Thanks, Chris - between you and Bill/Imp68, we have really nailed this one
down. I should have looked in my sales material - sorry for wasting
people's time.
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Hoffman" <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Rear air choices (was: 1968 LeBaron on eBay)
> I believe there were three choices for '67 and '68 in this regard:
>
> 1.) Rear window defogger (blows air taken from the cabin)
> 2.) Rear heating system with rear window defogger (adds heat)
> 3.) Rear air conditioning (dehumidifies via evaporator in trunk)
>
> All used the same bezel for the dash-mounted control, which simply read
> "Rear Air" for all three options. All are covered in the FSM.
>
> And yes, I have seen a '67 with the evaporator in the trunk (under the hat
> shelf) and the spare tire moved into the luggage area, leaving very little
> room for milady's hat boxes and such...
>
> Chris in LA
>
> Dick Benjamin (DickB@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > This is interesting. I wonder if they dropped it the next year?
> > Dick Benjamin
>
> >> Dick,
> >> My 66 Crown Coupe has rear A/C-complete trunk mounted Evaporator with
> >> A/C lines running under the Passenger side of the car.
> >> Don Savard
>
> >>> Dick Benjamin wrote:
> >>> This is a confusion that has bothered me also. My 68 has "rear air"
> >>> according to the label of the switch on the dashboard, but what this
> >>> actually consists of is an air recirculation fan which takes air from
the
> >>> package shelf area and blows it against the inside surface of the rear
> >>> window, obviously as a defrosting provision.
> >>> There is definitely no provision for either heating or refrigerating
the air
> >>> from this device.
> >>> My 64 NY'r T&C had real "rear air", a refrigerated system including a
rear
> >>> evaporator unit, along with the fans etc.
> >>> I'm wondering if any Imperial of the boxcar variety had genuine dual
AC.
>
>
>
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