stendec

Interesting, a 4.5 times increase between 1983 and now, so around 39 years. Based on a 1971 date for the above photo and a price was around 33 per gallon (it looks like it has just gone up from 32p as a small '3' appears to have been stuck over what looks like a '2') there was a 2.3 times increase between the start of 1971 and April 1978 or just over 7 years which would give an equivalent rate of 12.8 times over 39 years. It shows the impact of the 1973 oil crisis when OPEC introduced an oil embargo in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur war.

Thanks Talbot High Jetter, it would indeed be nice to know what stendec referred to but so far it appears to be an unsolved mystery, no one knows what the radio operator of the doomed plane meant when he transmitted the word in morse code. And thanks Mr Pastry, you reply came in whilst mine was awaiting moderation as a newbie.

It didn’t stay that way for long, I had forgotten how quickly it went up, but Hansard gives the following average prices in an answer to a question in Parliament: pence/gallon Date four-star derv 15 April 1978 75 84 15 April 1979 88 92 15 April1980 132 135 15 January 1981 132 140 Almost doubled between April 78 and Jan 81, diesel wasn't quite as bad.

Yes, that's it, I had forgotten about the 128, I had thought 1100 but the door frames weren’t right, which was also the problem with everything else I could think of.

Looks like one of post 1971 facelift '02 series with a Mk 1 Granada in front. I guess none of these cars are still around, I can't see the Mk 2 Tina on the DVLA site and the 1.3 Marina coupe, first registered July 74, looks like its last tax expired end of May 86.

3/3 a gallon - those were the days! When I started driving in 1978 petrol was still under £1 a gallon and I could fill the tank for less than a tenner, in fact I think my Riley Elf took less than a fiver. Whats the dark car behind the Bedford CA (?) van?

Thanks High Jetter and stuboy

Hello all, I've been lurking for quite a while and finally decided to register and say hallo. I'm feeling very old as a lot of the cars on here seem very new to me, I was born in the 60s so think of old cars as being the 50s and 60s cars I was used to growing up. Time flies hey?

Or maybe an Opel Commodore? https://www.t-online.de/auto/neuheiten-fahrberichte/id_74737230/bilder/opel-commodore-b-coupe-.html#1