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Petrolicious Becomes A
Piston Community Partner
Scholarship and Apprenticeship Programs
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The Piston Fund
Skilled Trade Education Scholarships
The Piston Foundation helps students take their first steps towards a skilled trade career. If you are attending, accepted, or enrolled in a 2- or 4-year automotive technology program and have a strong interest in working with collector cars, a Piston Fund scholarship can help make school more affordable.
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The Piston Academy
Apprenticeships in Collector Car Restoration
The Piston Academy helps qualified technicians learn the skills and craft of collector car restoration and service by apprenticing with today’s master craftspeople. The Academy provides apprenticeship placements at leading restoration shops, a hands-on learning plan, mentoring, and a training grant.
CARS FOR PISTON SCHOLARS
Turn your collector car into scholarships.
From the Piston Blog
Piston Awards 20 Scholarships to its Fall Class of 2024 Scholars
The Piston Foundation is proud to announce the Fall 2024 class of Piston Scholars. Each of these scholars is a bright and exciting talent with a passion for collector cars and the drive to learn the skills of automotive restoration. Like other Piston Scholars before them, these aspiring technicians will join the collector car community as part of a new generation ready to preserve the past and build the future.
Steve Kittrell of Veloce Valuations – A Piston Community Partner
Steve Kittrell, founder of car appraisal company Veloce Valuations, has seen firsthand how his company’s involvement with Piston has made an impact through a recent partnership collaboration: The Miniature d’Elegance charity auction. Steve sat down with Piston President Jeff Mason to share his thoughts on the auction’s success and the meaningful partnership that inspired it.
Piston Scholar Sam White Takes To Car Collection Management
22-year-old Sam White is largely interested in the history of automobiles and is currently working for a car collector in Redmond, Washington, archiving and cataloging memorabilia. Alongside his passion for photography, he hopes to dedicate his life to managing and cataloguing all kinds of fantastic motor vehicles.
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Make a Donation
Give to what you love by making a gift that helps the next generation access the education and training they need to begin a career as a classic car technician.
Sponsor a Scholar
Piston Foundation scholarships are awarded to aspiring technicians to help them begin an auto restoration career. Give to the car culture you love.
Donate a Car
Turn your collector car into education and hands-on training for aspiring collector car technicians. Your car can change lives. 100% goes to our scholarship program.
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