Ford · 1957–1959
Ford Skyliner
See also Ford Crestline Skyliner for the 1954 Ford and Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner for the 1955–1956 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria, both with an acrylic glass roof panel. The Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner is a two-door full-size retractable hardtop convertible, manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company for model years 1957–1959. However, early into the 1959 model year, its name was expanded to Fairlane 500 Galaxie Skyliner. The retracting roof system was marketed as the Hide-Away Hardtop, and was exclusively sold on this Ford-branded model, for three model years. Ford's 1957 Skyliner was the world's first retracting hardtop convertible to be truly mass-produced by a car company from the factory, coming close to 50,000 sales. Earlier, French car-maker Peugeot had offered several such models in the 1930s, with the help of a coachbuilding company, which sold only in very limited numbers. It also marked the first time the hard roof featured a folding (front) section, to retract and fit inside the car's trunk.
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Predecessor: Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner
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Specifications
- name
- Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner
- aka
- Ford Galaxie (500) Skyliner , Ford Retractable
- Manufacturer
- Ford
- Production
- 1957–1959, 48,394 produced
- Class
- Full-size car
- Body style
- 2-door retractable hardtop
- Predecessor
- Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner
- Wheelbase
- 118 in (2997.2 mm)
- Length
- 210.8 in (5354.32 mm)
- Height
- 56.3 in (1430.02 mm)
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1436823CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Fairlane_500_SkylinerCC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1343890967 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1958_Ford_Fairlane_500_Skyliner.JPGCC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo: Stephen Foskett (Wikipedia User: sfoskett) · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.