Amazed that top actually worked at all.......good job

Love the Skyliner.

Randy Randy he's the man, if no one can do it Randy can!! Love the cars and the passion.

I kind of realize how excited you are in getting that top to work. I owned a fifty nine retractable hardtop... if you don't take the time to fix all of those micro switches, add fluid where needed, just try for once to hold back and do it correctly the first time or your going to be cutting that whole rear section of this car apart to get to those switches. Its a sad day in paradise when the simple extra time can save a few thousand dollars in damages not needing to happen. Engineers did not think this one completely through and so in doing so made it impossible to repair this rig, all of those retractable hardtops suffered this problem. I know cause of owning them when they were only a few years old. I got my fifty nine in nineteen sixty four. It lived in michigan for its first three years. Totally rusted out in places no one even thought possible. I was sixteen then, and think about how I might of saved it from its being sent to a crusher because of my dad said no junk in our yard. My car had a few more features like electric wipers, the emergency brake had a vacuum actuated release and a three ninety engine. One more big one was a three speed on the column shifter standard transmission. Not sure how many had this but mine was every bell and whistle and a salmon pink color... not so cool in those days. Before it left the yard tho, I spent almost a week polishing all of the paint and chrome including those at the time spotlight mirrors. Not sure if the chrome spears on the front fenders were factory option that had indicator lights on each one showing that turn signal was on or working. At the time, car is not rare or even well liked in a town of people who all drove mopar, well dodge and plymouth ... even a few chryslers ..... maybe interesting to someone but dad had kept the forty seven chrysler that was new where I was born in that back seat.... cut it too close to make it to the hospital and so in the hospital driveway.... dad almost made it there in time. I know that everyone has preferences to what they like or drive..... I just had to be different in a town of either a chrysler product or some chevys that I really hatted. I built and raced fords for a lot of years, a little time out for going to visit veitnam, came home with scars to prove it. I was a rebel.... not so well liked by the other kids. One reason was no matter what they brought to race me, pink slips wound up in my pocket. I actually got tired of winning... you can only drive one rig at a time.

Cannot believe the top worked. Nice stash of cars

My first car I owned was a '57 Fairlane 500 2-door post top. The engine was a 312 Thunderbird Special with the exact same 2 bbl Carter carb. Always wanted a Skyliner convertible but it wasn't to be. I guess the retractable top is prone to breaking down so Ford didn't continue them after a short run of a couple years. Thanks for stoking all these memories, Randy.

Randy, what about throwing a set of car skates in the trunk just to have for occasions like this? Maybe even a cheapo HF floor jack. Either way, when there's wrangling to be done, I want your job

The Ford is cool, but the Lincoln is magnificent.

It was hard to watch the Chrysler get pushed by the headlight. It was harder to see the Ford run into the air compressor.

When I see gas squirted in a dry dormant engine without first pumping up oil pressure or at least using two stroke mix I switch to something else.

Is that a “Half-a-Lac”?

I thought: Why does this guy not put more fuel in the carb. Is he new to that? Then I saw it was Sebasian: His Beetles need a lot less fuel to start.

give a holler to chip foose---he just bought an all original old ford...............me

Love the FORD but the old cad is a bit unsettling.

12 thousand is a good deal for retractable Fairlane ... how old is that sticker ? lol

The kid is overly excited, he doesn't know right from left but all good

Assuming the foreign speaking gent is a Swedish great uncle? Maybe just my hearing? That Imperial is worth a small fortune. Those look like authentic Kelsey-Hayes wire rims on the Oldsmobac convertible? The retractable just needs some exercise, hasn’t been moved in a minute or a few.

Somehow I think this young man is quite clueless how to bring the car out or how to steer it. It seems he did not even study where the handbrake was. The hitting of the back was absolutely unnecessary. He reversed to quickly but one or two of your guys should have been prepared to stop the car. With a piece of wood or manpower.