Besides some altered-class drag cars, "back in the day" fenderless Tudor hot rods seem relatively rare. Mid-century, coupes and roadsters were plentiful, lightweight, and often open-wheeled. But before the current popularity of highboy and slammed sedans, can anyone document in old photos of what may have been "traditional" fenderless Tudor rods? Or is that a unicorn?
Oh I am sure there where some back in my day (I am 68) and I vaguely remember one or two but they weren't common. Coupes and roadsters were plentiful and pretty cheap (sedans you couldn't give away) as no one wanted them as a daily driver. Roadster were to cold (I am in Chicago) and coupes couldn't seat a family. Still coupes and roadsters dominated the hot rod scene as you usually had another car to drive to work in or go out with the family.
Too much of the traditional out here is mostly fiction or wishful thinking. I guess if you tell it enough times it becomes fact. At near 75 with a father involved with the circle track guys, modified cars were the norm, even the fat ones. Big problem is that there was a silent war going on after the war as the cops and some rebellious young guys used fenders as the focus of the dispute. There was the illusive 1600 # rule for fender requirement. Now seemingly outrageous, the extent some guys would go to get a weight certificate under the magic number. Cycle fenders were a fix and many were rigged to be removed before meaningful cruising or racing. It was so bad that the slightest bit of tire out the side of a full fender would it get written. In the same era any loss of traction making a right in a puddle would get you an "exhibition of speed" ticket. So many delusional officers today deny that the fender/burn rubber/exhaust noise war was real. Down the line we in California have a proliferation of open exhaust and the grandkids of the WWII vets carry the distrust of police authority in spite of the propaganda storm on TV. Just picture a fenderless Tudor Model A setup to alternate with cycle fenders for that certain fix-it ticket. Not too likely traditional in my California. How do I know? Fred A