Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner is a full-size two door automobile with a retractable hardtop which was produced by the Ford Motor Company in the United States for the model years 1957, 1958 and 1959.
Part of the Ford Fairlane range, the Skyliner had a complex mechanism which folded the front of the roof and retracted it under the rear decklid. It had three roof drive motors driving four lift jacks, four door lock motors, ten solenoids, four locking mechanisms for the roof, and a total of 610 ft (185.9 m) of wiring.
The large top took up vast amounts of trunk space, limiting the car's sales (however, unlike what most people believe, the mechanism had decent reliability). Production totaled 20,766 units in 1957, declining to 14,713 in 1958 and to 12,915 in 1959.[5] An electric clock was standard.
Fuel consumption was around 14 mpg overall. The fuel tank was placed behind the front seat, which, accidentally, added safety in rear collisions.
"Vehicles introduced in 1957"
A Alfa Romeo 2000 ARO IMS Aston Martin DB Mark III Autobianchi Bianchina B Bandini 750 sport internazionale BMW 600 Bugatti Type 252 F Fiat 500 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner Ford Ranchero F cont. Ford Taunus P2 J Jaguar XK150 L Lancia Flaminia Lotus Elite Lotus Seven M Maserati 3500 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Mercury Colony Park Morris Marshal Moskvitch 410 N Nissan Skyline P Pontiac Bonneville Puch 500 R Riley One-Point-Five S Simca Ariane T Toyota Corona V Vauxhall Victor Vespa 400 W Wolseley 1500 Z Zündapp Janus
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