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How can I find classes in antique auto Restoration?
20th March 2009
dream catcher asked:
I looked at the colleges around my area. But the closest I found was an auto body class. They only work on cars 10 years and newer. I want to work on antique cars. I want to restore them. Do you have any ideals how I can find classes.
Fritz
I looked at the colleges around my area. But the closest I found was an auto body class. They only work on cars 10 years and newer. I want to work on antique cars. I want to restore them. Do you have any ideals how I can find classes.
Fritz
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You have a great ambition!!! But like most everything else in this world, you can’t start at the top. Not to sound condescending, but you have to learn to walk before you run.
Take the classes you spoke of so you understand basic auto body repair, then work on the newer stuff for a few years. Once you have the knowledge and expertise to work the newer sheet metal, then find a project car and go to work. It will make a good career for you as well as work into a wonderful and creative passion for the older classics.
I have done auto repair, body work and been a motor-head since the mid 60’s when I helped my dad by handing him wrenches while he worked on our ‘50 Ford.
My present project is a 56 F100 Ford pickup, which I am just about done with. All I need to finish is a headliner and paint. All it takes is time and money… something I find myself in short supply of both. :-}
Best of luck in pursuit of your dream. It can be a very rewarding and profitable reality.
Comment by Wired for Sound — March 24, 2009 @ 1:44 pm
You usually have to apprentice at a shop that does that kind of work or hang out with guys that do restoration work but you’ll need some basic skills to get in the door like welding, body repair or mechanical repairs. Try locating some shops that do this kind of work and ask the owner how to go about getting a job there to learn the various processes involved in restoration. Tech schools will usually only teach repairs for modern cars and only go so far as there is not a huge demand for restoration work but basic skillsets would be helpful in at least having a starting point. It’s pretty fascinating doing resto work to see how cars were built years ago. Get some books on restoration of old cars or some old shop manuals and read up on the procedures.
I’ve restored several old muscle cars over the years and my jobs working in dealerships gave me lots of access to knowledge on repairs as well as tech’s to ask questions of. Seems like I did a lot of reading back then.
Comment by paul h — March 26, 2009 @ 6:40 am
Try checking the “Links ” section on this site.
Hope this helps!
Comment by car nut — March 29, 2009 @ 11:41 am