Grape Ape Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Went to Tennessee to visit our daughter and her family a couple weeks ago. Found out she lives only a little over an hour away from Bowling Green, Kentucky. So I had her take us to the Corvette Museum and also got to meet up with a fellow Corvette Forum member that lives close to my daughters house too. Had a great time and we'll be going back again for sure. This video is of our 1st ever visit to the museum. It's about 30 minutes long so view whatever parts you want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnU Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Great video. Hopefully your next trip is when the factory tours are running! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Great video, watched the whole thing...... I started riding my motorcycle to school at 14 (legal age in Texas to get a motorcycle license) gas was 45 to 50 cents a gallon then. How old are you to remember 25 cents a gallon ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Nice job there Mark and thank you for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roneva Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Enjoyed the video Mark. Thanks for sharing. I was there a few years ago before the sink hole, took the plant tour, also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Did ya get a chance to see the ACE brick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y2krtaf Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Very cool Mark! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwdrummer Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Lucky dog. That sounds like fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NativeAz Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Excellent video...thanks for sharing. We will need to visit NCM in the near future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 12/26/2020 at 11:52 PM, Desertdawg said: How old are you to remember 25 cents a gallon ? I think region of the country makes a difference with remembered gas prices. I remember $0.21 a gallon here at the Giant Station at 35th Avenue and Glendale, and that was in 1972. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Great video Mark! Almost like being there as you made your way thru the museum. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Chameleon said: I think region of the country makes a difference . yeah, I didn’t think of that. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roneva Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 12/28/2020 at 8:39 AM, Chameleon said: I think region of the country makes a difference with remembered gas prices. I remember $0.21 a gallon here at the Giant Station at 35th Avenue and Glendale, and that was in 1972. Yes, I may be a little older than some of you, but I remember driving thru the South in the 50's and gas would be 17-19 cents per gallon. Yes, they had cars back then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 7 hours ago, roneva said: Yes, they had cars back then! It must have been tuff having to drive around all the dinosaur poop ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Ape Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 I was a pretty young lad and in grade school so I'm pretty sure to young to drive. I didn't buy any gas then. My dad owned a service station pretty much the whole time I grew up. I may have been mistaken with the 25 cents but I'm pretty sure the prices I can recall were in the 30ish cent range. Thanks for all the comments, I actually forgot to look for the ACE brick, I think I was just to excited to actually be there. My daughter will be in Tennessee for quite a while so I will be going again for sure someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Ape Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 So I can sleep tonight, I checked the gas price history and found out I was correct & Desertdawg is also. I was born in '61 and the gas prices were always in the 30 cent range until 1973. So you were also correct in questioning me remembering 25 cents, no way I could have. Now I can sleep tonight....😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnU Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I got my license in 1972 and had a 6 cylinder Nova (pictured in it's graduation colors). I remember when gas jumped to like 75 cents and I was thinking the world was over! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 I started riding one the street in 78. Spent a few years riding in the dirt before that, Dad would bring home cans of gas for us to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NativeAz Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Growing up in Tucson, I remember two gas stations across the street from each other having gas price wars occasionally. Regular prices were 27-29 cents per gallon. War prices reached a low of 17 cents per gallon. This included attendant pumping the gas, checking the oil, washing the windshield, and some sort of giveaway (S&H Green stamps, dishes, cups, company logo items, etc.) if you filled your tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOXXOH Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 OK, I'm old. But other than a price war in Phx that got down to $.22, I don't remember anything below a quarter. Maybe it's because I just plain can't remember back that far. I have the WWII gas ration stamp books my parents had in 1942. There were no prices in them. All the stamps in my book had been used up, but mom and dad still had a few stamps left. They were probably glad I was born by then, so they qualified for a third stamp book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roneva Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I also have the stamp books, unused in case they come back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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