HOT ROD INSTITUTE (new tech school)

just thought i would throw this out there and let everyone see a little bit of what we are doing at this new school for info check out Hot Rod Institute Home Page here are some pics of the work we've been doin

 

crossbars installed just a mock up to see the ride height this is not the front end im gana run have a 5in drop axle on the way


cross braces installed about to box sides in

cardboard mock up of box plate

 

went to the lathe and made some nuts to fit inside holes and tig welded in place

cut out c-notch

tacked 1/8th inch plate in place


finished weld


will have more pics as soon as i get some more stuff finished

 

There pretty cool projects going on

 

It looks like some pretty neat stuff. Keep up the great work and keep us posted on your progress. Stu

 

thats chassis shop 101!!

 

ttt

 

By the looks of things you should have dubbed it STREET rod institute...

nice work nonetheless!

 

Looks like a thorough place. I attended the "other" school and learned a TON in their Collision and Refinishing thanks to great teachers. The "Street Rod" course was basically 3 months of day care. I didn't learn anything that I didn't already know, the teachers insisted teaching "mini-truckin" and one even used his corvette convertable as an example of a Carson Top! That class was a rip off and a nightmare of a joke. Your place looks nice, though. Good job.

Brian

 

Beat me to it. I don't understand a hotrod school. You can teach mechanical things, you can teach fabrication. You cannot however, teach good taste.

 

WHATS UP TMAN!!!!!! you look different than i pictured you!

 

id like to see some more of this ive been thinkin about goin up there juts didnt really knw what it was about and stuff...what are some of the things that are verbally taught and things like that man? are the instructors open to idea and design? or is it their way and not urs?

 

Funny sammy hung so short. Dont pick on the kid he is amped to post about what he is learning.

Hey chevy69, I have been meaning to stop by and say hello to Doug and you students.

Too bad he didn't teach you to blast all that crap off those frames before welding......

 

I think its funny that the same damn truck that was built at Wyotech YEARS ago keeps popping up at these new hot rod schools. First that one in Virginia(i think thats where it was, east coast somewhere) now this one.

 

This school doesn't happen to be run by Doug Larue does it?

 

yep...

http://www.hotrodinstitute.com/aboutus.html

 

Ok that explains things. He left Wyotech because they wouldn't let him go in the direction that he wanted and last time I talked to him he had just started with Virgina Tech so I assume the same thing happened for him there too, did he just decided to make it easier on himself and just start his own school to do it right? He really knows his shit and has been doing it for a long time. I wish He had this school way back when I wasted my money going to Wyotech.

 

His own school here in the Black Hills. Nice facility. But yes, he needs to build a new car to represent since the Wyotech Va folks used his truck in ALL their literature.

 

Makes me want to go back to school....

 

Or at least give it a different paint job, it due for a new one anyway that one has got to be almost ten years old by now and has zig zagged all over the country.

 

Anybody got info on this school. Iv'e seen the site and got a newsletter, I'm looking for someone who has been there or knows Doug and can recommend it.

 

One of his students is part timing at my pals chassis shop, can get his opinion tomorrow when I am over there.

 

Thx man. It looks good from what I have seen, just looking for the thumbs up or down.

 

I am glad that Doug is doing well with his school. VC Tech got bought out and the new owners closed all the tech classes. For those that don't know, Doug LaRue and another guy were the originators of the street rod program at Wyo Tech.

For the haters, why is it STREET ROD class? Is it because you don't like his wheels, maybe it's the 4 bar. Get over it. The kid is learning, he might not be a 3rd generation hot rodder like everybody else is.

Nice work guys and keep it up.

 

I kinda enjoyed learning things the old way, by fucking up in my mom's garage with a bunch of friends.

Times have changed.