73 Rear A/C

["Damian Justice" <djust@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you decide to pass it on, I would be interested.
dj
3 '73's
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Chad Zeilenga <chadzeilenga@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: IML: 73 Rear A/C


> The previous owner of my 73 Imp had pulled a rear AC
> from a car in a junk yard.  It is not installed in my
> car and I am not sure if I want to try and install it
> or pass it on to someone who would be able to make
> better use of the parts.
> 
> Chad 
> 1973 Imp
> 1966 Galaxie
> --- Peter Engel <vze2dp8c@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Randy,
> > I've owned a 70 LeBaron 4DHT since 1985 and
> > collected info about these
> > cars since then.  I've never seen comprehensive
> > published info on option
> > installation rates.  You see statistics on some
> > options but I'm not sure
> > of the source material: 97.5% of 73 Imperials had
> > some type of power
> > seat, 99.9% had tinted glass, and 83.7% had a
> > tilt/telescope steering
> > column.
> > 
> > I'm most interested in 69-71 fuselage Imperials and
> > I've looked at many
> > over the years.  I'd estimate that a large majority
> > of these cars have
> > the Autotemp system -- probably about 75%.  Very few
> > have no A/C, like
> > maybe 5%.  The remaining 20% have manual A/C.  Dual
> > A/C (front and rear)
> > is scarcely seen, probably because of the cost --
> > about $250 over the
> > price of front-only A/C.  While the local
> > installation rate will depend
> > largely on the area the car was sold in, I'd be
> > surprised if even 20% of
> > fuselage Imperials had dual A/C.  I'm in SE PA and
> > I've only seen one
> > car with it, probably because it isn't really
> > necessary here.  Other
> > States like TX and AZ, etc. will naturally have more
> > dual A/C cars.
> > Pete in PA
> > 
> > <Randy Martin wrote:
> > Anyone have an idea how rare (or not) rear A/C was
> > in the '73 Imperial
> > LeBarons?
> > Mine has it and I wondered if it was a rarity or
> > not. Are there
> > published stats on rarity of different options (mine
> > seems to have all
> > of them from what I can determine so far).  Thanks
> > for any help.
> > Randy
> > '73 LeBaron 4DR HT>
> > 
> > 
> >