Sunday, October 27, 2013

Happy Birthday Dad! A family effort on a special day fabricates a new battery hold down

Friday was a special day indeed for it was my father's 75th birthday and we all spent it together working on the Dino. Let's start with a picture of the birthday boy decked out in his original Ferrari mechanics overalls that we profiled here:

http://dino246blog.blogspot.ca/2012/07/a-gift-for-dad-realizes-dream-over-50.html


The festivities kicked off with a project to make a new battery hold down from scratch. After reviewing photos of an original part we got to work. Dad did the measuring, cutting, and placement of the parts on a specially made jig.

 


Once everything was ready. 'The Mig' came in to do all the welding. For those who don't remember him his introduction is here: http://dino246blog.blogspot.ca/2011/02/new-introduction-to-team-meet-mig.html
 

Lastly Paul took care of powder coating and final finishing.


I took the photos and told the tale and it was a great day all around.

4 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 28, 2013 at 9:36 AM

    There's interest in battery hold down brackets on FChat (as I'm sure you know). How about whipping up a few in your `spare' time and adding to your store?

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    1. Dino 246October 28, 2013 at 2:34 PM

      For sure this is a possibility in the future but for now there is no 'spare' time to be had. The car comes first and all other projects are on hold until then.

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  2. UnknownNovember 1, 2013 at 12:38 AM

    Even the engine light which I presume your Dino also needs?

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    1. Dino 246November 1, 2013 at 9:35 AM

      Yes everything is on hold until then but we will get back on it when the car is done.

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