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Originally Posted by tomcarman
I'll take one on the chin for the team of the ignorant. I don't know the difference between a skirtless fender and a skirted one. Can someone explain or post a pic?
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This black sedan below shows the normal, skirted '33 fenders. Note the FRONT fender....as the bottom bead of the fender goes downward and then transitions to a more horizontal line running to meet the BOTTOM of the running board. This BOTTOM line doesn't even come close to following the TOP surface of the fender. In other words, that NORMAL front skirt is rather pronounced where it sticks downward at about the 9 o'clock area on the tire.
REAR fender BEHIND the tire....similar situation BEHIND the tire. The bottom bead line dips way down to the 9 o'clock point on the tire. Dips way down in comparison with following the TOP surface of fender. Most skirtless-fendered '33s are reported to have been assembled in the Northwest.
Two different cars with the skirtless fenders. The early "skirtless" fenders had virtually no hint of this 'hanging-down' skirt behind the tire/wheels, very much like the swoop of '32 fenders. Skirtless fenders
WERE NOT limited to Victorias only! DD
