Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Kustom Built Cars]

Kustom Built Cars is fostering the automotive aftermarket restoration industry for the next generation. Learn valuable skills at this Hot Rod Workshop, building a classic/custom car from start to finish. This 5-month workshop gives hands-on training which includes the evaluation of a project, disassembling the car, rust repair, metal work, body work, basic suspension work, basic engine rebuilding, basic welding and fabrication, painting, color sanding, assembly of the car, and electrical wiring. Through training and mentorship this project aims to inspire the next generation to participate in the automotive restoration/preservation industry by creating hands-on experiences. Kustom Built Cars specializes in pre-1970 vehicles of all makes and models.

Kustom Built Cars was started by Jack Weaver, a car enthusiast and builder of 28 years. He is also well-known hotrod/custom shop owner who loves and enjoys custom cars and hot rods. He wants to share his passion and encourage others for generations to come. So he and his friends got together and came up with this awesome workshop so that future car builders of the world would be able to come and learn the fundamentals of restoring a custom car from the ground up. Classic car restoration is a disappearing art and we know there is a need and want for it. We want to find and inspire youth who are eager to learn about the restoration and preservation of classic cars.

“In my opinion in another 15-20 years it will be next to impossible to get a hot rod built or a custom car restored, because of the lack of knowledge and inexperienced help available. This along with my story and experience is why I chose to start teaching this trade to people that want to learn it. To pass on an 80 year old tradition and lifestyle to the generations to come. Anyone can buy a hot rod, very few can build one……” Jack Weaver

We know that students learn in different ways. Students will always be interested in working with manipulating cars with their hands because it is experiential learning. They learn while they are able to see a tangible project they worked on come together. The need for these programs should not be going away, but should be growing. For more information about us, please visit us at KustomBuiltCars.com.

[Ray White]

This has to be a wind up. I have never heard so much rubbish.

The sure fire way to ruin a classic car is to turn it into a hot rod. The last thing we need in Britain is to follow the USA and permanently damage our motoring heritage.

As to the imminent demise of restoration knowledge; the business has never been healthier and is worth £billions to the British economy each year.

[Kenham]

Well said ray , saved me the job of saying the same.

[DM]

Kustom Built Cars,

You seem to have missed that this is a classic car forum.

[Ray White]

With respect you do not spell custom with a K. ....never have, never will. Just saying.

[alastairq]

Well, a search of the web address via gooogle has yielded a security warning from my army of antiviruses....

[Rick]

Hi,

I'm all for more younger people getting hands-on involved with the old vehicle scene, even if the hot-rod side of things doesn't really float my boat all that often.

I agree with Ray about the old-car industry actually being in pretty good health overall, saying that there's always room to increase the number of footholds into the industry for people wanting to work with old cars. And I can also see that access to certain skills will become harder to achieve in the not-too-distant future, so personally I'm happy to support any initiatives to get more people hands-on with the spanners and cutting discs, and away from their X-box, even if the flavour of some projects (ie custom cars) isn't exactly my thing.

RJ
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[Rootes75]

I'm all for encouraging younger people to restore but I'm not keen on taking restorable classics and chopping them about for customisation.
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[peter scott]

This is across the pond not here. The clue is in the "color".

Peter
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[Ashley]

There is a sizeable hot rod movement in the UK and teaching manual skills is much needed.

Hot rods are an American tradition that stretches back to the thirties and is no different to the VSCC building specials. In fact it’s the same. The cars are far more valuable than the donors and they tend to be made fromhigh volume sellers rather than the rare and special.

I prefer standard old cars as you do Ray, but I fancy we’re tiny in numbers compared to the Hotrod movement.

[Ray White]

[MVPeters]

Also in the US, but perhaps more to people's liking:

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/05/09/a-summer-session-for-the-mechanically-inclined-penn-colleges-automotive-restoration-camp/?refer=news

from today's Hemmings News.
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[Ashley]

Ray

The VSCC have always allowed specials built with contemporary parts. Later cars are catered for by different organisations.

The Hotrod movement is as old but has continued to build hot rods without a cut off date, which is the only distinction.

[ukdave2002]

There are IMHO very few good looking cars that have origins across the pond, and frankly hot rods all seem to follow a similar unimaginative style namely; bigger wheels at the back, chop the roof, stick a big engine in , add flames, get yourself some tattoos, pretend that you are a confederate....ok I am exaggerating to make a point, and they do have some good engines, but the cars just lack class and style...

Dave

[s.e.charles]

there really is room in the automotive hobby for all sorts. every car doesn't warrant restoration to its factory origin.

a bolt is a bolt, and finding someone to turn it is getting increasingly difficult.

there seems to be a swelling interest in "traditional" hot rods witnessed by the increase of venues such as The Race of Gentlemen, Pendine Sands, and I believe Australia has "beach" races, too.


https://the-race-of-gentlemen.ticketleap.com/trog-nj-2018/details
johanneshuwe.com/pendine-sands-hot-rod-races/

just like any other hobby, there's really no need to polarize. there's a lot of oil & grease to go around.