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Alabama Bolt and Industrial Specialty Company Visit
For the second sponsor visit of the year Jason and Ben took the 06
car out to Alabama Bolt and Industrial Specialty Company, Inc, both
in Montgomery. Charlie Ferguson and the gang at AL Bolt are always
fun to talk to and are always interested in the car. After a little
racing banter a few t-shirts were handed out and Ben and Jason
pulled a few general shop supplies off the shelves of the store.
Charlie is always willing to help out the Formula team in any way he
can. Having stockpiled some cleaning supplies and Loctite
threadlocker and after giving Charlie the team’s bolt list for the
year Jason and Ben left AL Bolt and headed off to ISCI.
This is the first time in recent
memory that we have visited ISCI and it proved to be an extremely
entertaining trip. The guys met Darrell Dapprich, who took them on
a tour of the entire facility. The machine shop is extremely
capable holding multiple large CNC machines, including one with a
pallet changer that allows the machine to run one job while the
operator sets up the next. They have a rather large anodizing
facility, of course. Mike Carter gave Jason and Ben a good overview
of how the process works, which was really interesting to hear.
ISCI also has a full engineering staff, capable of designing
components and systems to the needs of their clients, a welder, and
paint shop.
We would like to thank Alabama Bolt
and ISCI for their help. Without people like you our cars would not
be what they are. We hope that you had fun seeing the car and we
hope to continue working with you. Thanks guys!
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