Ford Fairlane 500 Sunliner, 1957
Ford Fairlane II
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Chassis No.: D7EC225609
Auction: Fran and Ron Green's Verde Classics Museum Collection 2013
Auction date: February 23, 2013
Lot No.: S26
$42,900 | Sold
- Body: Sunliner
- Restoration completed in 2009
- 312 CI engine
- Automatic on the column
- Power convertible top
- Dash clock
- Dual exhaust
- Chrome wire wheels
- Wide whitewall tires
- Power steering
- Stone guards
- Colonial White with Black and White interior
- Black soft top and boot
- Believed to be 32,000 miles since new
Ford led the way in industry sales in 1957 with cars like this immaculate Fairlane 500 Sunliner convertible. Longer and wider than before thanks in large part to a new frame that also allowed for increased passenger room, the 1957 Sunliner was powered by the venerable Y-block V-8 engine, newly increased to 312 CI. Fitted with a 4-barrel carburetor, the new “Thunderbird Special” was rated at a healthy 245 HP, in this case driving a column-shifted automatic transmission and complemented with factory power steering.
Two-tone paint schemes were all the rage with the motoring public; this Sunliner combines Colonial White with Gold body side accents, a Black and White interior and Black soft top and boot. Wide whitewall tires on sparkling chromed spinner wire wheels add a splash of showy elegance furthered by chromed dual exhaust tips, front bumper guards and side-sill stone guards.
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