THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, December 9, 1994               TAG: 9412090697
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY              PAGE: H1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: Mary Scully
                                             LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

LEARNING THE MECHANICS OF A CAR

For complete text of article see microfilm. ILLUSTRATION: Color photos by John H. Sheally II

Darwin Bales Jr., right, is proud of the 1982 Ford F-150 truck that

he painted gold, raspberry and black with the help of instructor

Richard Robinson, left, at P.D. Pruden Vocational Technicl

Center...

Jason Wood preps his van at Norfolk Technical Vocational Center

Mike Robinson sands the door of his antique MG at the Norfolk

center

Dwight Haynes, front, changes a tire under the watchful eyes of

instructor Mark Maund at the Virginia Beach Vocational Technical

Center.

by CNB