Art & Inspiration Fender Skirts, a bunch

In the newly opened exhibits at the Petersen, there are a number of '30s-'40s cars with fender skirts in a remarkable variety of styles. I thought it was interesting to compare them. All of these are custom made, but there may be useful style ideas here:

Lancia Astura, Pininfarina body

Bugatti Atlantique

Mercedes-Benz Autobahnkurier

Peugeot Darl'mat

Delage D8, LeTournet & Marchand body

Embiricos Bentley

Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia

Sharknose Graham, Saoutchik body

Cadzilla, Larry Ericson/Boyd Coddington


Delahaye, Figoni & Falaschi body


Delahaye, Figoni & Falaschi body (yes, another one)

Bugatti, VanVooren body

Horch

 

Wow. Thanks for sharing those. I wouldn't mind seeing the whole cars too. Works of art.

 

A style of fender skirt I've always liked:


Alvis TA21.

 

I like the Alvis skirts too; in fact, I like the whole cars. The skinny whitewalls on the green car are anachronistic, but I think the car looks great with them.

 

Thanks for posting these.
Food for thought.

 

***y cars, beautiful. Thanks for posting.

 

Cool - Thanks

 

Each one of those could hang in a museum as a work of art.

 

Very nice photos and thank you for not posting a exterior photo of the building.