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Axes & Axles Education Workshop
POMONA, CA — On Friday, January 28, The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California and WyoTech are proud to present the first Axes & Axles educational workshop on cars and guitars in conjunction with the Museum’s newest exhibit, Axes & Axles: The Art of Building Cars and Guitars, Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Fender Telecaster.
Automotive designer Chip Foose has just been confirmed as a guest speaker. Foose will give insight into the connections between cars and guitars as well as some of his memorable builds, such as the P-32 Street Fighter Roadster (displayed in the museum) with its matching guitar. Foose has received numerous accolades for his innovative car designs and gained worldwide attention in the documentary television show Overhaulin’. Read more.
Also joining the discussion will be musician and automotive restorer David Steele who currently plays lead guitar with country music singer Gary Allan. Steele will discuss his love affair with music and cars. Some of Steele’s current projects include a ’29 Model A roadster and his daily driver, a 1971 Chevelle SS that he’s owned since the age of 17.
Other guest panelists include Jimmy Shine of SO-CAL Speed Shop, Roy Brizio of Brizio Street Rods (built cars for guitar greats Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck), Paul Waller and Scott Buehl of Fender, Brad Fanshaw of Bonspeed, and Billy Ganahl of Brizio Street Rods.
Two sessions will be available (first session is 10:30 a.m. – noon; second session is 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.). Tickets are $20 per session and include admission to the museum and light refreshments. Seating is limited. For more information, please contact the museum at 909-622-2133 or visit online at www.museum.nhra.com.
First Session: 10:30 a.m. – noon
Moderator: Tony Thacker, executive director of the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum
* Scott Buehl, Fender Custom Shop
* Chip Foose, Foose Design
* Jimmy Shine, SO-CAL Speed Shop
* David Steele, Gary Allan Band
Second Session: 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Moderator: Henry Astor, president of Astor Motor Productions www.astormotorproductions.com
* Roy Brizio, Brizio Street Rods
* Brad Fanshaw, Bonspeed
* Billy Ganahl, Brizio Street Rods
* Paul Waller, Fender Custom Shop, Master Guitar Builder
~Post courtesy of WyoTech. Click for more information on the WyoTech Collision Repair program.
Apply for the chance for your school to receive $50,000 in 2011!!
Ultimate Collision Education Makeover Grant
Apply for the chance for your school to receive $50,000 in 2011!!
You can “Fuel the Future” of the industry by applying for the Ultimate Collision Education Makeover grant through the Collision Repair Education Foundation.
The Collision Repair Education Foundation’s 2011 Ultimate Collision Education Makeover $50,000 school grant application is now available for secondary and post-secondary collision programs. The application is available to download from the Education Foundation’s web site at www.CollisionEducationFoundation.org, and must be postmarked by August 31, 2011. The winning school will be announced during SEMA 2011. Instructors are advised to begin the application early due to the required application information.
The Ultimate Collision Education Makeover grant debuted in 2009 when Steel Center Area Vocational Technical School (Jefferson Hills, PA) was chosen as the recipient of the award. In addition to Steel Center AVTS receiving $80,000 from the award, the schools that applied for the 2009 grant still benefited from the Ultimate Collision Education Makeover program. In total, the 35 schools each received an average of $5,000 in products, supplies, and equipment for a total value over $175,000. Every school that applied for the grant received at least one item to benefit their students and collision program.
In 2010, the award went to Bridgerland Applied Technology College (Logan, UT). The 2010 applicants have already had the opportunity to receive items from Airgas, Fibre-Glass Evercoat, Sherwin-Williams, UltraWiz, as well as Cintas technician shirts. With the generous support from the industry, the Education Foundation is looking to at least double the total support from 2009 to 2010 for schools that applied for the grant.
The application is available in PDF format to download at our new web site, www.CollisionEducationFoundation.org. The application must be printed from the web site and faxed/mailed back to the Collision Repair Education Foundation.
The postmark deadline to apply for the Ultimate Collision Education Makeover grant is August 31, 2011.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions:
Melissa Marscin
Assistant Director of Grant Programs
Collision Repair Education Foundation
Phone 888.722.3787, Ext. 282
Fax 847.590.1215
melissa.marscin@ed-foundation.org
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KIDK CBS News Reports Alarming Number Of Deer Related Accidents
We all know that the body shops have an increased number of vehicles to work on during the “deer season”, but you may be surprised how many accidents that there really are in the US due to deer.
KIDK reports that 350,000 deer are killed each year by vehicles. Another alarming report is that 200 drivers are killed each year due to deer collisions. I have heard of a few odd accidents where the deer came through the windshield and killed the driver, but I had no idea that there were that many. That’s scary!
There are also many deer accidents, which does not kill the deer or driver, but still damages the vehicle, which may result a visit to the body shop. State Farm reports that 2.3 million deer related accidents per year. That is 3200 deer hits per day! Now that is putting it in perspective…
With that said, be careful and be aware of how big this problem really is. Stay focused on your driving if you drive where there is a deer population and always drive with caution. Perhaps many of these accidents could have been eliminated if the driver was looking further down the road and not texting or other things that may have distracted them from diving. Be Safe! Read The Full Story
Be A Resource And Share This With Your Buddies. Perhaps You Will Help Prevent Them From Having An Accident By Educating Them About How Big This Problem Really Is.
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