Battery Tray Mystery Options

[doug_b_928]

I have a new battery tray from RD (purchased a year or two ago). Today I compared it to old battery tray and to the ECU holder and found a significant difference. Here is a pic of the two side by side.



And here is a pic of the ECU holder next to the old battery tray.



And a pic of the ECU holder next to the new battery tray.



The raised area with the hole is missing from the new tray. My car is a 73. Given the condition of the old tray, and the fact that I've owned the car for 33 years, the old tray is probably the original (though I notice that it doesn't have a hole on the front left corner of the tray for the bolt in that location. Is the practice to drill two holes and weld nuts on the ECU holder?

[cary]

Is the practice to drill two holes and weld nuts on the ECU holder?

That's what I've been doing. Then using a SS socket head bolt.

I don't think RD manufactures these, there isn't a Made In Canada logo on the web page.
Pete can correct me if I'm wrong but I think its made by Dansk.

[peteyd]

I don't think RD manufactures these, there isn't a Made In Canada logo on the web page.
Pete can correct me if I'm wrong but I think its made by Dansk.

Indeed it is made by Dansk.

I do believe there is two versions of the tray also.

This part has not been a huge priority to manufacture ourselves. There are more important panels that are not available yet that we will focus on.

Pete

[David Billo]

Indeed it is made by Dansk.
...
This part has not been a huge priority to manufacture ourselves. There are more important panels that are not available yet that we will focus on.

I thought that all the sheet metal parts I see on your website were made by you.

[peteyd]

Indeed it is made by Dansk.
...
This part has not been a huge priority to manufacture ourselves. There are more important panels that are not available yet that we will focus on.

I thought that all the sheet metal parts I see on your website were made by you.

Not everything. We do resell some other company's products

Pete

[Mark Henry]

Indeed it is made by Dansk.
...
This part has not been a huge priority to manufacture ourselves. There are more important panels that are not available yet that we will focus on.

I thought that all the sheet metal parts I see on your website were made by you.

Not everything. We do resell some other company's products

Pete

When I first started going to the RD open houses I saw quite a few painted panels in stock, the RD made panels are not painted.

Each and every year there's less painted panels and way more unpainted panels. RD has easily doubled the number of 914 panels in this time.
RD's shop is a fair size operation and the shear number of parts for 356, 911 and 914 is outstanding. Plus the number of press dies is quite the sight, these are not small, some must be 5+ tons alone. And as always there's a dozen new dies waiting in queue to be polished and put into service.