Cars You Don't See Anymore

I didn’t know they did this....

 

You've never seen a Ford Skyliner before, Grizz?
Ford had them in '57 through '59, along with their regular cloth-topped 'Sunliner' convertibles. You could tell them apart very easily because the retractable hardtop Skyliners were about 10" longer in the trunk area, for the top to fit back there.

 

I'm almost sure, an Edsel with that exact retractable top system was recently posted here

 

I never heard of an Edsel Retractable, but wasn't sure enough about it. I just did some quick checking on it and according to this site, there was never any made. All the ones out there are Conversions:

https://autoweek.com/article/classic-cars/edsel-should-have-been

 

Why not

 

There's a former member on here that converted one into an Edsel, it was tu-tone green and the stuff dreams are made of. I'll see if I can find it.

 

Here it is...and Krash, you made a couple comments back then:

http://www.stationwagonforums.com/f...ycruiser-on-ebay-tiffin-ia.37580/#post-355097

Edit: I was incorrect, I hadn't read the text of the post, though the ad is long-gone. This was a conversion done and put up for sale a while ago. I thought it was something a former member had done.

 

It would have been cool for Edsel to make one, but probably would have been a failure money wise, like the car itself was.

There are a few cars out there that we many times wonder about and many of us would have liked the '61 Impala to also have that '62-'64 Convertible Look roof. Along with the '58 to '61 Nomad being a 2-Door.

 

Back on topic.

79 Dodge Colt

https://allentown.craigslist.org/cto/d/1979-dodge-colt-rare-red-and/6666904170.html

 

You almost never saw these even when new.

 

That’s my house!!!

 

Not many people moving around in that '' house''.

 

Since his house is in Tennessee, because of mild winters there, he could save on a pair of ice skates

 

I was surprised yesterday to pass a very nice looking 70's Datsun 210.