A 1957 FORD CAR offering the advantages of both the hardtop and the convertible represents
the first revolutionary new idea in automotive design since the development of the closed car 40
years ago. To change the hardtop into a convertible, the driver simply presses a button and the all
steel top automatically slides into the trunk where it is completely concealed. It’s equally simple to
raise the top. The center picture shows the top in operation. Production of the car, a Ford first, will
start in January.
DEARBORN, MICH.—The first
revolutionary new idea in auto
motive design since the develop
ment of the closed car 40 years
ago was unveiled this week by
Ford Division of Ford Motor
Company. It is a hardtop model
with a fully retractable steel top
which at the touch of a button
slides automatically into the car’s
trunk, according to Lee Hartley
of Hartley Motors, Inc. of Pal
mer.
The functional design of the
first automatic all-weather car
has resulted in a distinctive ap
pearance previously unattained
by any hardtop model. The new
car combines the advantages of
both a hardtop and a convertible.
Publication of photographs of
a finished model of the Ford Re
tractable ended nearly five years
of secrecy. In that time, Ford’s
stylists and engineers perfected
a design which has been a long
sought goal of the auto industry.
The six passenger two door car
is scheduled for production start
ing in January, and it will be
sold by Ford dealers. It will be
the featured car at the New
York Automobile Show opening
| December 8.
Operation of the Retractable is
deceptively simple. An instru
ment panel button is touched to
raise or lower the steel top. Elec
tric motors do the rest in a mat
ter of seconds. But years of re
search were equired to pefect
the design. In the testing pro
gram, the top mechanisms have
been operated approximately 10,
000 times, equivalent to 30 years
of normal service.
When the driver touches the
top button, electric locks are re
leased in the trunk lid and it
rises up and back out of the way.
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| leased in the top, which swings
up, back and down into the
i trunk. The trunk lid closes and
locks itself. In 40 seconds, the
car has been converted from clos
ed hardtop sedan to an open-air
vehicle. To change it back again,
the top button needs only to be
moved in the opposite direction.
For complete safety, the mechan
ism will operate only when the
car’s transmission is in neutral
and the ignition key is turned to
the “accessory” position with the
engine stopped.
ROCK HOUNDS MEET
TONIGHT AT
CENTRAL SCHOOL
All “rock hounds” are invited
to attend a meeting being held
tonight in the chemistry room
at Central School. Interested per
sons are invited to take along 1
their collection of rocks and gems ;
for classification and instruction
in polishing and other work. In
structors Mary King and Joe
Curtis will be on hand to offer
assistance where needed. A small
fee of 25 cents will be charged
to cover costs of equipment. The
meeting will be held from 8 to
11 p.m.
MEETING POSTPONED
Due to lack of a quorum, the
Legislative Council meeting pre
viously scheduled for November
30, in Fairbanks, has been resch
eduled by Chairman Richard J.
Greuel for December 7, in Fair
banks.
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