About 36 cents per gallon.
The average price of a gallon of regular leaded gasoline in 1972 was 36 cents.
In 1972, the US national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was 36 cents. That is equal to about $1.88 per gallon in 2010 dollars.
The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the 1970s ranged from a low of 36 cents a gallon in 1970, 1971 and 1972 to a high of 86 cents per gallon in 1979.
In 1972 while living in Indiana I paid .35/gal for Regular. Note that this was leaded gasoline.
The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in 1980 was $1.25
The price of gasoline in the year 1996 was... $1.21 per gallon. The price of gasoline in the year 1996 was... $1.21 per gallon.
The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in 1979 was 90 cents.
The average price of a gallon of regular leaded gasoline in 1974 was 53 cents.
The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in 1998 was: $1.06
The U.S. price of gasoline was about $1.40/gallon in 1996.
19 cents a gallon
The US national average retail gasoline price that year was $1.88 per gallon.