Making repairs on the front bumper cover for the white Camaro. In Auto Collision, we learn to repair plastic bumper covers by using adhesives and by using a plastic welder. Once the plastic is repaired we primer the area and get the cover ready for paint. More pictures to follow as we finish this repair.

ACT I student Derrick sanding the top of a 1951 Chevy. No matter what you do in Auto Body, it always seems to involve sanding.

Work being done on the Camaro.

Nice looking 1987 Camaro being painted and repaired by the Auto Collision lab for an outside customer.

ACT II student Dalton working on his senior project. He has to weld in some repair panels to fix the rust on the rear quarter panels.

ACT II studentJason with his 1946 truck cab. He plans on making a hot rod truck with this cab.

ACT I students Trae, DJ and Brandon are finishing their dents for grade. All auto body students have to perform three types of dent repair for grade - flat, curved and body line dents.

Mr. Newland helping DJ tear down the front of a Ford Explorer. DJ doesn't know this yet but he has to put it back together again.

The finished hood.

Tom Banks of Ohio Technical College came to lab and did a presentation on airbrushing. This was an all day lab and when finished, he left us the completed hood. Stop down at the collision lab and check it out!

Mr. Newland and ACT II student Aaron looking over potential senior projects.

ACT II student KP working on his senior project.

Trivia question: When was the last time you saw a 1965 Corvair? ACT II student Jason is working on one for his senior project.

ACT II student Dalton working on his senior project.

ACT I student Garret putting the finishing touches on his dent repair in lab.

ACT I students DJ and Trae look excited about repairing dents in deck lids.

ACT II student Chris working on his senior project.

ACT II student Josh is happy to do rust work on a Chevy pickup truck.

ACT I student Sam trying to get his dent repair just right. Juniors are learning the joys of sanding body filler.

Look! We finally caught Eli working! No, seriously, Eli is working on his senior project in lab.

The paint booth is gone from lab!

Well, it's finally happening. The old paint booth is being torn down!

Auto Collision Goes To Cosmetology

ACT I students Winston and Josh are waiting their turn. Mr Newland took the Auto Collision juniors to Cosmetology. The COS students needed some customers to use for practice so we volunteered.

Air brushing

We had a guest speaker come in for a all day air brushing expeirience to teach the kids the basic technique's of airbrushing. Tom Banks from Big Daddy Customs took a hood and painted rolling checkered flags down each side of the hood and a gravestone on the very front of it. An on top of the gravestone he made The Ohio Technical College's school emblem and he put flames around all that with skulls made inside the flames. As a student myselft i thought that this was a great expierience it was neat. This airbrushing guy was amazing he was telling us how he started from scratch to what he is now and what air brushers do to make a living and it was neat.

This 1985 Camaro is a customer job in the shop that is soon to be painted. We do about 5 to 10 customer cars a year in ACT. More to come later when this car is painted.

ACT II student Miles putting the finishing touches on a flamed chopper that belongs to Adult Ed Instructor Mr. Curtner. The bike fell over when a gust of wind blew it off it's kick stand. Miles repaired the damage while keeping the flame paint intact.

ACT II student Corey painting the side of his CRV. To be a good automotive painter, you must have excellent hand-eye coordination and good footwork. You have to able to paint down the side of a vehicle keeping the paint gun at the same speed and distance while side-stepping the length of the car.

ACT II student Corey painting his Honda CRV. The CRV is Corey's senior project.

A typical day in Auto Collision. These students are mixing body filler for repairs. There are plenty of projects and lots of repairs to be made before anything gets painted. Students are expected to stay on task and get jobs done.

ACT II student "Brownie" taping up the truck to get it ready for paint. Taping a vehicle requires constant attention to detail and a huge amount of patience. Your paint job will only look as good as your tape job. Getting overspray off moldings and glass isn't fun.

ACT II student "Brownie" painting his senior project. Seniors in Auto Collision must complete a vehicle project that requires 20 or more hours of labor to complete. Brownie painted this truck blue, it used to be green!

SkillsUSA Local Competition

ACT II student MG working on her panel during competition in lab.

SkillsUSA Local Competition

ACT II student Miles during competition in lab.

SkillsUSA Local Competition

ACT II students Ray and Josh during competition in lab.

SkillsUSA Local Competition

ACT II students Jimmy, Chris B and Chris J during competition in lab.

SkillsUSA Local Competition

ACT II student Jimmy during competition. The judges shown in the background are LeVan's Body Shop owner Chad LeVan and advisory board member Ronnie Houser (a Hi Point Alum)

SkillsUSA Local Competition

ACT II students competing during the competition.

SkillsUSA Local Competition

ACT II students Caroline and Josh shown during the repair competition in lab for SkillsUSA. The winner of this competition will go to the regional competition in March.

ACT II student Andrew seen taking the spare tire off the back tailgate of a Jeep. This Jeep will be his senior project.

ACT II student Josh seen here working on his senior project. He got a little surprise when he sanded the paint off the car. It has had a lot of prior repairs and some of those need to be repaired again. There's one thing about auto body, you have to be ready for any type of repair and be able to think on your feet in all situations.

ACT II students Ronnie and Corey are putting body filler on a dent on this Honda CRV. After the body filler is cured, they will block sand until the dent is filled and smooth.

ACT I student KP working on Dalton's Blazer. He is putting the finishing touches on a fender he just installed. Auto Body Technicians must be able to do a little bit of everything from mechanics to paint. You must have a good mechanical aptitude.