Scoggin-Dickey Chevrolet-Buick donated four General Motors 5.3L V8 engines to South Plains College’s Lubbock automotive program on Sept. 14 at the SPC Career and Technical Center. Representatives from Scoggin-Dickey, including Dealer Principal Joh - The Lufkin Daily News

Dealer Principal representatives from Scoggin-Dickey showed up in person for the handoff. Those four engines now belong to students working through SPC's automotive technology courses, giving them real GM hardware to pull apart and study instead of just textbook diagrams.

Hands-on engine access matters for a trade program. Students training for careers fixing cars need actual parts to diagnose problems, not just photos in a manual, and a 5.3L V8 is common enough on the road that learning it inside and out translates directly to job-ready skills. For a local dealership, a donation like this also builds a pipeline. Kids who train on Scoggin-Dickey engines could end up wrenching in Scoggin-Dickey service bays down the road, or at any shop across Lubbock that works on GM trucks and SUVs.

For neighbors here, it is a small but concrete example of a local business investing directly in a two-year program rather than just cutting a check. The automotive program at SPC's Career and Technical Center gets equipment it would otherwise have to buy, and that keeps tuition costs and lab fees lower for students.

Four engines, one afternoon, and a dealership just quietly expanded what a classroom in Lubbock can teach.