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Foreign To A Us." RENAULT Your Economy, Sport and Luxury Car Storo! (Sopttd WE SERVICE ALL IMPORTS Rte. 31 & Amway Dr. (North of 176) Crystal Lake, II. 815-455-4330 Page 38--Shew Media Group 1962 Fair Guide Fair features Building continued from page 34 makes them late with a payment, but we work with them. We repossess very little equipment." Tight money was a reason the company went to the less expensive Little Scrambler and The Swing. "When you're borrowing large amounts, a difference of $10,000 in price can make the difference in a sale or no sale," Sullivan said. With the exception of the welders, employees of the plant perform a variety of task* in the assembly of the rides. "There's no room for robots here," Sullivan said with a smile that reflects the,family pride in his company's products. It takes 1,200 to 1,010 man-hours to assem­ ble the smallest to largest rides. Everything from the trailer the ride is mounted on, to the seats the riders sit in, is made at the plant Some parts are shipped in, but the Bijg Eli is a matter of corporate workmanship and pride -- "Yankee in­ genuity," Sullivan said. The wheels have been shipped out of this country for some time. He has a letter from a Marine who was stationed on Guadalcanal in World War n and found a "No. ft Big Eli Wheel stashed in a cave where he and feQow soldiers were hiding to dodge enemy fire. "The guy grew up in s carnival and said he knew a Big Ell when he saw ons. We never did figure out what it was doing in a cave. We had several in the Philippines before the war, but this is still a mystery," Sullivan said. There's a Big Eli at the Taipei Zoo in For­ mosa, one in Jamaica, Nigeria and Trinidad. The company has a dealer in Australia, and recently sold a Scrambler to a man in Saudi Arabia. The Ferris wheel originated with George Washington Gale Ferris, who never reached mass production of the wheel he created for the Chicago exposition. Sullivan said Ferris died several years after the Chicago show. His giant wheel, built to rival the Eiffel Tower as a world's fair attraction, was In Chicago for several years and then was moved to St Louis. It was demolished after a brief stint in St Louis, but Grandpa Sullivan was ready to step in. The Eli Bridge Go. factory is full of whsels. The handles an the front door of the building areshaped ffltea Big Eli wheel The clocks and ashtrays are set in wheels. Com- panyserrice awards are wheel-shaped pins and tie tacks. In a large display caae in the front lobby is a working replica of Grandpa's first wheel, complete with dolls in period coetamee sit­ ting in the seats. Grandpa, says the recep­ tionist is sitting in aeat No. 1. A flip of a wall switch activates the wheels, much to the delight of grade schoolers who often stop in after classes at the school up the street. arms on a trailer mounted Big Wheel wtrich will soon be shipped to a customer, Sullivan smiled and said, "Grandpa would have ap­ proved." CHAS. HERDRICH & SON, INC. LOWENBMU Shaw Media Ne#« Service photo by Craig Sch»eine» "Imported Can Are Not PROUD 10 K PARI OF McHENRY COUNTY SINCE 1933 Jim Hettermann, Pres. 1014 N. River Road. P.O. Box 548. Mchenry. 11.60050 (815)385 0016 ate PARTS FOR ALL FOREIGN CARS •BRITISH*JAPANt:si>>RKM H«ITAI.IAN*SWF.IMSIl»<;t:RMAN m c 815-455-1300 1 9f 6207 Commercial Road •Crystal Lake, IL 2 Doors West of |IPS Open Mon-Kri. 8-6; Sal. ̂ -5