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April 11, 2019A Coke and a Smile – Not to Mention a Lesson in Restoration
Auto Body Repair student Zebediah Pecora is practicing the skills of his future trade not on a car, but an antique Coca Cola cooler – and that’s OK with him.
Pecora is working on a project that the Capital Region BOCES program was hired for – to restore a pre-World War II Coca Cola cooler found in the woods of Vermont.
“It’s pretty cool. I’m enjoying it,” Pecora said.
Auto Body Repair teacher Chris Shader said the assignment is actually a great teaching tool for the students.
“Whether you paint and restore a car, a pumpkin or a sled, you have to use the same stroke techniques and you are still working with metal,” said Shader.
Automotive Trades Teacher Brian LaCroix who, like other customers of Capital Region BOCES programs, is paying for the products and materials used in the work, said that he will celebrate the restoration of the cooler by filling it with coca cola products for the students to enjoy.
Pecora, a Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk student, is one of about two-dozen students in the auto body program at Capital Region BOCES. Students in the program learn everything from how to repair, restore and customize cars and trucks to how to mix specific colors and paint vehicles, detail vehicles and calculate finishing costs.
