1959 FORD SKYLINER

This ultra-special automobile is a convertible with a solid steel roof which slides into the boot at the touch of a button. Long regarded as some of the most stylish Fords ever produced, the 1959 models even collected a Gold Medal for Exceptional Styling at the Brussels World Fair. The conventional Sunliner convertible outsold the retractable Skyliner by four to one in 1959, and to find the latter with original factory options such as a Continental kit, fender skirts and tinted windows would be exceptional luck indeed. But imagine the neighbours’ reactions if you did… Price guide: $27,300/£19,700

*(2dr retractable hardtop 8-cyl

292cu in/200bhp 2bbl)