Quote Originally Posted by Robbo View Post
Love the photo of the HZ in the Esso garage with the petrol price at 15.41 cents a litre, I miss those day's.
Problem was the average male weekly wage was $223.10 in March 1979.
Making one tank of fuel $10.78 (70 litres) meaning you got just over 20 tanks of fuel out of a single pay packet.
Hmm, that was good! Today you get only around 14 tanks for the average 2012 weekly wage!

Regards, Smooth