Hot Rods New backing plates from frying pans

Best idea i've seen in a while. Thanks for sharing.

 

Lots of interesting stuff here: http://www.lloydpans.com/

Fan shrouds? Cowl induction pans? Air cleaners?

http://www.lloydpans.com/SearchByCategory.aspx?CategoryCode=Round_Cake_Pans

Muhahaha....

 

when i take my door panels off again,i will post the pictures of the parts that went into my connecting rod window crank handles. those old frozen briggs blocks did have a use after all!!

 

I used stainless dog water bowls for headlight buckets and I used the small cat stainless water bowls that matched the dog bowls for taillight bezels. The bowls and the taillights I used all came from Farm-n-Fleet.

 

That's awesome!! Who'd a thunk it?? Trim rings are a nice touch too... You da man!

 

I wonder if you could punch 2 or 3 louvers into the front and back to promote the brake cooling?

Either way, that looks great as hell. I'll remember that and the other tricks I've learned from the HAMB!

 

They look fantastic. I think I'll have to visit the local cooking appliance store.

Any other ideas like these?

 

I did the same thing looking for a thin metal cowl for my control line scale model Gee Bee I was building. Luckily, I found one the right size: 7-1/2" diameter!
Drilled rivets out (holding the handle) and welded 'em up, presto!
One 1/8 scale aluminum cowling, the 'easy way'...

 

well I'll be damned. My hat is off to you , sir!

 

Great economical idea-Looks good without the time and $ needed to engineer something.

 

Since this has popped back up, I'll update you on the pans. I thought I would need to vent them, but they work great. Right after I did this, I drove the car to Joplin mo. from Sedalia mo., about 175 miles one way. It was hot, but I didn't have any problems with the brakes heating up, so no vents or scoops. I had bought some of those cast aluminum ones with the fins on them when I started this, but I like the look without them. Luckily it works fine without them. Thanks, Dean (PS) I can't beleive I did this 4 years ago.

 

Martha Stewart ain't got nothin' on you! That is ingenious!

 

Not a traditional hot rod, but some of you guys have bikes and the idea is similar. Air cleaner made from a Betty Crocker stainless steel skillet. $10 from WalMart'

Bob

 

Now that's using your head for something other than a hat rack!

 

I hope those fry pans were non-stick variety...

 

Great post guys!! Another use i found quite awhile back was, i used an 8 inch cake pan as a wheel gaurd on a shop built slow speed bench grinder i use for sharpening/grinding/shaping lathe cutters etc.

 

Cool idea.

 

great ideas.....

have to buy the right pans, tho' !!

 

I used the stainless burner plates from an electric stove to make my headlite bezels. Came with the center hole and placed the turn signal in the burner hookup hole...worked perfectly on my 1917 Essex pods!

 

Hehe. ah, looks cool. I like ogling the kitchenware too.

 

That's incredible. I would have never thought of that

 

Since when has Teflon been traditional? To be HAMB friendly, they should have been cast iron frying pans

 

are we talking period correct ?

per Wikipedia
PTFE was accidentally discovered in 1938 by Roy Plunkett, in New Jersey while he was working for Kinetic Chemicals. As Plunkett was attempting to make a new chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant, the tetrafluoroethylene gas in its pressure bottle stopped flowing before the bottle's weight had dropped to the point signaling "empty." Since Plunkett was measuring the amount of gas used by weighing the bottle, he became curious as to the source of the weight, and finally resorted to sawing the bottle apart. Inside, he found it coated with a waxy white material which was oddly slippery. Analysis of the material showed that it was polymerized perfluoroethylene, with the iron from the inside of the container having acted as a catalyst at high pressure. Kinetic Chemicals patented the new fluorinated plastic (analogous to the already known polyethylene) in 1941,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference">[3]</sup> and registered the Teflon trademark in 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-fluoroboom_4-0" class="reference">[4]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference">[5]</sup>

 

^^^ But it wasn't until one of his lab buds came in and asked, "What's cooking?", that old Roy new what to do next! Gary

 

Bed , Bath, and Beyond?

Those must have been in the "BEYOND" Department

 

This thread was great, but the OP left out the most important info, the name brand and size of the frying pans he used.
Why is it so often that someone will post an innovative idea and then just leave out crucial information ?

 

Maybe Dean will see this thread and remember which pans he used. HRP

 

I doubt the pans I used will fit what you want to use them on. I bought them at Bed Bath and beyond. That's all I know. Grab a tape measure and hit the kitchen supply store.

 

That looks way better than I had pictured in my head when I read the title!

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Brilliant!