Hello everyone. I just wanted to say hello and express how glad I was to find this forum. I purchased my 57 Skyliner based on my infatuation with the retractable hard top.

One of my other classics is a 56 Continental MKII which I've owned for many years and, for which I'm a member on the MKII Forum.
In researching the history of the MKII I came across the fact that Continental once developed a retractable hard top for that car in the mid to early 50's and I'm lead to believe that the mechanism for that development was then worked into the 57-59 Skyliners. This option was never offered nor further developed since this option on the Continental would drive up the cost of one of the most expensive cars in America which already had a $10,000 price tag and was purported to currently cost $1,000 more to build than for which it sold. retract.jpg