To make a real cruiser get the look of long, low flowing lines,
fendershirts are the main thing.
Open wheelopenings, showing rear wheels aren´t right for the
cruizer. Shirts was mounted on the cars back in the 40s, but
customizers also have incorporated them to the 30s cars, with good
results. In the custom era in the mid - end of the 50s, shirts was
nearly on
every built car.
Its different styles who suits their type of cars, are:
Fendershirts
- shirts who cover most of the wheelopening, sometimes flush with
fender, and also outside.
Cruisershirts
- big, long ones covers up most of the lower 1/3 to half of the rear
fender, back to the rear bumber.Lower part follows the lower carlines.
Bubbleshirts
- Big ones similar to cruisershirts, but bubbled in shape, and go lower
than than the lower lines of the car. Theese are the main option to get
the rear of car seems lower than it is. |
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FENDERSHIRTS
This
shirts is ment to be a little outside of the wheelopening, and to
cover more than
the
original shirts. After cutting the plate, bottom
edge´s
was rolled around
but top egde was just made in ca. 45 degrees. All was
done with the flangemachine.
English wheelin use, and rolled to the curbed shape
following the contour of the fender.
Presto....... a dodge 52
fendershirt! |
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CRUISERSHIRTs
.. At
picture the framed
support for
fender, and the fendershirt
frame
fabricated of
1"x1" corner metal.
This is curbed
along
the
wheelopening all directions.
The orginal openings are
reworked |
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The big
smoothy
cruisershirts fits in wheel-
opening as
the original shirt do, flush
with fenderside.
Flush mounted
shirts needs alot of adjustmentto fit!
also to get fastners located at
right places.
False airscoop near
front. 3 chromestrip out of them |
Making up cruisershirts
for a friends
-54Chevy
Started with
making a template who the metal was
cut after. Then shaping it with english wheel, and
contour the edges with a flangeroller, and yes, it
give a great look on the car. Later this shirts are
mocked up with vintage accessories,
re: Flowwings
This
car is styled with a lot of accesory chrome,
and the more the owner gets, it come on.
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