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Old 04-29-2014, 01:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob View Post
A big skirt can still have it's grippers at the wheel well, and a soft edge to save the paint on the fender. On some cars, the skirt could easily go to the back bumper. Wherever wide track meets a rounded rocker panel, a longer skirt can help smooth things out and cover more of the wheel. Sometimes, a hinge would work well as one mounting point.

No pics today, but you can get an idea of how to work with constant camber panels by cutting shapes from blister packs as little models to play with.

Bingo...

Great minds think alike. Large panels to even out the transitions.

This is what I'm in the process of doing right now.

A BIG skirt for my "little blue" and more...

I'll post pic's in my "Boat tail - Redneck style" thread when I'm done.

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