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Hudson Jet- With or Without Skirts
  • royerroyer
    Posts: 998Platinum Member
    Due to popular demand....does my Super Jet look better with skirts or without?
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  • bent metalbent metal
    Posts: 1,356Platinum Member
    I'm gunna' have to say without. With the skirts, kind of makes the car look a little "thick" in the back. Doesn't really look bad either way though, IMHO.
  • royerroyer
    Posts: 998Platinum Member
    54 HSWH wrote:
    Matt,

    in case you happen to find a set of Jet fender skirts for sale, please let me know.

    Thanks,

    John

    I'm always on the look out for Jet stuff, you never know when you'll need it. There've been a couple sets on eBay in the last year, but they went for more money than I wanted to part with.
  • Huddy42Huddy42
    Posts: 1,013Platinum Member
    My opinion is WITH the skirts.I love that filled in look.Finishes off the back end.
  • MikeWAMikeWA
    Posts: 1,459Platinum Member
    With, but just by a hair. Cute as a bug either way.
  • 51hornetA51hornetA
    Posts: 2,339Platinum Member
    There is a pair of these skirts for sale on eBay right now. The guy does not know what they are from but they are Jet skirts NOS as well.
    www.hudsonmotorcar.org
  • royerroyer
    Posts: 998Platinum Member
    Here's those skirts 51hornetA was talking about. Bid away!!!!!
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-HUDSON-FENDER-SKIRT-SET_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ42611QQihZ014QQitemZ330210724696QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
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  • hudsontechhudsontech
    Posts: 4,077Platinum Member
    Really comes down to what you like. I also like it with the skirts, but then what do I know about much of anything :)



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    HudsonTech

    Memphis, TN
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    http://hetclub.org/burr/lithomepage.htm
  • 66patrick6666patrick66
    Posts: 1,831Platinum Member
    She looks pretty all dressed up - keep the skirts on the girl!
    "The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot,
    And whether pigs have wings..."
  • 41 hud
    Posts: 157Expert Adviser
    Simply, Yes
  • frank springfrank spring
    Posts: 329Gold Member
    I have a set of used skirts available if someone is looking. Ed
  • hoosiercrosley
    Posts: 313Gold Member
    Keep the skirts on!!! The Jet gets a bad rap anyway! So keep them on she looks more expensive!! AND MORE CLASSY!!



    Barry Smedley

    53" Super Jet with skirts
  • faustmbfaustmb
    Posts: 1,116Platinum Member
    hoosiercrosley wrote:
    Keep the skirts on!!! The Jet gets a bad rap anyway! So keep them on she looks more expensive!! AND MORE CLASSY!!



    Barry Smedley

    53" Super Jet with skirts



    I agree. The skirts make the car stand out a bit more. Love the jet.



    Matt
  • Harry HillHarry Hill
    Posts: 1,303Platinum Member
    Matt,

    I hate to admit it but I like it better with the skirts off. I like the white walls showing off like that. I think the skirts make it look kind of boxey.



    Harry
  • Sarah YoungSarah Young
    Posts: 511Platinum Member
    I'm a big fan of the extra embellishments the fifties had to offer on cars, especially skirts. Even so, this one's a hard call since you've got the wide whitewalls. If it was a Jetliner with all the side trim, I'd be 100% on the skirts. Without the side trim, I guess it depends on what mood you're in when you take her out for an afternoon. Perhaps you should rely on the old saying, "If you got 'em, flaunt 'em." I've got a set I look forward to seeing on mine.
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  • Geoff C., N.Z.Geoff C., N.Z.
    Posts: 2,273Platinum Member
    Just to throw a spanner in the works - I too love the Jet, have had one for 37 years, but I think the skirts give it too slabby an appearance. However, a Continental Spare wheel on the back, now that really sets them off. I thnk two-toning, with a light coloured top also suits them, helps relieve that slightly top-heavy look.
    If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging.
  • Harry HillHarry Hill
    Posts: 1,303Platinum Member
    I think you should put a Pope bubble on the roof to give it a little height.



    Harry
  • hudsonjeff
    Posts: 55Senior Contributor
    looks better with skirts
  • hudsondad
    Posts: 491Platinum Member
    It's your car, but I think with the whitewalls it looks better with them OFF.
  • half bakedhalf baked
    Posts: 430Platinum Member
    skirts on makes the rear overhang a little excessive in my opinion
  • broyerbroyer
    Posts: 44Senior Contributor
    Matt, a lady will always keep her skirts on! I like the skirts. Uncle Bill
  • broyerbroyer
    Posts: 44Senior Contributor
    Matt, hopefully the picture of the backend of a 54 jet with skirts and continental kit will be displayed. The Jet was in a garage so I did not get a very good picture of it. But, I do like Jets with skirts and kits.
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  • Harry HillHarry Hill
    Posts: 1,303Platinum Member
    Yeah, just showing the back end with the skirts looks pretty good. When I looked at the whole car with skirts I thought the skirts took away from the overall look. I love skirts on cars but I think the jets are too tall and short so the skirts made the car look even shorter. Plus the white walls really looked good showing like they do.



    Harry
  • royerroyer
    Posts: 998Platinum Member
    Thanks to everyone for voting!

    I was hoping the poll would end up 50-50 so I could have a skirt on one side and not on the other LOL.

    Maybe I'll put the skirts on for a while...
  • Harry HillHarry Hill
    Posts: 1,303Platinum Member
    Matt, even though I voted no skirts I think you have a sharp car their and it's going to look pretty good with the skirts and white walls. I have a new appreciation for the Jet after seeing yours.



    Harry
  • d2_willys
    Posts: 11Hitchhiker
    frank spring wrote:
    I have a set of used skirts available if someone is looking. Ed





    Do you still have the skirts and are they for Jet? Let me know. PM me with the price. thanks:cool:
  • Harry HillHarry Hill
    Posts: 1,303Platinum Member
    Matt, pictures don't do the Jet justice. I was down at Bill A's last week and came face to face with a Super Jet he is working on. It was the first one I have seen in the flesh. It is a good looking car in person. Pictures make it look much boxier than it actually is. I still like your car better with the skirts off.



    Harry
  • royerroyer
    Posts: 998Platinum Member
    Thanks Harry!
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