Yes. The original seats have cloth inserts. You can see that here...
http://www.imperialclub.com/YearbyYear/1990/Brad/PowerRecliningSeats2.jpghttp://www.imperialclub.com/YearbyYear/1990/Brad/RearRightSeat1.jpg
What do you mean by "these were put in later"? Do you think the PO had
these inserts installed in the seats for some reason? The driver's seat is
quite dirty. It is like the car was used on the farm for a few years and
someone with dirty clothes was driving it often. I am sure there is no hope
of getting the front seats clean. The back seats are in fairly good
condition. They would make good replacements for someone who needed a back
seat. I wanted to get rid of the dirty front seats and the "new" back seats
have those integrated head rests that look great! The style and material is
IMO much more Imperialistic anyway.
I do have a further challenge coming up with the front seats. You see, the
Imperial has power reclining seats. The NYer doesn't. The seat is 6 way
power but the reclining function is manual. I am wondering if there is any
way to swap out the new seats onto my old motors etc. I'd like to have the
best of both worlds and maintain the power reclining feature AND have the
"new" seats. I guess I'll see on Monday when I get the front seats home.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Hopkins" <mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 11:33 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Musical Seats-90
do the seats your car had have cloth inserts? If they do, these were put in
later, or are they that dirty? The other parts of the car sure look good
----- Original Message -----
From: <chrysler1978@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Imperial Mailing List" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 7:44 PM
Subject: IML: Musical Seats
> While yarding last weekend, looking for brake parts for my 1990 Imperial,
I
> found a 1988 New Yorker with seats that I just HAD to have! The seats in
> the Imperial are ok but they are rather plain and the front ones are very
> dirty (permanently I'm sure). The NYer had nice tufted velour seats.
> Today, I went back to the yard, removed the seats and brought them home.
I
> was only able to remove the rear seats as front power seats are a real
> challenge to remove in a salvage yard. You see, normally, you push the
seat
> fully forward to gain access to the rear mounting bolts, and you push it
> fully back to gain access to the front mounting bolts. Well, cars in
> salvage yards don't normally have batteries etc so there was no moving
these
> seats. The guy was nice enough to give me a battery and some wire and
> suggested I cut into the wiring in the car and see if I could get the
seats
> to move. I did that but no luck. I asked him to have the mechanic remove
> the seats for me and I'll return Monday to pick them up. It only cost me
> another $20 to have them remove the front seats. I DID get the rear seats
> though. I brought them home and as you can imagine, they were pretty
dirty.
> I vacuumed them off really well and then I "shampooed" them with some type
> of interior upholstery cleaner stuff. Well, you can hardly tell they
aren't
> brand new! They are so nice! You can see them here...
> http://www.imperialclub.com/YearbyYear/1990/Brad/index.htm
> You can also see the original seats on that page. The "new" seats have
> integrated adjustable head rests in the back too! I am very pleased with
> them!
>
> I can hardly wait till Monday to get the fronts!
>
> Brad Hogg
> Winnipeg, Manitoba
> http://www.nybclub.org/bradhogg/index.htm
> 1990 Chrysler Imperial 4-door Sedan (the KImperial)
> 1978 Chrysler Newport 4-door Hard Top (the Newporker)
> 1976 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 4-door Hard Top (the Black Beast)
> 1968 Chrysler Newport Custom 4-door Sedan (Grand-Dad's car)
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