Vehicle Restoration Workshops
Learn how to restore your vintage vehicle through a series of workshops.
The series has 5 different courses. All are offered over a weekend. The series has been offered annually starting in November and offered in consecutive months.
Topics are:
- Introduction to restoration/sheet metal welding -
- Basic sheet metal shaping
- Advanced sheet metal shaping/Braking, steering systems and suspensions
- Panel restoration/replacement
- Body and paint
Program highlights:
- 16-hour weekends (8-hour days)
- classroom theory
- put theory into practice in our specialized lab
- progressive learning, study basic to advanced sheet metal work
- individual shop exercises
- take home project from workshops
Offered in our lab on the western outskirts of Lloydminster. Take a virtual tour.
Currently available courses
Tuition for all workshops is $600 plus GST.
Classes are from 8 am to 5 pm at Lakeland's County Energy Park location.
QTRA 463 Panel Restoration/Replacement |
This course will run Feb 5-6, 2022. Panel restoration/replacementYou'll start in the classroom with 4 hours of theory covering:
Your practical lab will time will be spent truck cabs, removing and replacing rockers, cab corners, and floors. As needed, you may aslo do pillar repairs and floor sills replacements. |
QTRA 464 Body and Paint |
This course will run March 5-6, 2022. Body and paintYou'll start in the classroom coverings:
In the lab you'll work prep and paint a small hood. This includes:
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To register |
Please contact Nadine Farkash:
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If you are interested in taking one of these courses or want to suggest a course, please fill in our interest form.
Take a virtual tour of the lab
Vehicle Restoration Lab Virtual Tour
Originally developed for the Street Rod Technologies program, this lab is now home to vehicle restoration workshops.
There's room for 20 students. Among its features are:
- welding booths
- tool wall
- sanding booth
- paint mixing room
- paint booth
- 10-tonne overhead crane
- frame straightening hooks
- a classroom
- viewing deck
- student lounge
- office suite
The site also houses our driver training program.