An added footnote to Eli Wheels.....
Others had partially mounted Eli Wheels but not to the extent the folks in Brownsville Texas did. Gabrick had a trailer mounted wheel prior to that. Modeled after the Texas conversion, in Ohio I TM'd 25 Eli Wheels with help of course. To my knowledge our shop was the only one to do #12 Eli's, all the rest were Eli #5s. We started the year Eli came out with thier Hy-5. We made improvements every year based on suggestions by Uncle Miltie. We had double folding stars, sloped transistion on the nose and an Eli clutch to mention a couple. The ride was gas, electric or both. The first 12 we did had been blown over. This was back in the mid to late sixties and early seventies. Instead of silver paint we painted the circle white, towers and brige irons blue, yellow, Euclid Green or red with the deck, grey or orange. We took pride in our product. A small show in the Dallas area is still using a wheel we did the second year. That's over thirty years of service on a wheel that was 3 years old when we put it on the trailer. (KGM009 I think, Tar)
Just a little history......
I'm there, Old, Tired, Broke and Henpecked