Yes, those inserts did not come with the car. This car would have had all
cloth or all leather. On my 92 there is some slight wearing on the outer
edge of the driver's seat from sliding in and out and it surprises me that
the middle of your seats were replaced as I wouldn't think this would be an
area of wear, but I guess it was in this case. Murray Park had some newer
Imperial parts, maybe he has extra seat parts
----- Original Message -----
From: <chrysler1978@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Imperial Mailing List" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: IML: Musical Seats-90
> Yes. The original seats have cloth inserts. You can see that here...
> http://www.imperialclub.com/YearbyYear/1990/Brad/PowerRecliningSeats2.jpg
> http://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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