7257 x 5151 px | 61,4 x 43,6 cm | 24,2 x 17,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
17 gennaio 2019
Ubicazione:
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Altre informazioni:
Every year, just before the Super Bowl and the Phoenix Open, Barrett-Jackson stages a huge auto auction at Westworld in Scottsdale, Arizona. Since it had been a few years since my previous visit, I ventured to Westworld, camera in hand. Another car from my era, a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria Skyliner, a prestige version of the Crestline Victoria hardtop coupe, with an acrylic transparent roof panel over the front seat. Now part of the top-of-the-line Fairlane series, it was twinned with a steel-topped coupe, the Crown Victoria, which had a streamlined roofline and a bold chrome tiara in the B-pillar location. Just 1, 999 were built. This Skyliner is the real deal. It has been restored in Snowshoe White and Tropical Rose colors, with matching vinyl interior and black carpets. It is equipped with a tinted glass top, dual exterior mirrors, cruiser fender skirts, chrome lake pipes, and Continental kit. Powering this Skyliner is an M-code 272ci V8 engine with 4-barrel carburetor mated to a 3-speed Ford-O-Matic automatic transmission, and is equipped with a dual exhaust system. Wide whitewall tires fitted to Kelsey Hayes front wire wheels with spinner caps give the car an elegant appearance. The interior features a push-button radio, electric clock, Magic Aire heater-defroster plus the popular customization of a fuzzy die at the end of the gear shift. This baby sold for $44, 000.
