There's nothing actually wrong with skirts on a truck. If you're in a flock of trucks perhaps skirts help it stand out. They would at least jar my senses enough to take a second look. Cars of a certain vintage do have a passing history or tradition with skirts. On a truck they don't have that but they certainly do have shock value. I like the overall idea of dressing up a truck to go to town which is why I like putting fancy, car style wheels on a truck. In general, I would miss the sizzle of the wheels if they were covered up. *If my comments seem a little conflicted, that's because I am too.
[QUOTE="The Shift Wizard," They would at least jar my senses." Sense jarring is a good thing.... [QUOTE="The Shift Wizard, "In general, I would miss the sizzle of the wheels if they were covered up." Sizzling wheels, in many cases, should be covered up....
Man that is a beauty... spect they had to narrow the front suspension to maintain turning radius! I'd take that over 99% of the rods and customs I've ever seen! Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
There was a fellow in the mid 1970s in Athens, Ohio who had a 1953 F100 with the same skirts the Ramblin Rose has. It was faded red, with Lancer hub caps and dual chrome stacks, and porta walls. We made fun of it at the time, but looking back, it was pretty cool. Attached is a pic of a FABCO conversion, with it's original front skirts.
I always did like skirts on pickups, but I pretty much like skirts on most anything with wheels. Random Fact: IH was making skirts for its square-body pickups in the early 70s. They were dubbed as prototypes, but I have seen more than one set installed scrolling through sale ads. So the concept is not so strange, even in the later decades.
Saw a fleetside chevy- early 60's fleetside at the silver city roundup that actually looked good with rear skirts. Still feel they do not work on stepsides.
I think what those pictures show is that skirts on a truck look good if it's a well-done full custom... Which is pretty much true for skirts on a car too... In essence, any vehicle can look good without skirts, but only a few look good with them, and it almost has to be 'designed in' to look good. Some real nice ones here though.
Here's the Saoutchik Delahaye as a roadster pickup. Just the thing for bringing a case of Château Lafite Rothschild '27 to your next soirée.
I like the look of skirts on a kustom pickup. Since the OP has a '37 Ford, I thought this might help. This one has been a favorite of mine since I saw it in Rod & Custom many years ago. These pics are from a Spotlite reprint book, called Custom Pickups, which omitted the owner's name. Rear fenders look like Chevy.
Love that one! The stacks, spot lights, and dual side mounts...... so cool. Rear fenders look '39 Ford to me.
Don't know how I missed this thread. I see that Sancho posted a pic of my truck with the skirts and K13 posted pics of it with and with out. My plan was to be able to run it with or with out depending on my mood. I like the skirts because it does give it a more custom feel as well as putting it more into the time frame that I was shooting for. With out the skirts it gave it more of a sporty/truck look. I was also concerned about the lack of body mass which is why even the nay sayers liked the look of the skirts on the panel truck. Even though the rear fenders on my truck were F-1 I used skirts that were shaped like the 46-48 Lincoln skirts as I felt they fit the fender shape better. Skirts are like White wall tires. People either love them or hate them. Torchie. p.s. I thought that all you didn't like about my truck was the lack of running boards K13. You never mentioned the skirts. LOL
I see there's some new discussion on trucks with skirts, so I thought I'd bring this thread to the top. Skirts look KILLER on any vehicle as long as they're done right!!
Curious..so, it's accepted to have skirts on customs/taildraggers. Conclusion..so, pickups can't be customs? I'm so glad that there are builders who step out of the box, and let their creative juices flow..what would this hobby be without their creative thinking/individualism? Don't be swayed by the general populations acceptance, we are different after all..aren't we?
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