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Student details unique auto restoration project for magazine

Monday, June 23, 2025

Rovers Magazine, a Land Rover enthusiast publication, has a Pennsylvania College of Technology connection in its summer issue. Sarah E. Crabtree, an automotive restoration student, provides a firsthand account of how her unique background led to her current undertaking: restoring a 1971 Land Rover to concours condition, the highest level of restoration. 

An article by Penn College automotive restoration student Sarah E. Crabtree, sharing her passion for Land Rovers, appears in the Summer 2025 issue of Rovers Magazine.

Both in her words and photos, the former law student documents the massive project for the quarterly publication, which has over 25,000 subscribers throughout North America.

She writes: “This project will be the crown jewel not only in my professional resume but in my list of current life achievements. Everything I have ever done has led to this; every automotive position I’ve held and skills I’ve gained will be utilized and further honed as I finish the rebuild of my Land Rover.”  

Crabtree, of Elizabethtown, is scheduled to complete her restoration odyssey this summer.

Her story was featured on Penn College News in February, and she was the guest on the March 25 Tomorrow Makers podcast

Crabtree, of Elizabethtown, is restoring her father’s 1971 Land Rover to concours condition, the highest level of restoration, as part of her education at Penn College.