"So far, the weather has been better and we hope for perhaps 200 to 250 gallons."
Many said they need a car to get around, but do not want to pay high insurance costs and $1.80 for a gallon of gas.
A sum based upon a 15-hour day shows a total need for 10,000 gallons per hour.
"Sometimes I only had enough money for a gallon of paint."
A hand showed at the window to gesture for five gallons.
The average price for a gallon of regular was $1.24 in September before it began to fall the next month.
The average price for a gallon of gas - $1.20 - is back where it was in 1985.
So the gas bill, for 58 imperial gallons, comes to about $193.
It has storage for 1.4 million gallons and in 1986 produced 38,000 cases.
He had just paid $21.56 for 13 gallons of gas at $1.59 a gallon.