Technical Rear Fender Skirts on a Model A Ford (Pictures?)

I got this crazy idea in my head about a week ago, and I'm curious if anyone else has ever thought the same: has anyone ever put fender skirts on a Model A Ford? The thing that gave me this inspiration is this picture of a 1934 Ford with a set on it.

So has anyone ever made a set of these for a Model A? Pictures?

 

I never saw a Model A with fender skirts, maybe there is a reason for that

 

No imagination....

 

Look at the shine on that ride!!

 

There was a guy that belonged to the HAMB who had them on a Model A. It was in his avatar.

 

it seems that would have to reinforce the thin edge of the sheet metal and braces under fender

 

Man I hope "not"...

 

I think that if a set were made with real thought and design involved that it could look just as nice as it does on this 34 Ford coupe. The problem I've seen with many homemade attempts at side skirts is that they just look like an afterthought.

 

do it! show us a picture

 

Challenge accepted. In my head, I see a Sports Coupe, side spares, and rear fender skirts with a shiny nickel plated luggage rack. If it were any other model, I just don't think it would work. I guess we'll find out.

 

While it was a late model, a guy here had skirts on a pickup that looked good., He also had a license plate that said,"Yes Dear" haha

 

Hahaha. That's awesome.


I'm thinking a car like this with rear skirts. Something that looks regal but yet attainable. A set of skirts would make it look that much more expensive if they are done right.

 

Scotch, This thread proves the old saying beauty is in the "eye of the beholder". For me I don't like even a little the look on that 34, it's just not my deal. Now with that said the man who put those skirts on that car did not come to me and ask for me to pay for him doing that, so I really don't get a say so in what he does or likes. Thank God we don't all think the same !! I also don't look at these old cars in a religious way and think the sky is the limit to what a man does to his car, just because I have never seen a Model A with skirts in no way means it's a bad idea if you like it...

 

I can respect that.



Even a set on something like this would just make it look gangster. It might take a couple of tries, but I think something could be made to give it that extra WOW factor.

 

Don't know why everyone is giving SBK a bunch of grief...Sculptive design Co did some drawings of T's and A's with skirted fenders and everyone seemed to like them.

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/a-bit-of-my-drawings.1169867/

 

THAT IS RAD!!! Wow!


This one is perfect!

 

I think a Model A might have far too boxy of a shape look good with add-on Aero / Art Deco treatments. But Fords from 33 on up seem more likely - laid back windshield pillars and grilles, swooped fenders, etc..

 

Sounds good for the photoshop thread


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It kinda makes the car look wider


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This is what I was thinking too. But after seeing that 34 with the skirts, now I really want to build a 34 ford in a 40s taildragger style. I think that would look killer

 

Coachbuilders started playing with skirts from about 1934 on. That's not to say that you won't find an earlier instance of skirts on bespoke coachwork, but it would likely be something anomalous and it might strike us as weird-looking. Personally, I'm into both bespoke coachwork and automotive weirdness, so weird early coachwork often appeals to me.

Something you'll find quite a lot of is earlier chassis rebodied some time in the mid-'30s. Those would be total redesigns, though, with a lot of ingenuity spent on giving a low-slung look to a chassis with the floor at knee height, e.g. doors extended down to the running boards, etc. That would be one approach for a Model A.

The other thing is that the more successful early skirts weren't just plain lids; they had something to break up the visual weight of a straight line at the bottom, be it a hubcap mounted to the skirt, or something like that on the above '34; a complex curve showing a bit of the wheel; an arrangement of louvres; or whatever your creativity turns up. There was a particular sort of cat's-mouth or moustache-shaped reveal which worked quite well for this – the earliest use of this I've seen was by Thrupp & Maberly in 1935.

This has got me thinking. Perhaps I'll fire Gimp up on this. I see some of you are already bracing yourselves against the onslaught ...

 

Very well said.

 

I like the idea, now to wait for all the skirt haters to voice their opinions. BigO

 

Some of use think all side skirts look like an afterthought...

And that would be me...

 

Skirt's are for girls.

 

And Scotsmen

Ben

 

I love skirts...they show off my great legs

Seriously, nothing wrong with building a Model A "custom". They all don't have to be traditional lakes inspired hot rods. I think a 50s-60s full fendered hot rod cruiser with a ton of JC Whitney type accessories would be cool..(.traditionally known as a gook wagon). I say go for it...skirts would only add to the look.

And I practice what I preach My avatar will be a whitewalled, skirted tail dragger by this spring.

 

A stainless medallion could add to this one.Maybe a 30-31 hubcap

 

You guys know I'm just funn'in. ..