Hot Rods New backing plates from frying pans

Couldve told them a human head was approximately 8 inches diamater, and you wanted large and sturdy enough pan.

 

good stuff!

 

Best thing is they LOOK GREAT! Gary

Might still need some vents, however....

 

OK, now I need to watch for another Revereware copper bottom pan to match the one I have.lol

 

thats using your noodle...can you explain how you attached them

 

Ya know..its stuff like this that makes this place so freaking cool!
You, my friend are thinking out of the box ..as they say. I would have never thought about that..
The HAMB rules..and so do you.
Simple ideas that anyone can incorperate into their cars to make them look better..

what was it that got you thinking about using frying pans for this?

 

i once saw a flower vase that looked like e&j headlites at wal-mart.

your disk covers really look cool.good job.

-danny

 

Great!! Now when you smoke your brakes you'll have a place to fry some bacon>>>>.

 

Brilliant idea! They look really sharp.

Saw this guys car, he made his covers from cake pans. I think they were a bit flimsy but they look the part. Sorry I don't have a better pic.

- MRAK

 

I used a 12" steel wok from Walmart to help fabricate my tranny cover.
Don't laugh.

 

A guy on another forum used 2 large stainless cake pans and a big stainless bowl to make a radiator fan shroud! The thing was incredible all polished up.
Mask up when cutting into teflon, the stuff is NASTY on your lungs.

 

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Do you have pictures ?
Fred

 

I do not see any vents in them ???

 

Now lets see what you can do with a toaster.....

 

Now thats Hot Rodding at its very best !! great job

 

Very cool....

 

As my grandfather used to say, "Now you're cookin' with gas" ...

 

Great thing is the brake dust won't stick to the inside it's teflon!! Too cool!

I always look at those little condiment bowls at the dollar store and see a velocity stack for my lawnmower!

 

with that kind of thinking and inginuity you should run for president. excellent problem solving skills,

 

Great idea!

With the non-stick coating you can tell folks it's a poor man's ABS system....

Sorry, couldn't help myself.....

 

Cool idea!

 

Uh oh.In ten years we'll be moaning about being Teflon free....

Seriously though,great innovation.That's what hot rodding is all about.

 

I saw a similar article in Street Rodder a few years ago that used an aluminum pan to make some brake scoops.

 

I like it.
I once saw a 56 chevrolet with the engine set back a bit. The guy fabricated a beautiful firewall using a wheel barrow tub set up on end and seamlessly welded into the firewall. You probably wouldn't have realized what it was unless he told you.

You guys are friggen geniuses around here with your mad fabrication skills.

 

dont forget the toddler size wheel barrow for the dist. pocket

 

I saw the article in Street Rodder too. It took me about a year to find the right pans, aluminum ones seem to be hard to find. I'm hopping I won't need to vent them, but I've already picked up some small finned scoops in case I do. The calipers are out in the airflow, so I'm hopping that will be enough. They are attached with the 4 bolts that hold the caliper bracket to the spindles, you can see them in the 2nd, 4th, and 5th pictures. My wife thought I was nuts when I bought them, and told her what I was going to do. Thanks, Dean

 

Wouldn't that trap heat in the rotor area and inhibit the rotors from cooling?

 

Dean,

Looks great. If you need a couple of louvers punched in them drop by.


Keith

 

very nifty and creative

 

That is cooler than a Penguin's Hemmroids !