What was the price of gas in 1948?

Answer 1

A gallon of gas cost 15 cents in 1944. It was only 35 cents in 1970 which means, adjusted for inflation, it was cheaper than in 1944.

Also the price in 1944 was kept fixed by wartime price controls since the beginning of the war and very heavily rationed. If people needed to do any extensive traveling by car in 1944 they picked up as many hitchhikers as they could and if the hitchhikers had any gas ration coupons in their ration books the driver made use of them too.

Answer 2

In 1949, the US national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was 27 cents - equivalent to about $2.47 per gallon in 2010.

Answer 3

The price of gasoline in 1942 was $0.19 a gallon. The average car cost was only $1,100.00.

Answer 4

It cost about 25 cents a gal ... but it was rationed and it was tough to get the ration stamps.

Answer 5

In 1952 a gallon of gas cost .20. That is equal to $1.70 in 2011.

Answer 6

The US average in 1940 was 18 cents per gallon. That would be about $3.02 per gallon in today's dollars (2014).

Answer 7

26 cents