1952 Plymouth Concord Skirts

[grea235]

 

Decided to make my own fender skirts for my work-in-progress 1952 Plymouth Concord.  The price of 350ish for a reproduction set is too much and, from my experience with VW repop parts, they probably wouldn't fit.

 

I tried fabric from a dress and drove around with it.  I liked the pattern but it flapped around too much.  Boy, was my granddaugher mad when she found out I used her dress!!  Just kidding.

 

 

The real skirts are made from fiberglass from a wood \foam mold.    I flatted out the fender lip in two spots at the top and on the sides and drilled them with 1/4".   I molded in locator pins for the top two holes and holes for the sides.  So it pins into the top holes, then bolts in at the bottom.  I embedded two flat bars horizontally to give the skirts some strength and a round rod at the bottom to keep the curve and provide a rolled lip.  They had to curve sharp in the front bottom corners to get around the tire and arc around the hubcap.

 

I think it looks gangster.

 

 

 

I used the same fender beading as the fenders to give it some consistency, so I had to keep a consistent, more like tried to keep a consistent gap\reveal all the way around.

 

The passenger side has a little deformity in the gap, but I'll get that straightened out.  If they were perfect, they would outshine the rest of the car.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Sam Buchanan]

That sir....is some nice work. 

[Andydodge]

Dunno about gangsters but that is a very nice work and a credit to you.........welcome aboard BTW............andyd

[grea235]

Thank you!  

[John Reddie]

Welcome and really nice job. These look store bought.?

John R

[JerseyHarold]

Nice job.  They work very well with the lines of the car.