Bizarre Car of the Week: 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner - New York Daily News
From entry-level Audis to race-ready BMWs , we can't get enough of the open road and the open sky, and that's the inspiration behind this week's Bizarre Car of the Week. Say hello to the granddaddy of all power hard top convertibles, the 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner. Released in 1957, the Skyliner was the only retractable hard top car in the world at the time, and the first to employ a power-operated roof mechanism. Understandably, customers were skeptical about the reliability of such a machine, but the Skyliner was actually quite dependable when it came to raising the roof (and lowering it, too). All Skyliners came standard with the 292-ci V-8 with a 2-barrel carburetor, making around 200-horsepower. the Skyliner was meant for long, easy cruises on the American open road. The two-tone paint job is about as 50s as you can get, and it's impossible not to stop and stare when one passes you by. With a total overall length of around 17. 5-feet, it's also impossible to miss, the perfect example of the glory days of... This gorgeous 1959 model from Classic and Collectible Cars in Las Vegas is priced just right at $27,500, and for that amount of coin and a bit of elbow grease, your return on investment could increase dramatically. Source: www.nydailynews.com
