Who Wants to Help a 'Millionaire?' A Labful of Students, That's Who!

Penn College students' progress on a luxury coupe being rehabbed as a Williamsport Area School District attention-getter was assessed Thursday by a high school contingent – including those who will assume upkeep of the vehicle after it is returned. Alfred M. Thomas II's Basic Refinishing class is in the early stages of a painstaking "primer/sealer/paint" process that will eventually transform the donated 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V into a cherry-and-white showpiece. "I'll be at their elbow, but it's going to be the students' project," said Thomas, an associate professor of collision repair in the School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies. The Millionaires logo will adorn the doors and hood of the car, which will be used for parades, football games and community events. Williamsport Sun-Gazette reporter Joseph Stender and photographer Mark Nance joined the visitors to the College Avenue Labs collision repair facilities this week; the "Millionaire-Mobile" has also been previewed on the district website.