21 Feb 09 06:16, Roger Nelson wrote to Bob Ackley:

 BA>> No, but it was almost certainly less than $100, gas was still well
 BA>> under $1/gallon in those days and there was still about ten gallons
 BA>> in it, so it would have taken just about 100 gallons total to fill.

 RN> A real gas guzzler.  (-:  Didn't you get tired on the way back to Neb
 RN> even though you had plenty of gas?

My 72 had a total of 54 gallon capacity fuel tanks. I could drive from San
Diego to San Jose under 8 hours (525miles) non-stop, before they opened
I-5. On old 99, I'd usually stop half-way (Bakersfield) for a stretch and
a cup of coffee anyway.

                R\%/itt


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