How much gas was Rockford Buying??? 1974 T.V. Series

[Survivor87]

heck 10 years ago I was 18 pumping $5 into a V8 Dodge Dart, it got me 30 miles to the next major city and back and some left over to fool around town with.

[cbsctomh]

In '74, gas was shooting up toward $0.45 per gallon. Three bucks would have given Jimbo a half tank!

[VolkswagenNut1969]

1974... That was when gas prices (in Oklahoma, at least) jumped from 33 cents a gallon to 53 cents because of the embargo. In Calif. it probably would have been around 60 cents. Three bucks gave Jimbo 5 gallons (1/4 of a tank) which would have given the 400 ci, 175 hp Firebird Esprit a range of roughly 70 miles. Not much, but these were the "gas rationing" days.

[69waveydavey]

Hey Yanks! Come to the UK and pay over£5 a gallon! don't know what that works out exactly probably close to $10!!!! good init?

[HardLovinLoser]

That is funny. I usedta pump gas at 22 cents a gallon, and my Mom used to buy it $2.00 worth at a time...

[kenfo0]

Least I can remember gas going for in the mid 70's was around 60 cents a gallon.Often would get $5 or $10 worth. Now that won't get you around the corner.Hey! How come no nasty crap about Obama being "in bed with the oil companies"?Gas below $2 before election, now $2.50 (that's 25%).Funny how that works.The hurricane season is coming...watch the rates go through the roof again (don't remember this happening as a kid). Somehow, the true believers will know Obama's not to blame...must be Bush!

[TitaniumByFire]

LOL, So true. Cult members are brainwashed, so you can forget them owning up to the truth and reality.

[putdownan8dude]

cheap gas and hot chick in passenger seat. tell me the 70s werent the best decade ever!

[swgeek63092]

LOL U ONLY WANT A GALLON, SIR? btw NICE def1le u got 10k views! *sigh* not even my fricken epic gta skydive will ever get that..

[Mattleycrue66]

Before even watching this video, I knew that Jimbo told the gas attendant "Three Bucks!"

[hamtrak]

This episode is called,"The Real Easy Red Dog",from 1975, Gas averaged 36 cents/gallon.Jimbo probably topped it off for a lousy three bucks!

[outakontroll]

I use to scoung for change in the couch, rode my dirtbike all day. THOSE WERE THE DAYS!

[rtds9fan]

Forget about how much he paid for the gas....there was actually someone who came out and pumped it for him LOL.That is unheard of now LOL

[A1l2l2e2n4]

I don't know what gas prices were like in California in the '70s, but in the South, they were just starting to approach eighty cents a gallon. It was nationwide news when gas prices hit $1.00/gallon in 1979.

[saturnday]

What about the price of a new Firebird back in 1975. My mother had one like the one Rockford drove. I think she paid $6,000 for it new.

[number1scatterbrain]

I wonder how many gold metal-flake Firebirds were sold because Jim Rockford drove one. I used to watch the show with my dad (gone now) on Friday nights; real bittersweet nostalgia. Jim Rockford beat the hell out of that Firebird.

[ResidualConfusion]

Jim Garner had a bad back & bad knees. I had a bad back & bad knees. I had a Camaro, not a Firebird, but practically identical. I learned from watching Jimmy how to roll out of my car without hurting my back or knees.

Unlike me, he got a new car every year. You could tell by the changes (mostly windows & bumpers) in each year's model. Them were the days.

[GretGugliMugli]

Had a Camaro, 5.7 litres and souped up a little bit. It took about 45 litres of gas for 100km. With the three Dollars I could hardly have left the station...

[johnnysalami13]

about 6 gallons i have pics of a bp gas station taken when i was 15 yrs old 50 cents a gal for reg gas in 1975

[fafniricingdeath]

The show also played upon Jim's character being the everyman. He wasnt portrayed as well off like Magnum PI. Who amoung us that isnt rich has stopped to put in $5 dollars in their tank even today just to make sure they make it home from work?

[stlukeslabrat]

Amen!

[longfade]

Yeah, that's a very nice touch.

[DJDef1le0]

Now a days the gas prices for 8 gallons would be about 4.19-4.35 multiplied by 8, so 33.52-34.80 dollars today, now compare that with 3 dollars worth of gas. Crazy huh?

[tommiej3]

@DJDef1le0 I recall gas at 49 cents..Remember in 1979 when prices jumped following the Iranian revolution they had to HOLD them at 99 cents cause none of the pumps price mechanisms were programmed for more than two digits!!

[smartbunny]

8 gallons = $3.00! Today, 8 gallons = about $25! I can't believe I am old enough to be nostalgic about the prices of things. I feel like a fogey. (Candy bars were 15 cents!)

[socalltd]

i think rocky's house was on the west velley. it has that look and feel say chatsworth?

[DJDef1le0]

Indeed, Thank you very much for all the info, I will get back to you on where his trailer/trailor was parked. My parents not too long ago visited California and visited the area where it was parked. They also ate at the restaurant that was near that area. They also charge 25 dollars for parking there but if you eat at the place then you don't have to pay that.

[tommiej3]

@DJDef1le0 Called the Sand Castle. Or i twas when I ate there in 1988.

[tommiej3]

@DJDef1le0 It is Paradise Cove north of Malibu off the PCH. The restaurant you see in some episodes of Rockford Files (both internal and external shots) still stands. It was called the Sand Castle when I ate there in Jan. 1988. I dont recall parking charge (off season?) or maybe it was institiuted after I visited OR was less back then and waived since I ate at Sand Castle.

[Rogersocal]

Thanks for the info, Rick. I will check to see if that gas station is still there. Hey, you don't happen to know where Rocky's house was located, do you ? I always guessed Studio City, even though they said the valley.

[rickr442]

Yes!!! Those were the days! Default gas station for filming of Rockford was corner of Lankershim & Riverside, North Hollywood, gas was maybe $.40/gallon then. Good thing for Jimbo, tires were cheap,too. Most of ther driving shots were done within a couple of miles of Universal, often on Lankershim.