Art & Inspiration Tech School Students Doing Good

23 T roadster firewall 23 T frame
40s stroller jeep tailgate jeep 49 GMC hood dropped and shortened school bus

These are a few projects we are doing in my shop class. All work is being done by high school students

 

Awesome.....from a one time tech student...I still do work with our local vo techs collision repair classes

 

Thats awesome. I just retired after 30 years in high school auto body &auto mechanics. If you ever need some advise, let me know. I have a killer project packet for Intro Auto Body

 

thanks I would be very interested on info on that packet
I've only been teaching for 3.5 years and have almost 50 students in 3 periods.
I hope to be posting more pics as we progress on projects and I get better at uploading pics

 

Cool stuff! The bus project seems to be moving along, I will be looking forward to future post on this thread.

 

Great to see some students into our stuff ..from a "trade school" graduate.

 

Consider yourself lucky with only 17 students a class . When I retired class size was about 25-30 with 5 classes a day.The best way to get that packet to you would be by snail mail. You only have 27 years left in your career. I would always count down the school year - you have 26 weeks left, your about halfway at Xmas time. Good Luck Buddy

 

Wow! And to think the coolest thing I ever did in my shop class was fill a classmate's crack up with chassis grease. (We had been warning him to pull his pants up).

Great stuff here!!

 

another Taylor Tot stroller. Hot rod style
Sportster tank painted with school logo

 

Students started assembling the modelT chassis

 

One of my students painted these fenders last month. Some may not like this type of paint but I think he did a good job.

 

we got the wish bones and front axle installed. Should have most of it done after Christmas break

 

Anthony,

Hit up "Dan" here on the HAMB. He developed one hell of a program, that he implemented/teaches in Miles City Montana. Here is an old thread of his.

Keep at it Anthony, the US has lost more technical programs than can ever be replaced.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/shop-class.136616/

 

thanks
Im trying to rebuild one here, need all the inspiration I can find

 

I’m
working on stance
changed the front axle to a lower and narrower one. Working out details on how to mount. Thinking about fabing some beefy radius arms
changed the rear axle to a dana70 HD with 410 gears. Will be a lot better than the 720s in the old axle
should be able to run 1/2 ton sheet metal now on front

 

To all you atuo shop teachers thank you. I'm 60 tears old now and if it wansn't for Auto shop.drafting.metal shop wood shop arts and crafts,band I never would have made it through school. I feel sorry for kids today and try and share what I've learn with them all the time. It;'s a great feeling and they really eat it up. YRUHOT,doug

 

Finally a cool short bus!
Is a haircut in the plan too

 

Consider radius arms similar to the 4x4 Ford broncos from 78-85.
Keep up the good work!

 

no for now
were going to finish the rear frame section soon and reinstall the butt. will make that decision after we roll it off the lift and after front sheet metal is installed

 

going to check those out
me and our welding instructor are thinking about febing a set
working out steering and spring/bag options
will have a taller rear tire hopefully soon

 

They're doing a great job . I'm certainly diggin' the old stroller .

 

Some really cool stuff!!!

 

we set the front clip on to check out fender clearances and to see what the fenders looked like
going to install 1/2 ton fenders soon, they will probably look better
it still roles at this low height, and should be able to set within an inch from the ground
thinking about a reverse tilt hood

 

How about cuttin down another same kind of hood, more narrow, to put on top of that one to make a one of a kind cowl hood of sorts or you could just make it a tall centered hood kind of like a the cowl hood., Let the cowl part hang back over the back of the hood to get closer to the windshield especially if you are thinkin of doing a flip forward........lookin good and sounding good with what you are doin without my .02 but anyway.......
Just a thought, hope you dont mind my pitiful artwork,tryin to illustrate

 

thanks for the art work
those hoods are hard to come by around here but I'm hoping to have multiple carbs poking thru the hood and exhaust just under the rear part of the fenders

 

Sounds good, It does sorta seem like it needs something there, it will be cool either way.

 

I got a tunnel ram but don't think it would like tugging this beast around

 

got the butt back on

 

Been awhile but lookin good, Not much happening since school is out I guess.
I like the looks of the little kickback detail in the rear fenderwell.

 

Anthony, Well done! Your students are fortunate to have you as a teacher.
I hope your principal gives you enough money to keep your program alive.
When I was teaching, I would have loved to have your class load. Make sure you publicize your program to the community so that it won't be eliminated by your school board as a cost saving measure. In these days of disappearing high school vocational classes "PR" is crucial.