danemodsandy
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1958 Was WILD.
GM's cars for 1958 were pretty incredible - every one of them was bigger than the year before, and WAY more lavishly trimmed. Some upper-series Oldsmobiles and Buicks had 300 pounds of chromed trim on them! Ford was not far behind, with the Lincoln Continental Mark III, a unit-body design so huge that it flexed horribly - if you jacked up one corner of the car, the doors would not open.
My own favorite '58 was the Ford Sunliner retractable hardtop - for me, it was the best-looking of the three years the retractable was made. I had a toy one as a kid, which I wore out playing with - that toy in good shape goes for HUNDREDS of bucks today. It was battery-operated and its retractable hardtop actually went up and down as it drove in circles.
I'm also partial to other '58 Fords, like the Sunliner convertible, the 2-door hardtop and the wagon. They are not most collectors' favorites of the "tri-year" ('57/'58/'59) Fords, but they are mine.
GM's cars for 1958 were pretty incredible - every one of them was bigger than the year before, and WAY more lavishly trimmed. Some upper-series Oldsmobiles and Buicks had 300 pounds of chromed trim on them! Ford was not far behind, with the Lincoln Continental Mark III, a unit-body design so huge that it flexed horribly - if you jacked up one corner of the car, the doors would not open.
My own favorite '58 was the Ford Sunliner retractable hardtop - for me, it was the best-looking of the three years the retractable was made. I had a toy one as a kid, which I wore out playing with - that toy in good shape goes for HUNDREDS of bucks today. It was battery-operated and its retractable hardtop actually went up and down as it drove in circles.
I'm also partial to other '58 Fords, like the Sunliner convertible, the 2-door hardtop and the wagon. They are not most collectors' favorites of the "tri-year" ('57/'58/'59) Fords, but they are mine.
