The 1953/54 Chrysler AirTemp air conditioning
installed as original factory equipment was truly
interesting & very different from what we see today.
My 54 New Yorker DeLuxe has this option & there is an
immense evaporator unit in the trunk (under the rear
shelf panel)with fresh air intakes located just
outside beneath the rear window forward points. The
upper condensor in front of the radiator & the lower
condensor angled down toward the front bumper. A most
unique compressor--a 75 lb 4 cylinder cast iron beast,
60 degree V, 1 1/2 inch bore by 1 3/8 inch stroke used
Freon 22 just like home units!! To top things off, it
had no clutch, so whenever you started the engine,
that beast was pumping away. We've been trying to find
a substitue compressor (mine was gone)with little
luck. We've reached a point that we're looking to use
a more modern 12 volt clutched unit rewound for 6
volts. Of course, finding a compressor that works
within the designated space AND which will run the
system is high priority. We're open to any
suggestions, so please feel free.....
Thanks,
Bob Schoenberg in Brewster, NY
-1953 Custom Imperial Sedan
-1954 New Yorker DeLuxe Sedan
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--- RandalPark@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I am wanting to say that '54 was the first year that
> it was offered as an option on the Imperial. David
> Druicy had an early example featured for a while on
> The Imperialist a couple of years ago. I seem to
> remember that it was a '54.
>
> Paul
>
> In a message dated 2/6/2004 10:15:33 PM Eastern
> Standard Time, Tharn211 writes:
>
> > A friend of mine asked me what model year air
> conditioners were first offered as an option in
> Imperials; taking a quick look through the Standard
> Catalogue, it appeared to me that they were first
> offered for the 1951 Imperials; however, the text
> for that model year did not make note of the fact
> that this particular option was being offered for
> the very first time, and that struck me as a little
> odd; can anyone out there answer my friend's
> question? Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Dan L.
> >
>
> > Nashville, TN
>
>
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