WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,850 This is a 1967 Mercury Cougar. It doesn't look like much right now, but in eight 2 00:00:06,850 --> 00:00:12,780 months it is scheduled to travel 2,000 miles from California to Illinois as 3 00:00:12,780 --> 00:00:18,630 part of The Great Race. What's even more unique is who's restoring it. 4 00:00:18,630 --> 00:00:24,050 The Dysart High School Automotive Technology program and the Sun City West 5 00:00:24,050 --> 00:00:30,279 Automotive Restoration Club have formed a partnership where two generations of 6 00:00:30,279 --> 00:00:36,719 car enthusiasts will be working together to build the final product. It's an older 7 00:00:36,719 --> 00:00:42,040 vehicle, so we're going to have to bring up to standards and drivable, we're going to make it drivable, so 8 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:44,420 there's a lot of custom work involvement into it. 9 00:00:44,420 --> 00:00:51,339 Things like painting, removing dents, things like that. Sanding it down. We're going to need to be welding 10 00:00:51,339 --> 00:00:57,449 a couple parts to the car that were not originally made for it and 11 00:00:57,449 --> 00:01:03,600 things like that. We're retired. We're 55 plus. And we can play all we want to in the 12 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:09,659 restoration facility, but what is it help the generations that are coming after us 13 00:01:09,659 --> 00:01:14,939 unless we can partner with them. The Great Race is an antique, vintage, 14 00:01:14,939 --> 00:01:22,740 and collector car road rally on public highways. It is not a test of top speed. It is a 15 00:01:22,740 --> 00:01:28,770 test of driver/navigator team's ability to follow precise course instructions, 16 00:01:28,770 --> 00:01:35,200 and the team's ability to work together on a cross-country trip. They need to be able 17 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,500 to work together. 18 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:43,170 the teamwork driver navigator and stay on course and just have fun. 19 00:01:43,170 --> 00:01:48,380 The motto of The Great Race is, "To finish is to win." So these are all winners if 20 00:01:48,390 --> 00:01:54,130 they can finish the rally and that brings them together as 21 00:01:54,400 --> 00:02:00,040 individuals, makes a team out of them and hopefully learn life lessons through that. 22 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:04,360 Today the restoration clubs working with the students to sand the hood of the car 23 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:09,160 and remove any dents as part of getting it ready to paint. 24 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:14,500 There weren't to many dents in it. There's a few little dents, so we're gonna deal with those and show them how to straight 25 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:20,380 that out. How to sand the paint and in some cases strip a lot of it off, and just 26 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:27,040 go through the painting process with special primers and sealers and all the work that's involved with getting it ready. 27 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:31,340 Blocking it straight. We'll be doing that so basically we're just trying to get 28 00:02:31,340 --> 00:02:33,720 the finish ready for the primer. 29 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:38,640 And so will also have a man that does upholstery work, work with them how 30 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:48,480 to do the upholstery and maybe tires, belts, hoses, all the things you need to keep your vehicle running, especially one of this vintage. 31 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:57,640 I'm qualified for high-vac and electronics so on the electrical and everything I'm actually volunteered to actually gonna help out with a lot of wiring, and harnesses and everything. 32 00:02:57,640 --> 00:03:01,959 For the students having volunteers with the years of experience 33 00:03:01,959 --> 00:03:07,859 working on cars has given them valuable knowledge they may not have otherwise gotten. 34 00:03:07,860 --> 00:03:13,060 It's pretty cool of them to take the time off and come over here and teach us these 35 00:03:13,069 --> 00:03:18,840 kinds of things. And it is like having a library to your disposal. 36 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:26,040 There's a lot of things in this industry that isn't by textbook. It's all by feel and 37 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:33,060 touch and it's kind of with experience you figure it out. It's not something they can just come in 38 00:03:33,060 --> 00:03:37,800 and do. It takes a lot of practice in order to get it right. 39 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:43,300 You know, I feel we've got a pass on the tricks of the trade that we learned when we were younger. 40 00:03:43,310 --> 00:03:45,940 And all the years I've been doing this as a hobby and 41 00:03:45,940 --> 00:03:51,430 as a business so they understand some of the basics and why we're doing this so 42 00:03:51,430 --> 00:03:55,750 hopefully we can impart some of those tricks and little shortcuts and things will get 43 00:03:55,750 --> 00:03:59,329 a leg up if they want to pursue this as a career. 44 00:03:59,329 --> 00:04:04,019 Most of these students do want to pursue automotive technology as a career. 45 00:04:04,019 --> 00:04:10,200 And this type of real-world project with real-life experts from the restoration 46 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,159 club can only help them in their future