Anybody know of any rod or custom related jobs in the Northern California or Oregon? I'd honestly like to be back in the Sonoma county area where I grew up, but I've thought about Oregon a bit too. I'm currently a student at Wyotech in PA, but I'm feeling the west coast itch! I'm going to school for painting bodywork and upholstery right now and I'll be done in about four weeks. I'm a decent pinstriper also. Thanks for any info you may have. -Max
You should probly post this in the intro section, good luck in the search tho, I'm thinking about going to wyotech, how is it?
Honestly, I would consider other options, and other schools. I have a personal love/hate relationship with wyotech. On one hand wyotech gives you a lot of valuble information in a small amount of time, but on the other hand you can throw personal expression out the window and also get a lot of the same info by reading/watching movies... then smashing a beater car with a pipe and trying to take out the dent. Thats what we did in collision. I think Wyotech is a good place to go if you plan on working on Imports and new cars, but if you are considering going to Wyotech just for street rod or another elective course, you may end up a bit dissappointed. Either way, you will be a deep in debt, unless you are rich... in that case it's only a year or so, so you can't really go too wrong. The only cl*** I personally thought was worth it was my trim and upholstery cl*** taught by Duane Tegals. Duane, well, he really gets a kick out of ******* you off but in the end you end up seeing why he does what he does. You will be a lot more patient after trim. In Collision/Refinishing, I didn't learn too much in because I had prior experiece but those cl***es definately took out the guesswork for everything. I have to warn you though, Wyotech is a very un-organised school and will screw all of your paperwork up time and time again. I came to Wyotech so I could pick up a few Kustom tricks in Street Rod, and I signed up two weeks after I started here. I will be out of my last cl*** before street rod in 4 wks. and I still dont know if I have a place in the cl***. errr. Collision teaches you most of the skills you need to build a car anyways though. I.e. Sectioning pillars, replacing rockers, fixing dents and holes. Honestly it's your decision man, but take a tour first and if you have a bad feeling in your belly like I did, trust your instincts. Oh, and the name of the road leading to my school is called CORPORATE CAMPUS DR., i.e. "you'll probally get ripped off here". Have a nice day. -Max
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