Petrol price

[Austin in the Shed]

I know I am getting old when I think of the first gallon of petrol I bought at 3 shillings and 4 1/2 pence. Today’s decimal equivalent of 17pence a gallon.

John Mason.

Not quite so long ago but my dad sold 2 star at 4 and a penny a gallon and 5 (gallons) for a pound.
Although I was young at the time I remember it was still a lot of money to fill a mk 10 jag up with its twin tanks at around 15 mpg.
I sold my first car off the front a 1937 Vauxhall 10 or 12 for £10