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**Jive-Bomber** · 04-23-2010, 09:10 AM

For the 1964 World's Fair in New York, Henry Ford II & the Ford Motor Company asked Walt Disney to help create a display for them that would celebrate the gigantic Ford Rotunda and allow fair go...

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**mctim64** · 04-23-2010, 09:21 AM

Cool stuff! and so futuristic!

BrerHair · 04-23-2010, 09:53 AM

It was an experience an 11 year old boy will never forget, sitting in a brand new Galaxie convertible (like watching color TV, a really rare occurrence). Especially remember the dinosaur part of it, very cool.

CRASHNBURNS · 04-23-2010, 09:58 AM

Way cool.

CADILLAC AL · 04-23-2010, 10:13 AM

Brerhair,
I was 12 & my family (of 4) rode in a white Mustang. My dad hated the 'mini' car.
Funny we spent a week at the fair & I only remember the big 3 car co. displays. I'll try to find the old pics.
Thanks for the memory jolt Ryan.
Al

LAROKE · 04-23-2010, 10:16 AM

My parents, brother and I rode it too but I can't remember the car we were in. Shame on me (I wuz a Ford man at the time).

**GreenMonster48** · 04-23-2010, 10:42 AM

Back when they used to sell dreams...cool stuff.

CRASHNBURNS · 04-23-2010, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenMonster48

Back when they used to sell dreams...cool stuff.

Exactly, not plastic fucking nightmares.

Gahrajmahal · 04-23-2010, 10:47 AM

Now, thats what i'm talkin about!

Automotive Stud · 04-23-2010, 11:06 AM

I know it's OT but one of the Mustang convertibles was vin number 3 or something and was sold after the ride was taken down. The car is still around and still has brackets welded to the bottom of it.

Jobe · 04-23-2010, 11:19 AM

That is so cool!

Instead of a car museum, someone should do this! get a ride around the building in the cars instead of walking around looking at them!

Cut55 · 04-23-2010, 11:25 AM

Evidence as to why Carroll Shelby referred to the Mustang as a "secretary's car."

Jake H. · 04-23-2010, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Cut55

Evidence as to why Carroll Shelby referred to the Mustang as a "secretary's car."

Looks more like a "poon magnet" to me. I know what I would've bought new, back then, if I was a young man.

injunjoes · 04-23-2010, 11:25 AM

that is the coolest thing i have seen in a while

retro54 · 04-23-2010, 11:39 AM

Great things to see! As was mentioned with number 3.. I wonder where these cars are now? Were the all sold afterwards? I also wonder how worn out they were after all those folks rode the ride weeks on end?

Automotive Stud · 04-23-2010, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by retro54

Great things to see! As was mentioned with number 3.. I wonder where these cars are now? Were the all sold afterwards? I also wonder how worn out they were after all those folks rode the ride weeks on end?

http://www.mustangmonthly.com/featur...nvertible.html

Deuces · 04-24-2010, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by retro54

Great things to see! As was mentioned with number 3.. I wonder where these cars are now? Were the all sold afterwards? I also wonder how worn out they were after all those folks rode the ride weeks on end?

Vin # 1 is at the Henry Ford museum. It's a white convertible... With a black interior I think. I gotta go back one of these days and take some pics.

**Slim Pickens** · 04-23-2010, 12:02 PM

As a 9 year old then, I was thrilled to the MAX. Great memory. My folks bought a Mustang in 66. Wish I still had that car. Thanks. Slim

Harms Way · 04-23-2010, 12:12 PM

Yeah,... being a recent teen-ager back then (The "Jet Age") , and all the futuristic stuff that was coming along,... along with all the movies we seen in School depicting a futuristic life by the year 2000,....... was a weird time,... Manned Rockets, the "Sputnik". Advances in technology coming daily,.....

It was a exciting and scary time and world back then. I was supposes be driving a space ship by now,.... My teachers lied to me,.....

But this is coooool.

froghawk · 04-23-2010, 12:21 PM

I was 12 when my mom took my younger sister, little brother and me to the Fair with a church group on a chartered bus from S.E. pa. The '65s were the featured cars by then and we rode in a Park Lane convertible. From what I remember the silver concept for the fastback Charger was on display at the Chrysler exhibit. Those two cars and the Unisphere are the things I most clearly recall about the day.

At the time my mom and dad had just split up and he'd moved out to live with his mistress. I'm sure the last thing in the world my mom wanted to do was shepherd us kids around that fair...

