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Doug Stephens Wins Magna-Spot Welder Gun From Motor Guard
Doug Stephens, a collision repair student from Butler Community College, was the winner in a contest on Collision Blast. The contest required that contastants to produce a how to tutorial that related to auto body and/or paint. Doug posted a video demonstrating how to use polish a car using a buffer and 3M compounds and polishes. Other videos and picture from other contastants included dent repair and completed projects.
Collision Blast would like to congratulate Doug and to thank Motor Guard for providing the new Magna-Spot Welder gun for the contest. We’d also like to thank the judges for helping out with the contest.
- Chris Sheehy – Autobody Consulting Group
- Eric Parsons – Mander Collision and Glass
- David Barleen – Motor Guard Corporation
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Collision Blast Magna-Spot Contest
The wait is over…the reveal of the prize is here. This contest is to win the New Magna-Spot Stud Gun. This stud welder features exclusive Magna Pin System, which grips the pin so it does not fall out. To learn about more of the benefits and details on the contest page visit our Contest Page.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO AND LEARN HOW TO USE A STUD GUN
New Contest Starts Soon
Collision Blast starts a new contest tomorrow. We will reveal what it is tomorrow and believe me, you’re going to want one. Then in a few days, we’ll tell you how to enter the contest. Just check back often to discover what we have up our sleeve.
There is more cool things going on out there and prizes to win. Below I have information about another contest, which will give you the opportunity to win prizes. Check out what our friends at Chicago Pneumatic has going on.
“Send us a picture of you, or your class, using Chicago Pneumatic tools and you could win. Entries will be judged on creativity, so make it good. Winning schools, and top entries, not only win cool prizes, but will also end up on the cover of a future issue of Cranked Up Conversation. Email your entry to marvin.spehar@cp.com and look for the next issue.”
You can read more about this contest and more on their newsletter by visiting http://viewer.cp.com/CUC_January_2011/
Check Back Tomorrow To Discover What Prize Will be Given Away at Collision Blast.
Collision Blast 3M Accuspray Contest Winner – Andrew Cline

Congratulations To Andrew Cline from Corning Community College in Corning, New York.
Andrew is the winner of a 3M Accuspray primer gun. He entered the Collision Blast contest, which was offered to all collision repair students or instructors. To win, the collision repair instructor or student was directed to write about how they became interested in the collision repair industry and/or about the collision repair program that they are a student or teach at. The stories were judged and the winner was selected.
A special thanks to Jody DeVere, Chris Sheehy, and Melissa Marscin for selecting the winner and to 3M for providing the Accuspray Primer Gun.
Below is the story that made the win.
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“I have worked on cars my whole life my dad had always let me help him. I did a two year program at coopers education center boces my junior and senior year at high school doing auto body collision work I was awarded the most outstanding student award for the highest grade in class with a 98 average and high grade on nocti test. I decided to continue my career at Corning Community college for a two year program do auto body collision repair. I am a first year student my first simester I got a 3.27 GPA. I love working on cars it what i want to do for a career and a hobbie thats how much I love it I have a 73 nova that im putting together on my free time with a 454 big block with throttle body ingection. I competed in skills usa for auto body collision repair in 2010 at reginals at alfred state college i placed 4th I moved on to the state level and placed fifth placeing the 1st in metal work, 1st in priming and paint prep, and a tie for finishing. The reason I lost I bombed the test because we did not study electronics at my boces. I plan to open my own shop some day and work on everything from handas to chevys. I go to all the local car shows to see peoples work and I even travel to go to car shows I go to Carlile spring and fall shows and chevy nationals. I go to Syracuse Nationals as well. I go to a drag strip almost every weekend called skyview. I plan to take my education even furture by keeping up on laws and regulatons all the time I plan to become I-Car certified in as many things as I can.”