Mrs Iacocca's radio

["Bill Watson" <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Reading your email it sounded as you were referring to Huntsville.  Did not
know you lived iin the Detroit area.  Had I known that, I would have kept my
mouth (fingers?) shut.

Back in the 1970's I passed through Detroit and spent a couple of days in
the Detroit area (stayed at a motel in Dearborn - saw my first bullet-proof
glass reception enclosure).  One evening stopped at a liquor store with the
vehicle parked right in front of the doors, the Manitoba plates clearly
visible (lived in Winnipeg at that time).

The cashier noticed the different coloured plates and asked where I was
from.  I replied. "Winnipeg, Manitoba", to which he said, "Ah yes.  Not too
far from Niagara Falls".   Tried to explain it was north of Minneapolis, but
that did not help.  Said that was near Niagara Falls, too, only on the
American side,

Depends on where you are in Detroit as to Windsor's direction.  Looking at a
map of Detroit, downtown Windsor is south of downtown Detroit but Windsor is
east of Ford's River Rouge complex (or what is left of it).

On an Imperial topic, saw a beuatiful 1971 LeBaron 4-door last summer at a
British car show in Burnaby with a large box trailer hitched to it.  The
owner was showing his 1920's Austin 7 (think packing crate with wheels)
which was just large enough for him and his dog.  Used the Imperial to
trailer the Austin from home to meet and back.  The Austin sounded like a
big lawn mower when he got it running.   Got the pictures developed last
week.  I love taking pictures, but the developing part is a killer on the
wallet.  Got six rolls done this past month, but still have 17 rolls left in
the fridge to get developed.

Bill
Vancouver, BC




----- Original Message -----
From: "Currell Pattie" <currellpattie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Mrs Iacocca's radio


> Hey Bill. When I said "just across the river", I meant it literally. I
live
> in Shelby Twp MI, just north of Detroit.
>
> Actually, your geography is a bit off. Some of Windsor is due east of
> Detroit, and is not really thought of as "south" of the Motor City. From
> where I live, by the way, parts of Canada are due south! Grab a
> Rand-McNally, or check out mapquest.com.
>
> You're right; Huntsville, Alabama isn't "across the river" from Windsor,
> Ontario! (We American, as a group anyway, are geography-challenged, but we
> are not that bad)!
>
> How's the Imperial scene in Vancouver, by the way?
>
>
> Cheers, Currell
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Bill Watson" <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: IML: Mrs Iacocca's radio
> >Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:16:06 -0800
> >
> >
> >
> >Yes, the 1981-83 Imperials were assembled in Windsor, Ontario, just
across
> >the river from Detroit, Michigan (not Huntsville).    Windsor, by the
way,
> >is actually south of Detroit.
> >
> >Bill
> >Vancouver, BC
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Currell Pattie" <currellpattie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:26 AM
> >Subject: IML: Mrs Iacocca's radio
> >
> >
> > > Interesting story. Of course, these cars were challenged
> >"electronically",
> > > with the instrument display and fuel injection problems.
> > >
> > > When I visited Chrysler Huntsville (Alabama) Electronics Division in
the
> > > early '80s, they designed and manufactured various MOPAR radios there.
> >One
> > > time, an engineer told me that Mrs Iacocca's radio out of her Imperial
> >was
> > > there for repairs!
> > >
> > > The cars themselves were assembled right across the river in Windsor,
if
> > > memory serves. I also recall that each vehicle got a short test drive,
> >and
> > > they delivered them in some sort of protective cloth.
> > >
> > > But I could be mistaken here.  Currell
> > >
> > >