Chaffey College, SoCal, who built my old T/A car still is active in
automotive design and fabrication; they were still occasionally putting a
car into (I think) solo II events
Tom Kubler
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Hook" <wghook@earthlink.net>
To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 3:19 AM
Subject: Education-the next generation
> Listers,
>
> Sorry to be somewhat off topic, but I would appreciate any recomendations
> you could give a budding mechanic looking for a good education aimed at
> classic cars (50-60's)? (restoration as well as modified and high
> performance)
>
> My son (HS grad working at the local parts store and self taught mechanic)
is
> looking at colleges and VoTecs for the next step in his education. He
does
> not want to end up switching computer chips at a dealership. We are aware
of
> the classic car restoration program at McPherson College (Jay Leno) but
could
> use some other suggestions for getting into the racing and high
performance
> realm.
>
> He was clearly born into the wrong generation with little interest in
where
> cars have gone since the mid 70's but a passion for those before. His
current
> projects are.. fitting a modified 428 with headers into a '66 T-bird for
> street... and a frame up restoration of a '62 Willys for off road.
>
> He is primarily interested in the mechanics, but in the '50s he would have
> been racing them as well as rebuilding them again.....to race the next
week...
>
>
> Thanks In Advance for any thoughts and please respond off line to respect
the
> time and interests of others,
>
> Bill Hook, '57 TR3 (LBC content)
> Tyler Hook, '66 T-Bird (BAM - Big American Muscle)
> '62 Willys
> Seattle,
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