i'm a 19 year old hot rod enthusiast in the Portland, OR area thinking about possibly making a career out it. i've read a lot of information and checked out every car school i can, but i was hoping to maybe get some feed back about a couple of things:

1 what's the best school? (right now i'm leaning toward wyotech)

2 do i even need to go to hot rod school, or is experience all i need?

3 are there any apprenticeship opportunities in hot rod shops in my area?

also i was wondering if anyone has any names/numbers of people in the Portland metro area that i could talk to, or maybe bounce some ideas off of

thanx,
Nic