Oh my, I remember those days. I remember my mom complaining about 25 cent gas. She had a tuna boat Cadillac that cost almost $5 to fill up. During the embargo I remember they were pumping oil into old wells up on signal hill near Long Beach. So much for oil shortages. There was the odd and even days to get gas in CA. It didn't matter for me because I had bought a car from my cousin and it had OR plates on it. I could get gas on any day. Out of state plates were exempt. I took my sweet time switching my car over to CA registration - at least not until the odd/even deal was finished.
The embargo started while Nixon was in the WH and he signed the bill to lower maximum highway speed to 55mph. Nixon was also in office when the whole odd/even gas line mess started that was adopted on a state and local level. CA and OR were two of the first. It was the seventies version of the toilet paper hoarding frenzy.
Oh my, I remember those days. I remember my mom complaining about 25 cent gas. She had a tuna boat Cadillac that cost almost $5 to fill up. During the embargo I remember they were pumping oil into old wells up on signal hill near Long Beach. So much for oil shortages. There was the odd and even days to get gas in CA. It didn't matter for me because I had bought a car from my cousin and it had OR plates on it. I could get gas on any day. Out of state plates were exempt. I took my sweet time switching my car over to CA registration - at least not until the odd/even deal was finished.
The embargo started while Nixon was in the WH and he signed the bill to lower maximum highway speed to 55mph. Nixon was also in office when the whole odd/even gas line mess started that was adopted on a state and local level. CA and OR were two of the first. It was the seventies version of the toilet paper hoarding frenzy.