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The body was stripped down to nothing. The original 239-cubic-inch, overhead valve, 130-horsepower V-8 had been replaced with a 292-cubic-inch V-8 engine from a 1956 Ford.

A prototype Ford Skyliner was shown at the 1956 New York Auto Show and introduced to the public on April 14, 1957. U.S. president Dwight Eisenhower took delivery of the first one.

As for show cars, first place went to Dan Norbut's 1958 Ford Skyliner, its retractable hardtop displayed halfway to resting in the factory-lengthened trunk. Second place was Joey Thigpen's ...