Thanks, Bill. You have nailed it!
Considering that the usual complaint I get from the back seat in my 68 is to
"please turn down the air, I'm too cold", I was wondering why they would
have had this option available!
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: <Billimp68@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: Re (2): IML: 1968 LeBaron on E-Bay
> Dick,
>
> I have two 68 Imperials with real rear air conditioning, a LeBaron and
Crown,
> and have seen others. I also have one with the rear defroster blower. On
all
> three cars, under the dash control, is the label "Rear Air".
>
> On the rear air contioned cars, the air conditioning is controled by the
> front or normal control unit, the rear air switch does nothing but control
> the rear air blower.
>
> The rear air conditioned cars still only have one compressor, but they
have
> two condensers, which are mounted together in front of the radiator. On
the
> single, or front only air conditioned cars the correct amount of freon is
> four pounds, but on the rear air conditioned cars the correct amount is
six
> pounds.
>
> On the rear air conditioned cars the spare tire is mounted flat on the
right
> side of the trunk, like the convertible, but all others have the spare
tire
> mounted in the center on the hump over the rear axle. To give more floor
> room in the trunk for the rear air conditioned cars and on the
convertible,
> there is a cutout on the right trunk liner that the spare tire fits into.
>
> I have never seen a 68 with the rear heat, but this unit is mounted in the
> same place in the trunk as the rear air conditioning unit, so assume that
the
> spare tire is also mounted flat on the right side of the trunk. The rear
> heat vents are on the bottom front of the rear seat, one on each side.
>
> For most or normal conditions, the front air and heat was sufficient to
keep
> the occupants of the car comfortable, so think that the rear air and heat
> units were ordered only for cars that were normally operated in extreme
cold
> or heat conditions.
>
> Bill/Imp, 68's, but no haze green
>
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