Find or Sell Used Cars, Trucks, and SUVs in USA

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

 

-

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

 

 


 

 

Auto Services in Oregon

Woodall`s Auto Repair & Towing ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Automotive Tune Up Service
Address: 25821 Highway 126, Elmira
Phone: (541) 935-1415

USA Auto Glass Repair ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Windshield Repair, Glass-Auto, Plate, Window, Etc
Address: 49 SW 4th Ave, Boring
Phone: (503) 208-7917

Truce Auto ★★★★★

Used Car Dealers
Address: 40 NW 4th St, Ashwood
Phone: (541) 475-8100

Tom`s Import Service ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Electric Service, Brake Repair
Address: 10240 NW Glencoe Rd, Hillsboro
Phone: (503) 647-5066

Tigard Tire & Auto Service ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Tire Dealers, Wheels
Address: 11596 SW Pacific Hwy, Tualatin
Phone: (503) 639-1106

The Auto Man ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service
Address: 1721 E Isaacs Ave, Milton-Freewater
Phone: (509) 525-9262

Auto blog

Ford to show special edition Raptor on April 9

Mon, 01 Apr 2013

There are precious few details, but what we do know is that Ford will be revealing images of "appearance upgrades" for a special-edition 2014 F-150 SVT Raptor on April 9. The slideshow will happen during a Motor Press Guild luncheon at Ford's Design Center Showroom in Irvine, California.
Without photos or further details, we're left to wonder about the extent of these changes, but aren't expecting anything too significant given the venue. Ford is understood to be revealing a next-generation F-150 with a big weight loss - as much as 700 pounds - for 2014, though it isn't yet clear if that's the truck's model year or simply its on-sale year. For at least a couple of years, Ford forums have been suggesting changes will come with the 2014 Raptor, so there could still be a bigger surprise in store. Either way, we'll know what all this means in a little more than a week. The press release below has the official details, but for the moment, we'll content ourselves by ogling the 2013 model above.

How Ford plans to handle insurance and repair questions surrounding new aluminum-bodied F-150

Tue, 21 Jan 2014

Building a car out of aluminum has a number of benefits - the lighter weight allows the vehicle to be more agile, more fuel efficient, make better use of its power and be more resistant to dings and dents. The downside to the advanced construction, though, is that repairs are both challenging and expensive. That's troubling for the new, aluminum-bodied Ford F-150, because it's kind of made a name for itself as a rugged, durable work vehicle.
How will the legions of Ford buyers cope when it comes time to insure and repair their new trucks? Well, according to Ford, it's expecting a ten-percent jump in insurance costs for the aluminum-bodied F-150, although Ford's truck marketing manager, Doug Scott, was quick to point out that the F-150 is generally cheaper to insure than its competition from Ram and General Motors. "At the end of the day, that's sort of a wash," Scott told Automotive News at last week's Detroit Auto Show. "We've spent a lot of time and feel very comfortable that that's not going to be an inhibitor."
The other issue facing Ford is the distinct lack of body shops that have the training or equipment to repair aluminum-bodied vehicles. AN cites an estimate from the Automotive Service Association claiming that of the 30,000 independent body shops in the US, less than 10 percent are able to work on aluminum.

Watch how Ford torture-tested the 2015 F-150

Wed, 09 Apr 2014

The Ford F-150 has been the best-selling truck in the United States for the past 37 years, and the best-selling vehicle outright for the past 32. That's quite a legacy, and thus, it's no surprise that Ford worked super-duper-extra hard on creating the all-new, aluminum-bodied 2015 F-150 that debuted at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year.
During an event at the company's headquarters in Dearborn, MI this week, we were able to see all of the ways that Ford endurance tests, not just the new F-150, but all of its vehicles. From examining things like light exposure to interior materials and paint finishes, to making sure that corrosion absolutely does not happen when steel components come in contact with aluminum panels in the new truck. The goal: ensure that the new F-150 is nothing short of "Built Ford Tough."
But that's only a small part of the story. Of course, the new F-150 has to be able to withstand whatever a pickup buyer might throw at it - and truck buyers arguably demand the most from their vehicles. So in an effort to convey just what the new F-150 had to go through before being given the final go-ahead, Ford has released a series of videos, showing how its new halo truck was indeed torture tested.