[Farmall] Some ads from teh 9/27 Lancaster Farming

Skip Cleveland skipcleveland at bellsouth.net
Sat Sep 27 17:58:31 PDT 2008


Prices: $15 -25,000 for good to fine examples. Three times as much for a 
supercharged '57. (Google ref.)
You do remember the square galvanized wash tub afixed to the trunk floor for 
the luggage, to keep it out of the top mechanism's way.
Skip

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> The 'Flip top box"
>
> Also known as a retractable hardtop.  The roof power folded into the trunk 
> area. I worked for a Chevrolet dealer in '59 and '60.  He had a beautiful 
> '57  red and white retractable (used) in his showroom.  If I recall the 
> price was $1695.00 or maybe $100.00 more.  In April of 1960, the Ford RH 
> celebrated a one year anniversary, still sitting in the showroom. The 
> price today some 48 years later--???  Probably a couple of bucks more.
>
> Charlie in WNY
>
>
>
>
> Skip Cleveland wrote:
>> 1954 Ford Sunliner, 1 owner, to be restored, its all here, all in
>> one-owner manual, fair cond. Carbon Co., Pa. 610-681-6779. [I think
>> that's the one with the hard top convertible that slides back into the
>> trunk. I thought they were later than '54]
>>
>>
>
>
>
>> The Sunliner was a regular soft top convertible, the "Skyliner" was a
>> pilerless 2 door hard top with the front top half consisting of a green
>> tinted plastic skylight. They were available, 1954, 1955 and 1956.
>> The 'Flip top box" you are refering to was available fron 1957 through 
>> 1959.
>> It was also named "Skyliner".
>>  I had a friend in 1959 that had a 1956 Skyliner with an Olds  engine in 
>> it.
>> It was a two tone green and white one, a very beautiful car.
>> Skip
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