More: My CC on the ’57 Skyliner
Car Carrier of the Day: Three Skyliners and One Country Squire – A Load of Upscale Fords
– Posted on September 9, 2020
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The Ford Skyliner retractable hardtop always reminds me of a story my late uncle related. He worked in the damn-building business in the era, one job in West Virginia in a deeply impoverished area. Many of the locals hired on dam construction as laborers. Two or three paychecks in their hands, a new Ford Skyliner appeared in the driveway of home that looked otherwise barely inhabitable.
I read your CC on the 57 Skyliner. Fascinating article. I left comments on that page, and this photo.
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“The New Skyliner is here from Ford…” Advertising jingle for this vehicle. Great cars. They are known to be mechanically quite sound.
Every few years Ford would add a bit of design candy on the Country Squire’s wood paneling. 1957 was one of those years.