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Feature 5 Valton: luster restored one automobile at a time laçkamas Print O Wednesday, April 16, 2008 In the classroom, though, Walton walks from student to student, help Walton’s love of auto- ing each of them restore a ibiles, however, devel- ed many years prior to bit of the luster that their aged cars have lost over ; time at the college. In the years. He moves from :t, it arose before he was assisting an owner with t of high school, when he w a hot rod with which a Volkswagen Beetle that has a little more rust than . became enamored. they first thought, to an “My first car was a 35 >dge pickup my dad gave old Ford coat of a vehicle that has seen better days me when I was 16 yedrs 1, and the first thing I and has the worn paint to 1 was chop the top off prove it. His personable attitude fore I was old enough and love for drive it,”' his job has said. “It made him sn't the “My first car was a favorite st beau- among stu il metal a 35 Dodge pickup dents. rk.” my dad gave to “Harold’s From a real me when I was e re ,. knowledge self- , 16 years old, and able guy,” scribed the first thing I said student ; m i -. Jerry Foster. tired did was chop the “You can a 1 t o n top °ff before I ask him any proved thing, and istically was old enough to he’s pretty the field drive.” much done netal and everything t o m o - Harold Walton as far as e work-, Automotive Instructor automotive rec hot goes.” is that Today, created teaching /e graced seems to be a natural fit covers of automotives’ for Walton, and just anoth st elite magazines, and er skill at which he has re have been highlight in them. Others that excelled, but up until a ture his labor have sold couple of years ago, he was simply another per- large sums of cash. ntinued from WALTON, Page 1 son going to school. “Dave Bradley (auto motive depart ment chair) asked me, ‘Would you be interested in a basic metal-, forming class?’ he recalled. “I said, ‘Yeah, I would like to take it.’ He said, ‘No, we would like you to teach it.’ So I’ve been teaching ever since.” But in Walton’s view, ’ Clackamas isn’t merely about its teach ing opportunities. He still enjoys some of the class es that initially brought him to the college, such as blacksmithing, which he describes as a metal working process unlike the method with tvhich he is familiar. Numerous instructors at the college contribute countless real-world expe riences to their courses. For . Walton’s class, it has given students extra motivation to work on their carsj and in a manner that they may have been frightened to try on their vehicles before. John Shufelt Clackamas Print CONTRIBUTED ABOVE: Harold Walton (left) hammers student Dennis Proctor’s Volkswagon Beetle hood. BELOW: Walton’s work helped restore this 1937 540K Mercedes. Much of his work goes uncredited. ■mish JL your bachelor’s degree At the Harmony Campus Unplanned Pregnancy? You Deserve to KNOW: • Partnership with CCC allows easy transition • Transfer agreements for AAS and AAOT ...Are you really pregnant? ...Have you explored all your options? ..Are all your questions answered? • Financial aid is available • George Fox classes at Harmony starting fall 2008 Nurse Consultations. Pregnancy Tests. Ultrasound to Verify if Pregnancy is Viable. Call today to see how close you are to'your bachelor's degree G eorge F ox UNIVERSITY sps.georgefox.edu 888-888-0178 a matter of mind and spirit 14419 SE McLoughlin Blvd. Milwaukie 97222 No Appointment Necessary. 503.659.3336 Pregnancy Resource Centers www.prcofportland.com Beaverton • Cresham ♦ Tigard • Lloyd Center • Milwaukie • SE Portland
