Comox Valley father designs custom motorbike sidecar for son’s grad cruise

“I bought the sidecar and pulled the original pod off,” explained Tim. “I then built a prototype with an old wheelchair and dummy to get proper dimensions we could work with. I made a dummy, and a little box structure with the armrests and headrest exactly like his, so that all the parameters were set exactly.”

Once the prototype was designed, Tim called on Ocean Metals Custom Metal Fabricating to customize the design.

“Nuno and his team of fabricators at Ocean Metals designed the new sidecar to accommodate Elijah in his chair, mounted onto the existing chassis.”


OceanMetal celebrates five years in business – 2021

Our family is very proud to announce that we are celebrating our five year milestone in business! It is hard to believe that it has been five years already and we want to take this time to thank you for your continued encouragement, support and business!

It has been a fantastic journey! We have had the opportunity to collaborate with many great people and businesses in this community and truly appreciate the connections and friendships made along the way. Ocean Metal is servicing many recreational and commercial vessels in the Comox Valley and Campbell River areas. We have also diversified into other service areas including an increasing number of residential and commercial railing systems and projects for local dairy plants, restaurants, breweries and wineries. We continue to explore new opportunities to expand our skill set and support the growing local economy.

Over the past five years, Ocean Metal has moved from a one-man show to a three-man team, employing two full-time apprentices! We are proud to have signed on these two great apprentices, one of whom has now begun his own young family. As Ocean Metal continues to grow its own family and expand on its business goals, we look forward to what the next five years has to offer.

Thank you for your time.

Kind regards,

Nuno and Cara Covas

Ocean Metal Custom Fabricators