1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner Commercial
Got to hand it to ...
Got to hand it to Ford for the Skyliner retractable hardtop convertibles. It was an interesting & innovative exercise in engineering & a brand new concept. Bu it only lasted 3 years it was too expensive & impractical & high maintenance for it to really catch on with the public. Sales were too low for Ford to keep it going so they stopped it after 1959. Ford & GM are not in the business to create "classics" but profits.
if that s the case ...
if that s the case all of japan owes crysler for the "lift up door handle from 1955 on. and its superieor torsion bar suspension modern 3 sp automatic. and they dont pay a dime never did. all we got from supoora was big price increases of thier cars.
recall the old tv ...
recall the old tv news guys , every nite "head one collision news" left of center.
13 left of 16 ...
13 left of 16 factory code f supercharged . wonder if one car was Bobby Darrins>?
yup
yup
no no base price on ...
no no base price on skyliner was 34 hundred not thousand dollars The 57 bird was 3000 and change base , But like now not much credit or money . most skyliners went out the door near 3600 $ mark. and fairly decked up
na no royalties ...
na no royalties but the skyliner could fit 4 kids in back seat. i was one
jan 1976 i got hit ...
jan 1976 i got hit broad side in my skyliner , the guy in the brand new vega had to saw the roof off to get him out . I undid my lap belt and got out . and top still worked then . repaired the car and drove it a few more years . oh the roof weight is 500 lbs. and as long as you use these roofs regularly they do fine.
How is it more ...
How is it more luxurious? I can think of about 100 ways in which the base Chevy Sonic is more luxurious than this (pure space not withstanding), not to mention you would survive an accident in a Sonic where this had virtually now safety features but for a few passive ones.
EPIC!
EPIC!
Yeah, it's all fun ...
Yeah, it's all fun and games until she runs the top down on the expensive golf clubs! :D
Volvo c70.
Volvo c70.
My dad had one of ...
My dad had one of these when i was a little kid, and for me, it was amazing!
They did'nt sell ...
They did'nt sell that many, because the cost of that top, put the price of the car, int the category of Lincoln/Cadillac/Imperial - 5 to 6 large. A year's earnings for most workers back then. I understand that BMW is paying Ford royalties on the patents for that top. I wonder how the BMW "hardtop convertable" has sold?
Amazing how this ...
Amazing how this thing is 10% more luxurious than any Chevy today and this sucker is almost 60 years old....why am I not surprised? -__-
American ...
American Innovation when we could do almost anything Cool.
Wow. That's kinda ...
Wow. That's kinda ..... noisy.
roflmao compared to ...
roflmao compared to todays models, the roof took forever to go on and off lol but shes a beauty!
how much would a ...
how much would a car this year and convertible go for nowadays?
now THATS a car
now THATS a car
I KNOW my wife & I ...
I KNOW my wife & I would be doing the exact same thing, quibbling over who gets to play with the retractable top! LOL
Peugeot 401 eclipse
Peugeot 401 eclipse
I would need to see ...
I would need to see proof of that .
Peugeot launch it ...
Peugeot launch it at 1939
That is so cool!
That is so cool!