Collision Repair & Restoration Articles

Students have already removed some of the chrome in preparation for repainting; the nearby Millionaires football helmet offers a preview of the car's eventual color. From left, Pat Dixon, Christopher H. Van Stavoren and Greg Hayes outline the work to be done on a donated Lincoln. A blue 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V has arrived in College Avenue Labs, where students of Alfred M.

Levers more reflective of boat-building than automobile manufacturing lend a nautical touch to the dashboard. A strange visitor from decades past, the Verrill Wolf Wagon awaits offload outside the Parkes Automotive Technology Center. The six front headlights will illuminate students' view of automotive history.

Chief Automotive Technologies' Jim Wrigley conducts a session in a College Avenue Labs classroom. Tips on paintless auto-body repair Metalworking is among the skills honed in the collision repair lab. Penn College instructor Roy H. Klinger schools participants on forming sheet-metal panels.

The editor of Mopar Muscle and Mopar Now magazines visited Penn College this past week, meeting with faculty and touring automotive and collision repair laboratories.

Students tour a facility of PPG, a well-known supplier to the collision repair paint lab back on Penn College's main campus ... ... and pause for a group photo while seeing the sights in Milan. Ian C. Squier-Nauman test-drives a Ferrari.

Roy H. Klinger, instructor of collision repair, opens the 1909 Chalmers-Detroit roadster to give his audience a rare look inside. The campus' oldest "resident" took center stage Friday in one of the institution's newest buildings, as the Madigan Library hosted a forum on the refurbishing of vintage vehicles.

One of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s most intriguing new majors, in which the iconic automobiles of yesterday meet the students of today, is the topic for the next Madigan Library Forum. “The Horseless Carriage Meets Auto Restoration at Penn College” will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, April 26, in Room 102 of the library on the college’s main campus in Williamsport.

Adopting the character of his great-grandfather (beneath a photo of the real-life George N. Schuster), Jeff Mahl begins his first-person reminiscence. After donning a period-appropriate coat, Jeff Mahl settles in for a engaging re-enactment of a historical journey. Fresh from a tour of the college's automotive labs, Jeff Mahl shares his favorable impression.

The great-grandson of George N. Schuster, whose record-setting performance in a 1908 automotive race from New York to Paris remains unmatched more than a century later, will share the epic story with a Pennsylvania College of Technology audience on Tuesday, April 2. “The Great Auto Race” will be presented by Jeff Mahl at 3:30 p.m.

A retired automobile executive, whose illustrious and influential career began with an associate degree in automotive technology from Penn College's immediate predecessor, this week returned to campus for the first time in nearly 40 years. Building on lessons learned while employed by Mercedes-Benz USA and BMW of North America (among others), Thomas C.