1957 Ford Skyliner Retractable $24,000 Invested on 2040-cars
Pocatello, Idaho, United States
Up for sale is my retirement project. I have spent $24,000 and endless hours upon hours. I have been at the car for 5yrs. I have been 2yrs off and on trying to syn the top. All the switchs work but ajustments to each other has aluded me. I'm not sure I give up I'm just testing the water. I paid $9000 for the near mint body. The floor to the top are original panels and no dents. It has power steering, power brakes, power seat, power windows electric wipers . New brakes, hoses, shoes, wheel cyliner and park brake cable. The engine was missing when I bought car. I traded 4 cragar wheels and tires + $1000 for the engine. It was in an exseptional nice truck. It's a 360 block ( same as a 390 block) It was built to 428 specs. It was used but very nice looking and strong. Limited possible trade, 2008 Ford F150 LIMITED Crewcab 4X4 or 2009 or newer Ford Lariat Crewcab 4X4 floor shift automatic a must. more about the car. New Flow Master exhaust front to back shocks U-joints pintion seal new 3 core radiator dual temp controled Range Rover electric fans chrome Delco alternator chrome fuel pump Edlebrock chrome carb Upgraded power brake booster Rechromed bumpers new gas tank and sender unit stock seats reuphoisted for more plush comfort Billett alum. 4 gauge including tach new carpet new side glass new weather seals all around five new tires five wire wheels clock works fender skirts trunk side boards kit trunk tub Note! what appears to be suitcases is a lid cover power steering componets are new or rebuilt ( hoses, seals) electric wipers new tail lights long 1/4 chrome prof. straighten and polished gold inserts appear NOS I believe I have all chrome some reconditioned some not new seals above 1/4 windows and wiskers jams /trunk/firewall all painted (Black ) What does the car need to finish ? Switches and cylinoirs put in sync. And paint ( BLACK ) It will need blocked but there are no dents or repairs needed on that body and the headliner. I honestly know this is a $40,000 car. I didn't build it to compete with bone stock. I built it to drive and enjoy. A $250 non refundable deposit require at auction end. Balance cash or wire transfer only. The car is sold as is. It does drive but I've only been around the block about 100 times. The car is sold as is. It is 57 years old. I highly recommend come see the car if you can. Any question please give me a call 208-240-3579 |
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Thu, 26 Jun 2014The Brits don't really have a major auto show these days. Not in a conventional sense, anyway, with stationary vehicles under floodlights in a closed exposition space. What they do have, you could argue, is much better: the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where the public can view the latest machinery not only under an open sky, but in motion as well, speeding up Lord March's front lawn. And this year, British automakers are rolling in with some very enticing new metal.
In the past few days alone we've confirmed the McLaren 650S GT3 and MSO, Jaguar F-Type Project 7, Range Rover Sport SVR and Ariel Ace will all be revealed for the first time at Goodwood this weekend. Ford isn't, strictly speaking, a British automaker, but for all its history in the UK, it might as well. So it's chosen Goodwood as the site to unveil its refreshed Focus ST.
The upgraded Blue Oval hot hatch still packs a 2.0-liter turbo four with 252 horsepower and 270 pound-feet of torque driving through a six-speed manual to the front wheels, so we're not expecting much change in measurable performance. But Ford has given the new Focus ST a new front suspension setup and a new electric power-assisted steering rack that combine to promise improved handling.
Ford's Farley apologizes for saying Blue Oval tracks customers with GPS
Fri, 10 Jan 2014Ford marketing head honcho Jim Farley made waves at CES this week by telling show attendees, "We know everyone who breaks the law, we know when you're doing it." according to a report by Business Insider. Farley continued by saying, "We have GPS in your car, so we know what you're doing. By the way, we don't supply that data to anyone."
Farley has since amended his statement, saying that Ford dose not, in fact, track its customers in their cars "without their approval or consent."
Apparently carried away with a hypothetical notion, Farley was attempting to describe how Ford might be able to employee aggregated user data for things like accurate traffic reporting and pattern spotting. A Ford spokesperson confirmed with Business Insider that its GPS units are not sharing the whereabouts of drivers, though there are a few on-board services that might do so. After opting in to the services (and presumably being made aware of any/all tracking and data collection), Ford's Sync Services Directions and Crew Chief software do, in fact, allow data collection as a means of improving both systems. Farley added that the opt-in data is not shared, even when being tracked.
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The ostensible cause is that floor mats are trapping the accelerator pedal, but according to a Ford statement at the time, the entrapment is due to owners placing the optional all-weather floor mats, or aftermarket floor mats, on top of the car's standard floor mats. NHTSA has backed up that assessment, pinning the blame on "unsecured or double stacked floor mats."
On the face of it, it would appear that NHTSA has upgraded the status not because of Ford's error, but owner error, and Ford has stated publicly that it is "disappointed" in NHTSA's move. On top of NHTSA still being skittish after that other unintended acceleration debacle, it could be seen to be taking its time investigating all of the variables: it's reported that Ford changed its accelerator pedal design in 2010, a "heel blocker" in the floorpan has been considered a potential culprit in how the floor mats could be trapping the pedal, some drivers have said the floor mats weren't anywhere near the pedal, and according to a report in the LA Times, in "a letter sent by Ford to NHTSA in August 2010, the automaker said it found three injuries and one fatality that 'may have resulted from the alleged defect.'"