The least I ever paid for gas, without there being a 'gas war' was $.17 a gallon. This was in the mid60s in Lincoln City at the Oregon Coast. At that price though, the proprietor did nothing but pump gas, no windshields or checking the oil.

I enjoyed the man. He was a Texan, large and jovial and amply built. One time he flung back his arms and took a big lungful of the fresh ocean air and then said, Ah! If I'd done that in Texas I'd have smothered to death.