he did drive something worthy of mighty fond memories--a red and white '57 Fairlane hardtop. Hicks bought his first Fairlane as a used car in 1958 while attending Iowa State University ...

57Ford Fairlane 500 convertible The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on desktop, mobile, and our app for ...

As I have previously done at this event, I especially sought out one particular model of automobile to photograph: the 1957-59 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner retractable hardtop. The Ford Skyliner is ...

Troy Pumphrey of Tampa Florida acquired his father's '57 Fairlane hardtop in 2003 when he still ... space and driving duties with Troy's '40 Ford coupe for about six months until Troy decided ...

The '57 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible shown here, owned by John Machi, is a prime example of a good, solid driver undergoing a facelift. Like many cars of the era some of the repairs made to ...

most all manufacturers produce computerized hardtop convertibles that work flawlessly compared with Ford’s “non-computer” assisted Skyliners. Still, I’d want to see a ’58 Fairlane ...

At first glance, the Skyliner looked like all other American-built, full-size coupes or convertibles of the era. What made it special, was its electronically retractable hardtop. Today ...

When Craig Kamansky saw a 1955 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria with a ... the name of Ford’s groundbreaking 1957-59 retractable hardtop convertible.) Though the glasstops were novel and distinctive ...

True hardtop convertibles offer ... small production run, so Ford got it by default. Mainline cars were starting to encroach into the midrange market segment, so ’57 Fords were longer, lower ...

The '57 Ford Fairlane 500 convertible shown here, owned by John Machi, is a prime example of a good, solid driver undergoing a facelift. Like many cars of the era some of the repairs made to ...