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1946...That was the year my father, Al Wiley started a metal spinning business. His company designed and manufactured ecclesiastic metal ware, and served the many aerospace and R & D companies that sprung up in our area during the space race. My school science projects were always pretty spectacular... they would include some sort of satellite or rocket nose cone, that was lying around the workshop.
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I began my apprenticeship in the early 1970's, and took over the business a few years later when Dad retired. He served as my mentor until he passed away in 1995 at the age of 86. We became suppliers to a number of blacksmiths, artists, designers, and artisans, and had a big break in 1979 when we were asked to produce air cleaners (trips) for the Pontiac GTO. That led to other reproduction classic car parts... We currently manufacture well over 100 different parts for Corvette, Mustang, and other special interest autos.
We are one of a handful of companies left in the USA capable of spinning all metals into any shape on traditional hand metal spinning machinery.
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