Fairlane

Wes Adkins, proprietor of Wild Wes Paintworks in Dover, Ohio, is currently working on customizing a very special 1956 Ford Fairlane. What’s so special about it? The car was originally restored by Wes’ dad, Willard over 30 years ago for the car’s owner, Tony Confalone. Williard did such a good job restoring the Fairlane that when it

Ford did a proverbial mic drop when it added the retractable hardtop “Skyliner” option to the top-of-the-line Fairlane 500 in 1957. Let’s say that again: 1957. Retractable. Hardtop. At its debut, the 1957 Ford Fairlane Skyliner was the only mass-produced car in the world to have one—an engineering marvel to make Rube Goldberg smile. The