How can I learn to restore old cars?
Written by 60s Cars Guide on September 2nd, 2010
I’ve always wanted to someday restore an old Ford Mustang. The problem is, I know nothing about cars. I couldn’t even change my own oil right now.
So how can I learn how to do a restoration on a classic car? Are there classes or something for adults to take to learn this stuff? I was never interested in focusing on learning this trade since I was in school for business. Now that I’m done with school, I have the rest of my life to learn how to do this.
Where do I start? Hands on training would be best but where is that? I’m pretty smart and I learn things quickly. I also get very into my hobbies and this is something I would work hard at once I started.
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3 Comments at "How can I learn to restore old cars?"
i agree the forums are very helpful
I have three recommendations,
first find a community college around you that does automotive certificates and such and take a being class ( that mostly teach you stuff like oil changes and brake jobs) then figure out what else they have that you would like to know how to do, also sometimes instructors will let you work on your own car as part of the course.
Next start practicing on your own cars even if its the basics like oil changes
Make friends with either a parts shop in your area or sometimes your instructors can be helpful connections as i have learned just like any business or hobby really its all in who you know, for deals or sometimes really hard to find parts
type into search box
how to restore old mustang
check into mustang forums get info from people who are doing same maybe
Read a few books, Project Mustang is a good one by Larry Lyles, then shoot over to AverageJoeResto.com for more information on restoring classic Mustangs.
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