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Jacson6

(1,959 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:38 AM 8 hrs ago

WAVY Archive: 1979 Gas Shortage

These keep popping up on youtube's feed. I guess people are searching on the topic.

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WAVY Archive: 1979 Gas Shortage (Original Post) Jacson6 8 hrs ago OP

"Would you like me to check the oil for you? Those Pintos have a tendency to run low." NT mahatmakanejeeves 8 hrs ago #1

Odd and even days, if you could find gas. dem4decades 8 hrs ago #2

And absolutely no topping off... MiHale 8 hrs ago #3

mahatmakanejeeves

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1. "Would you like me to check the oil for you? Those Pintos have a tendency to run low." NT

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Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:47 AM

8 hrs ago

dem4decades

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2. Odd and even days, if you could find gas.

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Thu Mar 19, 2026, 08:54 AM

8 hrs ago

MiHale

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3. And absolutely no topping off...

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Thu Mar 19, 2026, 09:11 AM

8 hrs ago

I was stationed in New York at the time..Seneca Army Depot…the gas’s stations in town, Geneva, had an attendant that walked up the line looking at the gas gauges of the cars…had to be below half or out of line.

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