04-23-2010, 09:10 AM	#1
Jive-Bomber Alliance Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Moraga, Ca Posts: 2,427	Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 For the 1964 World's Fair in New York, Henry Ford II & the Ford Motor Company asked Walt Disney to help create a display for them that would celebrate the gigantic Ford Rotunda and allow fair go... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

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mctim64 Alliance Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California, somewhere just below Fresno. Posts: 5,080	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 Cool stuff! and so futuristic! __________________ Y-Block Powered Model A Tudor project http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=667198 "it looks just like a Tellafunkin U-47" http://yblockguy.com/

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BrerHair Old School HAMBer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 2,688	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 It was an experience an 11 year old boy will never forget, sitting in a brand new Galaxie convertible (like watching color TV, a really rare occurrence). Especially remember the dinosaur part of it, very cool.

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CRASHNBURNS Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Wyoming, the threshold of hell Posts: 1,715	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 Way cool. __________________ Beethoven was so hard of hearing, he thought he was a painter.

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CADILLAC AL Grenade Inspector Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 262	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 Brerhair, I was 12 & my family (of 4) rode in a white Mustang. My dad hated the 'mini' car. Funny we spent a week at the fair & I only remember the big 3 car co. displays. I'll try to find the old pics. Thanks for the memory jolt Ryan. Al __________________ 51 Caddy 62 series 4dr sdn Earth Angel Foundation of Ohio

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LAROKE Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Boca Raton, Florida Posts: 539	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 My parents, brother and I rode it too but I can't remember the car we were in. Shame on me (I wuz a Ford man at the time). __________________ Saints and Sinners CC 1937 Chevy Utility Express (DeerSlayer) 1955 1st 3100 Chevy (BillyBob)

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GreenMonster48 Alliance Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Enfield Connecticut Posts: 1,171	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 Back when they used to sell dreams...cool stuff.

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04-23-2010, 11:06 AM	#10
Automotive Stud Old School HAMBer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlantic City Posts: 3,662	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 I know it's OT but one of the Mustang convertibles was vin number 3 or something and was sold after the ride was taken down. The car is still around and still has brackets welded to the bottom of it. __________________ Just tuned my car now she really peels lookin' real tough with chrome reversed wheels

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Jobe Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 1,254	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 That is so cool! Instead of a car museum, someone should do this! get a ride around the building in the cars instead of walking around looking at them! __________________ http://www.austindiecastdrags.com http://www.61-62cadillacs.com

04-23-2010, 11:25 AM	#12
Cut55 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: WA Posts: 1,964	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 Evidence as to why Carroll Shelby referred to the Mustang as a "secretary's car."

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injunjoes Grenade Inspector Join Date: May 2007 Location: BROWNSVILLE TN Posts: 211	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 that is the coolest thing i have seen in a while __________________ wanted to buy 59 ford parts

04-23-2010, 11:39 AM	#15
retro54 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: PA Posts: 747	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 Great things to see! As was mentioned with number 3.. I wonder where these cars are now? Were the all sold afterwards? I also wonder how worn out they were after all those folks rode the ride weeks on end? __________________ Flyers R.C. Rodder's Journals FOR SALE

04-23-2010, 12:02 PM	#18
Slim Pickens Alliance Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 3,316	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 As a 9 year old then, I was thrilled to the MAX. Great memory. My folks bought a Mustang in 66. Wish I still had that car. Thanks. Slim __________________ http://backstreetwheels.blogspot.com/ May, 2013 UPDATED my BLOG My other site. www.rtoonkel.com

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Harms Way Old School HAMBer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Mi. Posts: 6,303	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 Yeah,... being a recent teen-ager back then (The "Jet Age") , and all the futuristic stuff that was coming along,... along with all the movies we seen in School depicting a futuristic life by the year 2000,....... was a weird time,... Manned Rockets, the "Sputnik". Advances in technology coming daily,..... It was a exciting and scary time and world back then. I was supposes be driving a space ship by now,.... My teachers lied to me,..... But this is coooool. __________________ A sinner saved by Grace. (Eph. 2:8-9) H.A.M.B. Chapel

04-23-2010, 12:21 PM	#20
froghawk Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 518	Re: Ford's "Magic Skyway" 1964 I was 12 when my mom took my younger sister, little brother and me to the Fair with a church group on a chartered bus from S.E. pa. The '65s were the featured cars by then and we rode in a Park Lane convertible. From what I remember the silver concept for the fastback Charger was on display at the Chrysler exhibit. Those two cars and the Unisphere are the things I most clearly recall about the day. At the time my mom and dad had just split up and he'd moved out to live with his mistress. I'm sure the last thing in the world my mom wanted to do was shepherd us kids around that fair... __________________ *froghawk* aka John Goschke

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