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    .............it were true now! Do any of you remember this or was it before your time!
    It was pouring but I couldn't resist taking this in St Mawes, Cornwall, yesterday.

    Bob


    To see what is in front of one's nose requires constant struggle.
    GEORGE ORWELL

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    Oooh, I don't remember that far back.

    It was about five and sixpence when I started driving in 1968, in my 1959 Ford Thames 5cwt van: 1172cc side valve and about forty miles to the pint*

    Pete

    , pint: Of oil.
    Look, I'm an old man. I shouldn't be expected to put up with this.


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      Originally posted by snaarman View Post
      Oooh, I don't remember that far back.

      It was about five and sixpence when I started driving in 1968, in my 1959 Ford Thames 5cwt van: 1172cc side valve and about forty miles to the pint*

      Pete

      , pint: Of oil.
      Well, you are young then.............
      Bob


      To see what is in front of one's nose requires constant struggle.
      GEORGE ORWELL

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      • #4
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        About four bob when I bought my 1936 Morris 8 in 1959. I thought that was expensive in relation to my pay which was ten bob a day.
        David

        EM1ii, EM10ii

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          It may be cheap but I see it is also sold out and I expect it will remain so for some considerable time.

          In Ireland they have an alternative approach to the fuel crisis:-

          John

          "A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

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          • #6
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            I can remember my Uncles having a heated discussion on how outrageous it was that petrol had gone up to half a crown a gallon. That must have been in approximately 1949, my parents did not have a car at that time.

            Roger

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            • #7
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              I can remember when it was this price..and it's more appropriate for this forum.



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              • #8
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                Indeed I do remember, Bob. I was probably 10 yrs old around the time of the end of WWII, my dad used to fill up his old Essex Super6 at the Shell bowser ... memories !

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                • #9
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                  Originally posted by pandora View Post
                  Indeed I do remember, Bob. I was probably 10 yrs old around the time of the end of WWII, my dad used to fill up his old Essex Super6 at the Shell bowser ... memories !
                  Well I recall my daddy telling me about this, when I was a Toddler in 1978 for my History lesson ... ...
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                  I Lurve Walking in our Glorious Countryside; Photography;
                  Riding Ducati Motorbikes; Reading & Cooking ! ...


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                  • #10
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                    Well, these last two "bumps" (thank you Mark and Chevvy) have got me thinking again, that price of 2/3d................it's not much more than that in the US of A now is it?
                    Bob


                    To see what is in front of one's nose requires constant struggle.
                    GEORGE ORWELL

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                    • #11
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                      Originally posted by BobS View Post
                      Well, these last two "bumps" (thank you Mark and Chevvy) have got me thinking again, that price of 2/3d................it's not much more than that in the US of A now is it?
                      At the moment Bob ! Soon what will the USA do for Oil/diesel & Petrol ? they are falling out with all the Middle East countries ... as fighting over the fuel oil of the future ! With their gaz guzzler ve-hicles they will be stuffed !
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                      I Lurve Walking in our Glorious Countryside; Photography;
                      Riding Ducati Motorbikes; Reading & Cooking ! ...


                      http://www.flickr.com/photos/photomagicf1_chevvy/sets/

                      the ONE photo album

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                      • #12
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                        Argh! Wish I hadn't opened this thread .My heart lies bleeding on the floor of our car

                        Iain

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                        • #13
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                          Originally posted by Zuiko View Post
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                          In Ireland they have an alternative approach to the fuel crisis:-

                          John,
                          How does it's mpg compare to petrol?
                          Chris

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                          • #14
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                            Originally posted by Gwyver View Post
                            John,
                            How does it's mpg compare to petrol?
                            Is that miles per Guinness...

                            Nick
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                            • #15
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                              Originally posted by Gwyver View Post
                              John,
                              How does it's mpg compare to petrol?
                              To be honest it doesn't get you very far, but with that stuff on pump who wants to go anywhere anyway?
                              John

                              "A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

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