Let’s turn back the hands of time to the 1970s, and gather round you youngsters born after 1980 because you’re not going to believe what mechanical contractors faced while fighting to keep their vehicles gassed up and on the road to service customer’s needs.
Starting in October 1973, the United States — coast-to-coast — suddenly faced a shortage of gasoline. It wasn’t uncommon for folks to wait in lines that took hours before you finally got to the pump, only to discover there was no more gas! God help you if you attempted to line-jump and tempers were mighty short. Gas stations resorted to limiting how much gasoline you could purchase, and you could only purchase on certain days if your license plate ended in an odd or even number.