Classical cars, including the history of the great classical automobiles
April 19th, 2006

Tops Down, Saluting the Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner

Skyliner Top

It’s spring again and the sun is due to Shine almost any day. Perhaps every day for us light-starved northerners. Which gave Ford an opportunity to remind me that sunny weather and the American road have long been synonymous with top-down driving. In the early years open-top (or touring) cars were the norm and enclosed cars were the premium option. Today you’ll pay a handsome bonus for a convertible. Ford asks us to celebrate the Fairlane 500 Skyliner retractable hardtop; a reasonable request, considering that many of today’s convertibles follow the retractable hardtop theme. But if I may, I’d like to remind Ford that Peugeot was there first, way back in 1938. As always, it’s the mass-production item that gets the glory.


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