Skyline (make of car)

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The Skyline, Inc. was an American automobile manufacturer based in only 1953 Jamaica (New York) was established.

description

The skyline was a two-door convertible with two seats on the basis of the Henry J . Chassis , drive and most of the body came from Henry J, but the Skyline was equipped with a retractable hard top and carried the spare wheel under a cover on the trunk lid ("Continental Spare Tire"). The grille came from a Nash from 1951 and the dashboard was padded - for the first time in an American automobile. The Henry J engine with six cylinders had a displacement of 2638 cc, but was tuned to 85 bhp (62.5 kW).

The car, weighing just 475 kg, cost less than US $ 3000.

literature

  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X . (English)
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1472. (English)