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/replacement

You'll start in the classroom with 4 hours of theory covering:

body construction
analyzing body damage
rust removal procedure
panel replacement procedures
body integrity concerns
accident damage repair procedures
structural repair procedures
panel alignment
gapping procedures

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 paint

You'll start in the classroom coverings:

substrate preparation, body fillers, primer surfacers and sealers
applications of products and prep procedures
paint product information
paint application procedures
finish polishing
custom paint techniques

In the lab you'll work prep and paint a small hood. This includes:

body fill
sanding
priming
block sanding
primer seal
apply a base coat and clear coat
sand and polish on a base/ clear finished body pane

To register

Please contact Nadine Farkash:

call her at 780 853 8493
email nadine.farkash@lakelandcollege.ca

If you are interested in taking one of these courses or want to suggest a course, please fill in our interest form.

Trades Con Ed 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.