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Long, Long Ago. It would depend of course on location, the State and the Country. In the days before emission standards and multi- grade fuel, when no one had heard terms like lead free, ethanol added and high octane gasoline, it was only distinguished by its color. Red gasoline was for automobiles and green gasoline on which there was no taxation was for agricultural and industrial use. In Oklahoma in about 1948 you could buy five gallons for a dollar. A decade later it had reached the unheard of price of 35 cents. (An alternative was to go to a well head and drain off a few gallons of "Sump Gas" and pop it into your tank. It ran poorly, promptly destroyed the engine, and required clandestine midnight requisition, but it worked.

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