Skirts and Dagmars way to cool love um or hate um,I love em .Awsom custom touches. Ed

They look great on some cars and not so great on others. The car will tell you if it's right or wrong.

 

On the big fat low riders with their butts on the ground, they are a must IMO.

 

 

 

not my car. just an example

-- Edited by Beachcat on Tuesday 31st of July 2012 01:08:41 PM

carta wrote:

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The question of the day is. How many people know where the name "Dagmar" originated

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 I don't even know what it means. I will have to google it.

Personally, I hate um. Then again I don't even like fenders that much. Why would you want to cover up a nice set of rims and tires?

Lightspeed Mike wrote:

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Personally, I hate um. Then again I don't even like fenders that much. Why would you want to cover up a nice set of rims and tires?

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 I hate them too !! Not so bad on the 50's stuff like Mercs, but that's about it !! There a guy here in town that has them on a mid 90's Suburban, and I nearly throw up when I see it.

my first car was a 68 Chrysler Newport with factory fender skirts ...............i used to take them off before winter cause snow would get pack in there pretty good ..............but could wait to get them back on at the end of winter .........look ugly without ...............i had a 76 and a 77 Newport with factory skirts i would want one without them .........but skirts on trucks ??? i don t know ...........i have my 65 galaxie which i plan to add skirts even if there wasn t any ...........my 56 monarch definetly will have fender skirts ............but there s lot of cars that look ugly if you add skirts
if you look at Atom third picture there s a 66 Chrysler park beside is truck with factory skirts .......it would look ugly without them

Or just lower it a little more in the rear.

Some of our rides would just not look right with-out-em..depends on the look you want..I am tired of the street rod look nothing wrong with it Just for me as I get older I have grown nostalgic and grown to love the fifties cruiser look..and I like em on my ride..

this is how it looked in 1966 ..

and now

I think true Kustoms need them. Trucks? Not so sure. How about these?

Where did the term "Dagmar's" come from, a 1950's TV pionerr.

 

After her marriage to Angelo Lewis in 1941, she moved to New York where he was a Naval officer, stationed at Navy Ferry Command on Long Island. She adopted Jennie Lewis as her stage name (taken from her real life married name, Virginia Lewis). To keep busy, she became a fashion photographer's model, and in 1944, other models encouraged her to audition for comedians Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. Although she had no show business experience, she was cast in their Broadway musical revue, Laffing Room Only, a Shubert production at the Winter Garden Theatre. With Olsen and Johnson, she performed in four sketches from December 23, 1944 to July 14, 1945.^[1]

As a chorus girl named Bubbles, she appeared with Bert Lahr in the Broadway comedy Burlesque, which ran for 439 performances from December 25, 1946 until January 10, 1948. The play was set in the basement dressing-room of a midwest burlesque theater, a New York hotel suite, and a theater in Paterson, New Jersey.

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In 1950, when Lewis was hired by Jerry Lester for NBC's first late-night show Broadway Open House (1950–52), he renamed her Dagmar. Lester devised the name as a satirical reference following the huge success on television of the TV series Mama (1949–57), in which the younger sister, Dagmar Hansen, was portrayed by Robin Morgan. As Dagmar, Lewis was instructed to wear a low-cut gown, sit on a stool and play the role of a stereotypical dumb blonde. With tight sweaters displaying her curvy 5' 8" figure (measuring 42"-23"-39"), her dim-bulb character was an immediate success, soon attracting much more attention than Lester. Lewis quickly showed that regardless of appearances she was quite bright and quick-witted. She appeared in sketches, and Lester made occasional jokes about her "hidden talents." Her appearances created a sensation, leading to much press coverage and a salary increase from $75 to $1,250. With Dagmar getting all the attention, Lester walked off his own show in May 1951, and Dagmar carried on as host. On July 16, 1951, she was featured on the front cover of Life, and the show came to an end one month later

 

 

 

 

Re: Skirts:

I remember in the late 50's,,There was also "Bubble Skirts" and another version called "Needlenose Skirts".

Slammed with skirts it would have a 60s custom look without having to do major changes .Personally I like the custom look and you can change it easily if you get tired of it by just removing the skirts,nice truck either way. Ed

Re:" Removing the skirt is always the fun part"---

Today you might find some rusty nuts there!!

Nothing would surprise me anymore!! Lol

sasquatch wrote:

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Re:" Removing the skirt is always the fun part"---

Today you might find some rusty nuts there!!

Nothing would surprise me anymore!! Lol

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 Yeah, and a big hammer !