first, and if any left over put in can. Stupid I guess, but those of 
ya'll living in Gulf coast states know this is sort of a hurricane mentality 
morphed with gas crisis back then...we used same tactic with Celia Aug 3rd 
1970 for weeks afterwards. And few gas stations were open to boot.

I can't comment on commercial trucks and rigs, and I can't even tell you 
what the OPEC gas crisis was about, probably Arabs pissed at us again for 
some reason I think. But I remember some of the repercussions back then like 
the car lots flooding with big cars, gas guzzlers tough to sell. Some 
however, still wanted their Trans Ams!
Eddie Stakes'
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----- Original Message ----- 
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To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: 73 AMC Hornet Carb question?


> Terry gas tank capacity meant squat during the so called gas shortage in
> 74 because the gas stations were only selling 3  gallons at a time at
> what ever their rip off prices were back then. Also this so called gas
> 73-74 shortage was not a spur of the moment thing. As a non-commercial
> seller with a 5000 gallon tank for our gas powered trucks where I worked
> we were told by Shell we would be cut off completely after 30+ years for
> no reason but purely for profit some where else 1 year prior to the so
> called shortage .
> "Doc"
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