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Originally Posted by NachtRitter

I think I see what you're getting at... actually something similar to the VX here:

Except that the fender skirt could start even further forward...

You can see how Kamm bumped the body out below the beltline just enough to get the rear wheels contained within the skirt,going all the way to the dividing line between the doors.He also uses the rocker panel as a flow fence to mitigate comingling of underbody/side flow.