Re: Why were running boards phased out?

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2015/12/1 23:46:26

As cars got lower and bodies got wider running boards became less of a necessity and more of a nuisance.

Some sporty bodies of the twenties dispensed with running boards but had step plates instead, to help you climb up into the car. By the forties this was no longer necessary. In 1948 Hudson introduced their 'step down' models, you didn't step up into them, you stepped down.