Dad's '65 Pontiac had the somewhat subdued skirts. He traveled the 8 states in the upper midwest for a twine company out of Rotterdam, Holland. The first heavy snow storm of the year hit him way up in Minnesota or North Dakota early in the first fall that he had the car. He got a flat tire. The bolts holding the skirts on were solidly encased in ice. When all was said and done, the skirts came off to stay.
My dad had a similar experience. I can't remember the car, but the skirts were held on by some kind of spring lever that he couldn't get to unhook. By the time he was done 'convincing' them to come off, they weren't going back on.
