scottragee
Sharpest Tool
Since joining the OWF a few weeks ago, and looking at several different threads, it seems clear that the vast majority of folks generally do the bulk of their own re-build work in their own shop and only farm out work to professional shops when absolutely necessary. I'm curious if anyone on this forum has had any experience of offering their vehicle to the local High School Auto Shop and let them do the labor (and learning) while supplying whatever parts are needed. If so, how did the experience go? What would you do differently next time, if you had a next time? Did you take Auto Shop in H.S. yourself? These are just starter questions to prime-the-pump. Share whatever you feel is relevant to the topic.
Let me give a little context: I made plastic models as a kid including 1:12 scale Tamiya models of Formula 1 cars. Wanted to take Auto Shop in H.S. but attended a small, college-prep like H.S. that had no trade classes. Dabbled briefly in some auto shop activities when I raced Formula Ford cars in the early 90's. Now I'm in possession of a CJ-2a Jeep, but no room in my garage for it to be turned into a shop (I work out of my house as a Civil Engineer, designing Industrial Buildings, so my garage is my library and file storage) nor do I really have much knowledge about all the "tricks of the trade" (or much of a tool collection).
Let me give a little context: I made plastic models as a kid including 1:12 scale Tamiya models of Formula 1 cars. Wanted to take Auto Shop in H.S. but attended a small, college-prep like H.S. that had no trade classes. Dabbled briefly in some auto shop activities when I raced Formula Ford cars in the early 90's. Now I'm in possession of a CJ-2a Jeep, but no room in my garage for it to be turned into a shop (I work out of my house as a Civil Engineer, designing Industrial Buildings, so my garage is my library and file storage) nor do I really have much knowledge about all the "tricks of the trade" (or much of a tool collection).