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$39,900.00
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| Address: Escondido, CA | |
Mileage: 87,969 | |
| Interior Color: Red/white / Red |
| Transmission: Automatic | |
DriveTrain: RWD | |
| Engine: V8 312ci | |
Vin Number: H9RW124785 | |
| Doors: 2 | |
Body Style: Convertible | |
| Car Class: Classic / Antique | |
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1959 FORD SKYLINER, The Ford Skyliner was an innovative full-size automobile with a retractable hardtop produced by the Ford Motor Company in the late 1950s. Based on the North American Ford Fairlane, the Skyliner had a complex mechanism which folded the front of the roof and retracted it under the rear decklid. This mechanism was prone to failure, and the large top took up vast amounts of trunk space, limiting the car's sales. Nonetheless, the retractable hardtop reappeared in the 1990s with the Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder and Mercedes-Benz SLK. The Skyliner, which was produced for model years 1957, 1958, and 1959, had a squared-off roofline style that was admired by the public and found its way onto most Ford two-door hardtops until 1965, including the Thunderbird, Galaxie, and Fairlane. The Skyliner name was previously applied to another Fairlane derivative, the Crown Victoria Skyliner. This vehicle had a clear acrylic glass roof panel over the front row of seats. Today, the Skyliner has become a very valuable collectible car, with high-point restored specimens costing upwards of $50,000 The car you see here is a beautifully restored Fairlane 500 Skyliner retractable hardtop, 312 Thunderbird V8, power steering, power brakes, power top that is fully functional and operates as it should, paint and chrome is excellent, paint is a two tone combination of Torch Red and Colonial White base coat clear and was done perfect,body is dead straight, panel alignment is excellent, and fit and finish is very nice or even better than new, that was wet sanded and polished to perfection. Engine was detailed fully,and was rebuilt at time of restoration, transmission shifts smooth and firm, car drives very well and could be driven anywhere you want to go. Overall the car is extreemly nice, well restored, all the electrical and mechanical operations work as they should, car has been fully serviced and detailed, and is ready for any cruise, show or parade.
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