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Among our fondest memories and during the most impressionable time of any gearhead's life are the teen years when cars were the coolest and the mysteries of hot rodding were just beginning to reveal themselves. Many of us had a shop class in school and piddled the hours away imagining how fast that Camaro would be if we could just afford a new set of aluminum heads all while learning to change the spark plugs in the assistant principle's Camry. We didn't think much of those shop classes back then, but we found out over time that we learned valuable skills in that venue, the most important of which was the Do-it-yourself attitude that opens us all up to the collector car hobby long before we have the means to afford our dream collector car. Over the years the world's become a more complicated place and simple skill building programs like a high school shop class have fallen by the wayside in favor of more contemporary skill-building classes centered around technology and college preparation. In most school systems, basic vocational training is now gone but the Collectors Foundation has awarded over $2.3 million since 2005 to education groups, non-profits and museums to encourage the current and future generations of enthusiasts to get involved and learn the trades that fuel collecting and restorations of classic boats, motorcycles and automobiles. In a recent initiative, The Collectors Foundation has launched a program aimed directly at getting shop classes back into schools and available for today's youth. "Bring Back Shop Class" is a program we can all get behind and we encourage everyone who loves old cars to support this endeavor in any way you can. Follow�Bring Back Shop Class on Facebook and visit the Collectors Foundation website to learn more.