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1957 Ford Skyliner Hide Away Hardtop 312 Automatic Low Mile Original Solid Body on 2040-cars

Year:1957 Mileage:57555
Location:

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon, United States

 

FORD SKYLINER, In 1957 the world's only Hide-Away-Hardtop!” One minute this car is a snug, all-steel hardtop with smart Victoria styling. Touch a button and the roof vanishes into the rear deck...and you're sitting pretty in an open convertible! It's the most exciting car in a generation! Amidst it all, Ford's retractable hardtop was the automotive 'photo op' of 1957. The Ford was all-new for 1957 and the 'bigger-is-better' Fairlane 500 set sales records all year long. But Ford saved its biggest 'wow' for January when it introduced the Skyliner. Companion to the conventional Sunliner convertible, the Skyliner was America's first production convertible with a retractable hardtop. The Skyliner used a series of wires and electrical motors that retracted the hardtop into the trunk at the touch of a button.

 

This 2 owner 1957 Ford Skyliner “Hide Away Hardtop” has only 57,560 original miles and has spent most of its 57 years parked in a garage. Seldom driven in the rain which accounts for its solid rust free body and its original interior. That needing only the driver seat insert replaced and a small tear in the bolster repaired. It was repainted once by the original owner back in 1964 due to graffiti sprayed by vandals. It was repainted in the original Dresden blue and Colonial white. The engine runs strong and the transmission shifts smooth and solid. It could use a little body work and new paint to make this a center piece in any collection. But is an excellent driver as it sits.

 

Please check out www.riggsboysracing.com/1957 Ford Skyliner.htm for more pictures and information.

 

 

Video: www.riggsboysracing.com/57Skyliner-1.wmv

 

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The car is for sale locally and I reserve the right to end the auction early.

 

 


 

 

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