Despite the rainy Saturday morning, the DSF Werks car show continued to brighten the lives of underserved youth in the Long Beach community.
DSF Werks is a nonprofit organization that helps teach young adults critical professional skills in the automotive industry and media arts. The nonprofit partners foster youth with mentors who teach them how to restore classic cars and document it so they learn a variety of skills from mechanical work to media creation.
A recent project the group worked on was replacing an engine in a car that is a completely different model than what comes stock on the vehicle and using creative thinking on how to line up the new parts.
“It’s a lot of trial and error. So very much like skating, right?” said José Cordón, a professional photographer and mentor at DSF. “You gain those skills of resilience, right, you try to work out problems, problem-solving and being resilient at it and then finally, reaching your goal of making that engine work in that car.”
At the Pit Stop at the Shop event that was held on Saturday, the attendees that were brave enough to make it out in the rain were treated to a tour of the shop and complimentary coffee, tacos and donuts as they met some of the mentors and students.
The shop also showed off some of the classic cars they have worked on in the past and luckily, none of them needed a wash at the end of the show.
DSF Werks is a 501(C)(3) organization that takes donations to fund its youth outreach and can be found online at dsfwerks.org or at their shop located at 3180 Orange Ave. in Signal Hill.
