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Originally Posted by OP
Bring the boattail up to the rear wheel arches ? Like a 'Turnpike Cruiser' ?
Not sure what that is, and Google shows me images of an old 1950s Ford.
What do you mean bring it up ?
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https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...-HARDTOP-22787
I meant something like 'extend it forwards to the wheel arch.' But what I learned from DDG Images is that they were called Supercruiser skirts. An example of Detroit following the customizers' bubble skirts.
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According to Gene, Jimmy’s skirts became so popular that even the automakers tried to make them, “they were known as Mercury Turnpike Cruiser Skirts. Mercury made a kind of a similar skirt and put them onto their Turnpike Cruisers as accessories. They were made strictly for the Mercury’s. It didn’t have any of the styling that the Jones skirts had, but it was an attempt, and a lot of people bought Turnpike Cruiser skirts and put them on their car. Those came about because of the bubble skirt phenomenon in the Detroit area, and the factory figured out, hey why don’t we do that?”
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https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Jimmy_Jones_Bubble_Skirts
That is a very interesting article (to me). Jimmy Jones was a blacksmith. His skirts were hand made and highly 'theftable'.
The Turnpike Cruiser was also interesting, with a roll-down 'Breezeway' back window and these ventilators:
https://cdn2.mecum.com/auctions/an11...5-233477_6.jpg