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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 . [ 2 ]
Styling varied from the Fairlane 500 with the addition of a Ford Thunderbird-style C pillar [5] on all but the Sunliner. Although a separate series from the Fairlane 500, [5] 1959 Galaxie models carried both Fairlane 500 and Galaxie badging. [9] In keeping with the era, the 1959 Galaxie was a chrome and stainless steel-bedecked vehicle with ...
The top-line spot for 1959 was the new Galaxie, positioned above the continued Fairlane 500. The Custom line was dropped, with Custom 300 the lowest rung on the ladder, and all 1959 Fords used the long 118 in (2997 mm) wheelbase. New for safety was fully padded armrests and rear door locks that were child proof. [13]
1910 – "The Black & Decker Manufacturing Company" was founded by S. Duncan Black (1883–1951) and Alonzo G. Decker (1884–1956) as a small machine shop in Baltimore in September. Decker, who had only a seventh grade education, had met Black in 1906, when they were both 23-year-old workers at the Rowland Telegraph Company.
During 1959, the name was changed to Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie Skyliner. The total 3-year production was 48,394. The ″Victoria″ name reflects the Victorian era (1837-1901) horse-drawn carriage that featured a front, raised, open, coachman's seat and a rear, low-slung, forward-facing, two-passenger seat protected by a prominent calash ...
A model change to the ZB series in March 1968 had the 200 grow to 221-cubic-inch (3.62 L) and the 289 grow to 302-cubic-inch (4.95 L), the top model remaining the Fairlane 500 with the larger engine. The Fairlane name badge on the rear guards was now in script [16] rather than capitals as it had been on the ZA. [17]
After adding LTD hood badging in 1968, the Country Squire was added to the model range for 1969, [33] slotted above the (Galaxie) Country Sedan and (Custom 500) Ranch Wagon. Starting with 1969 the Big Six six-cylinder was no longer offered on the Country Squire while it continued with the Country Sedan and Ranch Wagon. [ 32 ]
The mechanism was originally used on the Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner hardtop convertible of the late 1950s. Opening the trunk on convertibles for storage required that the lid be opened electrically, without deploying or retracting the folding convertible top. For 1966, the 390-cubic-inch V8's power was increased to 315 hp (235 kW).