One project we have in the shop has been in the works for a number of years. Years ago I bought a '26-7 Ford roadster body. To turn it into a project that the students could work on I assigned a number of my Jr. High Tech. students the task of drafting up a set of plans for a frame. The students drew some plans and we even mocked the body up on the frame. Fast forward a number of years and we started working on the project again. This time around a number of Auto II students build a number of brackets and did a substantial amount of welding on the frame. This part of the project gave us a great chance to talk about things like suspension and drive line angles. A few of the students took on the daunting task of repairing some of the body work, they did a great job of bringing back some sheetmetal that could have easily been discarded.
Our next major step will be rebuilding the Ford Y-Block engine we have for the project. This portion of the project would not be possible without the awesome genorosity from the fine folks at http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Forum3-1.aspx The members of this website have donated a large amount of parts to make the project a reality. As soon as a couple of students are needing a project we will begin the job of reassembling the engine. I would like to have this car running and driving for our Bucking Horse Sale Parade this spring, I think it would be cool for the kids to drive their creation in the parade, we'll see!
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