Fellow Imperialist's of the mid-50's:
I have often wondered on how many
other model years the rear air intakes were offered in that rear quarter method,
and as a dealer installation owner, who {the dealer} of course would never go
through the expense of cutting them in and repainting etc., for a factory look
and who would sell it as 'not necessary' to the prospective buyer, and due to
the recirculator ducts and the tremendous power of the two blowers with
the separate dual controls I have on mine-see picture on '56 page-- which
provide excellent cooling, I was wondering how many of you, with a
factory installation, have this dual control option as I cannot tell from
your dash control whether it has this dual option or not. I am also
curious as to whether these rear intakes mounted that way are 'bug collector's'
or troublesome on rainy days due to their positioning, understanding they must
have some water relief somewhere?
Jack
1956 Imperial |