Collision Repair & Restoration Articles

Patricia B. Swigart is interviewed by Mark Fletcher, host of Australia's "Classic Restos." A rare Verrill Wolf Wagon automobile, restored to award-winning quality last semester by Penn College students, is included in a recent addition to an Australian television show's YouTube Channel.

The Wolf Wagon emerges from its transport trailer. The vehicle's wide-open "eyes" match those of the rapt spectators it attracts. An impressive honor for an inspired restoration Among those sharing the sunshine are current Penn College student Sean M. Hunter (in the center of the group at left) and 2014 alumnus Carmen Cicioni (right).

A behemoth on the tarmac, the plane seems even more enormous when partially pulled into the spacious Lumley Aviation Center hangar. Collision repair instructor Roy H. Klinger (left) and aviation instructor Michael R. Robison begin the laborious process of painting over the plane's prior corporate identity.

Reassembling a rarity Automotive restoration technology students' recent work on a truly original vehicle has attracted extensive attention from Hemmings Daily, "the world's leading classic car news source." Seven photos of instructor Roy H.

Imminent graduate Daniel S. Bishop, of Perkasie, diligently exemplifies Penn College's hands-on reputation. Mitchell R. Kachele (left), of Allendale, N.J., and Louis Benet, of Tampa, Fla., tape off areas to remain unpainted. Two more May graduates – Ryan J. Levesque (left), of Unionville, and Carmen Cicioni, of Ringtown – remove wax and grease ... ...

Ingenuity among students, faculty and staff across various majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology is resulting in a cost-effective initiative that will benefit the institution and its academic programs for years to come. The college is in the final stages of manufacturing a press brake, a machine that efficiently bends sheet metal.

PPG Industries Inc., a generous supporter of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Collision Repair Program well before it moved into new instructional space in 2003, has renewed its decades-long commitment to students and faculty alike.

Mopar Muscle Penn College's acquisition of a 1967 Dodge Dart for the School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies has been detailed in the April 2014 issue of Mopar Muscle, now on newsstand shelves and online. The article was written by Randy Bolig, the magazine's editor, in cooperation with assistant automotive professor Chris Holley, who led him on a campus tour  in July.

Kelvin A. Ortiz painstakingly applies clearcoat in a CAL paint bay Friday. Awaiting the next step in its makeover, a repainted Lincoln catches the Monday sun while curing. With a steady hand, student Idriss Diamaye applies a finish coat.

A 1914 Model T arrives on campus for joint 100th-anniversary observance. Automotive restoration technology majors surround a piece of history. From left are Drew A. Swanson, of State College; Mitchell R. Kachele, of Allendale, N.J.; Ryan J. Levesque, Unionville; Daniel S. Bishop, of Perkasie; and Carmen Cicioni, of Ringtown.