Kit cars in a classroom? If you’re talking about the Mott Community College in Howell, Michigan, you bet! In an innovative partnership with Factory Five Racing, this progressive community college boasts a Technical Education Center that teaches car aficionados how to build their dream car.
Over the course of various three-day seminars, kit car enthusiasts traveling from across the U.S. as well as other countries to take part in these classes have the opportunity to build a Factory Five component car from the ground up. For example, on September 28-30, 2007, an amazingly diversified class took a bare-bones basic MK3 Roadster kit and turned it into a finished muscle-bound beauty with a 5.0 liter engine.
The Executive Dean of Mott Community College Continuing Education is a guy by the name of Mike Bower, and he tells us that people have literally come from all over the world to take part in this innovative series of seminars. From Great Britain, Israel, South America, Denmark and even Russia, people are showing up to learn kit car building techniques. Pretty wild. Now in its seventh year, this community college program is taught by some of the industry’s top professionals including Automotive Technology instructors, certified auto mechanics and even top-notch racecar drivers.
As I mentioned, these are three-day seminars and are conducted in Friday, Saturday, Sunday sets. If you’re interested in attending one of these seminars, you should know that the cost is $699 per person and the sessions are limited to no more than 15 participants. So pick your date and get enrolled quickly, because I suspect these classes fill up fast. Here’s a listing of the remaining 2007 Mott Community College / Factory Five Build School seminars:
October 19-21 Roadster 5.0 Liter Engine
November 9-11 Roadster 5.0 Liter Engine
November 30-Dec. 2 Roadster 4.6 Liter Engine
If you want more details about these cool seminars or to register for one, you can call the college at (517) 552-2153, visit their website at www.livingstonmtec.org or send an email to livmtec@mcc.edu.
