1978 has a tumblr, pretty cool to look through if you are into reminiscing

http://sandiego1978.tumblr.com/page/2

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new info about 1937 Chevrolet dealerships installing truck beds in business coupes... I thought that was a thing people had to make for themselves

I've posted about this gas rationing ingenuity before, that a truck was issued more gas rations, and a car less, so some people converted their cars into trucks by just adding a pickup bed where the rumble seat or trunk had been... this is the first I've read about it being done by a dealership... But the owner of this 1937 Chevy business coupe is the 2nd owner and bought this car 40 years ago, so I'll just work with that.

found on http://crosleykook.blogspot.com/2011/12/six-engines-one-wagon-37-chevy-two.html

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When driving through Barstow California, don't get gas at the Chevron on Barstow Rd Exit, it's 60 cents a gallon more than the Valejo station across the overpass... that is 12 dollars more for 20 gallons, wasted

 I've posted before that I believe that some gas stations change the prices highest left to right to get you to accidentally buy the most expensive gas  http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/09/do-some-gas-stations-try-to-trick-you.html

above are the reversed from normal levels of price gouging at the Chevron, and below, in the normal arrangement, is the Valejo gas station prices

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