During that year, Ford produced more than 12,000 Skyliner retractable hardtop models as the company transitioned from the Fairlane 500 to the new Galaxie series, and all indications were that the ...

It was the first mass-produced car that was fitted with a hardtop convertible roof, ... On a 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie Skyliner With a Retractable Hardtop 1966 Ford Fairlane Sleeper ...

1958 Skyliner. Retractable-roof fairlane was a US mass-production first. 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner Coming from a time when only barbers cut hair and the cars they drove were as solid as the ...

T he 1957-59 Ford Fairlane Skyliner wasn't a huge success because of its complexity and cost, but if you look at all the readers who identified it as our What Is It? car last week you'll see that the ...

The retractable hardtop was part of Ford's safety push in the middle of the 1950s. ... a 1975 Harley-Davidson FXE and a 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie. Oh yeah, and a 2005 Kia Sedona.

As I have previously done at this event, I especially sought out one particular model of automobile to photograph: the 1957-59 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner retractable hardtop. The Ford Skyliner is ...

A cornerstone of Ford’s mid-century lineup, the Fairlane carved a unique path for itself from 1955 to 1970. This iconic American nameplate embodied the design trends of the era, offering a diverse ...

The Galaxie series was new for '59, and replaced the Fairlane 500 as the top series at Ford. The Galaxie shared many styling cues with the Thunderbird, which included squared styling, bold front ...

When Craig Kamansky saw a 1955 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria with a Plexiglas roof for sale on eBay last year, he was on vacation in Maui. “I’d been looking for a glasstop Crown Victoria for ...

The Ford Galaxie and Fairlane were both interesting cars, that bridged the gap of family hauler, and performance street car. Ford ran these in NASCAR, as the predecessor to the Torino, they did ...

The Ford Fairlane 500 owned by Keith Blasius is one of 22 built in 1968 with the 428 Cobra Jet engine and C6 automatic. The original Presidential Blue paint looks great on the Formal Roof version ...