Poll: Which car from the 1956 GM line-up? (4/4/2026)

@chris    When any skirts are attached to wheel openings with a "raised lips"  - like a '56 Chevy - it looks, IMO, a bit tacky.   

I agree Chris!

but only to a point......

@jack-dodds HA! HA!    I just knew my "raised lips"  phrase would delight! 😀 😎 😀

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@chris    When any skirts are attached to wheel openings with a "raised lips"  - like a '56 Chevy - it looks, IMO, a bit tacky.   

I agree Chris!

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but only to a point......

I'll take fender skirts on most any car over having to look at a huge wide-open wheel well that exposes a tire and some of the undercarriage of a car.  I feel the same way about front fenders, as I like the fender to rest nicely over the top of the tire, not expose the whole damn wheel.  This is why the '56 Cadillac is so perfect, both with the skirts and that nice front fender over the wheel.

@georgeschire You & I are on opposite ends of the "skirt continuum."       😆 😆 😆

Really beautiful automobiles from 1956 for General Motors ! They were really hitting on all cylinders (no pun intended !) for those years, as were the others. Harley Earle and his stylists were certainly masters.

I am delighted to have replicas from 1956, as well as '55 and '57 for those years. My family had 1:1 1955 cars from GM. 

@chris 

And speaking of “skirt continues” or whatever… 👍🇱🇷

@100ford2003 Right!

Olds, Buick then forget the rest.

Steve

@chris 

 Chris, there’s no topping a 1:1 beauty ! She doesn’t even have shoes !

@georgeschire 

Okay George.......so then....in theory....this one should be the bee's knees:

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@georgeschire 

 

Okay George.......so then....in theory....this one should be the bee's knees:

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Well Jack, I don't know about "the bee's knee's", but certainly in my opinion, "the cat's pajama's".  Yes, I think it looks nice without the full wheels showing.  My eyes, my cars.  

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@georgeschire You & I are on opposite ends of the "skirt continuum."       😆 😆 😆

No problem with that.  All of us see things differently.  

Cadillac, Buick, tie between the Olds and Chevy with the Pontic last.

@georgeschire I was just pulling your leg by picturing a well used example George.  This sedan or maybe the 2-door would be much nicer in your driveway....