In 65 the AM radio had a floor switch. The AM/FM did not have a floor
switch-this feature was not available on the AM/FM. Had them both!!
Don Savard
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Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:12
PM
Subject: Re: IML: '65 & '66
Radio
Eric,
Are you sure the '65's did not have the floor
switch? The radio in my '65
has the floor mounted search tune and it
was working fine when my car went
off to the restoration shop. Of
course, the radio in my car may not be
original but certainly did appear
to have not ever been changed when I took
the dash pad off.
Greg
McDonnell
'65 Crown convertible
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Sent:
Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: IML: '65 & '66
Radio
> Per the '66 brochure: "The FM/AM and AM radios include :
touch-tuning with
> a finger bar or floor switch, in addition to
pushbuttons, rear seat
> speaker with rheostat volume control and power
antenna - at no additional
> cost."
>
> This was a new
radio over the '64 and '65 FM/AM radios which did not have
> search
tune nor the foot switch. Stereo came another year or two later as
> a
stand alone item apart from the radio.
>
> Eric
> Portland,
Oregon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 7:35 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: '65 & '66
Radio
>
>
>>I stand corrected, but I still think that
there was something different
>>between the two. Does your AM/FM
have the "Local/Dist Wonder Bar" over the
>>radio dial? If it
doesn't, that is the difference that I was thinking of.
>>It has
been so many years ago.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
In an email dated Mon, 21 3 2005 2:36:15 am GMT, "Neal Herman"
>>
<chrycordoba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
>>
>>>My '66 has AM/FM with reverb and the foot
control search tune.
>>>
>>>Neal
Herman
>>>1959 Imperial
>>>1966
Imperial
>>>et
al.
>>>
>>>
>>>> [Original
Message]
>>>> From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx>
>>>>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
Date: 3/20/2005 6:31:15 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: IML: '65 & '66
Radio
>>>>
>>>> As I recall, the '65 and '66
radio option was either an AM radio with
>>>search tune and foot
switch, or an AM/FM radio without search tune and
>>>floor switch.
Reverb was available for both.
>>>>
>>>>
Paul
>>>>
>>>> In an email dated Sun, 20 3 2005
5:15:58 pm GMT, "Don Savard"
>>><res03r3f@xxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
>>>>
>>>> >Chris,
>>>>
> If you have an AM/FM radio they can be reconditioned/rebuilt. A
local
>>>guy does it here for about $350.00.
>>>>
> Don
>>>> > ----- Original Message
-----
>>>> > From: Chris "Creesto" Lynch<mailto:creesto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
> To:
>>>> > mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:37 AM
>>>> > Subject:
Re: IML: Bill Ulman's Excellent Adventure
>>>>
>
>>>> >
>>>> > A couple of questions
for Bill and Kenyon.
>>>> >
>>>> > Bill:
Nice. Didn't grab an extra parts for the rest of us '66
owners?
>>>You
>>>> > can stop your gloating
ennnnnytime, Bill.
>>>> >
>>>> > BTW, you
didn't mention what sort of vehicle Ruth owned that you
were
>>>> > coveting.
>>>>
>
>>>> > But the big question is this: Kenyon, have you
posted anything on the
>>>site
>>>> > about this
wired-on wheel cover safety feature and with a pic of the
>>>tool
in
>>>> > question? Many of us '66 owners would benefit I'm
sure, but I don't
>>>recall
>>>> > hearing about
this before.
>>>> >
>>>> > Bill, you
sounded very wound up from your road trip. Again, I
bemoan
>>>the
>>>> > fact that I live in the
dead center of the Midwest and cannot travel
>>>to
the
>>>> > West Coast, aka Xanadu for
Imperials.
>>>> >
>>>> > And I'm still
looking for a DECENT foot switch-activated Am/FM radio
>>>for
my
>>>> > '66 Imperial Crown Coupe.
>>>>
>
>>>> > Cheers!
>>>>
>
>>>> > creesto
>>>>
>
>>>> > > From: "Wm. R. Ulman"
>>><twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>>>
> > Subject: IML: Kenyon Wills visit, and the Imperial parts
Nirvana
>>>experience
>>>> > > Date: Sun, 20
Mar 2005 02:12:58 -0800
>>>> > >
Reply-To:
>>>mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
>>>>
> >
>>>> > > I was down in San Francisco last week
visiting my Mom, and seeing =
>>>> > > friends.
I
>>>> > > contacted Kenyon to see if we could get
together to meet, and talk
>>>> > >
Imperials.
>>>> >
>>>> > > When we got
to "Doc's" I was amazed at the rows, upon rows
of
>>>engines,
>>>> > > scattered varied
parts, but most of all, the "Texas Chain Saw
>>>Massacre"
=
>>>> > > barn
>>>> > > full
cobwebs, spiders, and several of any one part anyone could
>>>> > > ever
>>>=
>>>> >
> need
>>>> > > for an Imperial! I found 3 '66 hubcaps
within the virtual mountain
>>>of
>>>> > >
'66-'69 style caps, and Kenyon threw in 3 extra earlier year
caps
>>>that =
>>>> > >
had
>>>> > > perfectly good retaining rings on them so I
might figure out a way
>>>> > > to
>>>>
> > replace the destroyed ones on what are otherwise
perfectly
>>>presentable =
>>>> > >
caps
>>>> > > that had flown off Doris at earlier dates,
and been run over. The
>>>caps =
>>>> > >
are
>>>> > > all fine, but the retaining rings were
mangled beyond any hope.
>>> Now, =
>>>> > >
how to
>>>> > > replace the retaining rings on the '66
caps I did salvage from the
>>>side =
>>>> >
> of
>>>> > > the road? It appears the backings are,
for lack of better
>>>description,
>>>> > >
"Crimped" onto the hubcap, at least around the outer
perimeter.
>>> That =
>>>> > >
would
>>>> > > need to be folded back, ring replaced, and
re-crimped to be
>>>successful.
>>>> > >
Kenyon came up with a "slice, and weld" solution that could very
=
>>>> > > possibly
>>>> > > work,
but would be expensive, I'm sure. Although, with the
scarcity
>>>of
>>>> > > these caps these
days, it may just be worth it to have a reserve
>>>stash
=
>>>> > > of
>>>> > > the 20 lb.
projectile killer hubcaps on hand. Is that Honda in
the
>>>next
>>>> > > lane with the big Kazoo
"Muffler" getting on your nerves? Well,
>>>with
=
>>>> > > just
>>>> > > the proper
pothole, you can dislodge a '66 hubcap smack into the
>>>Honda,
=
>>>> > > and
>>>> > > totaling it
Pull over, retrieve said hubcap from the flaming
>>>wreckage,
=
>>>> > > and
>>>> > > scamper
away. If anyone sees you, they will surely report your car
>>>as
=
>>>> > > an
>>>> > > Impala, and
you will never get caught. =20
>>>> > >
=20
>>>> > > Kenyon also showed me a way to wire the caps
on so as they would
>>>> > > not
>>>be
=
>>>> > > able
>>>> > > to fly off.
Very ingenious, and involves a nifty tool Kenyon had
in
>>>his
>>>> > > garage, I forget what he
called it, but it was a twisting =
>>>> > >
wrench/grip/wire
>>>> > > spinner type of deal some guy
in Pomona (where the proverbial Pimp
>>>in my
>>>>
> > previous posts is from) designed while drunk one night, and made
>>>> > > his
>>>=
>>>> >
> million
>>>> > > on patenting, and marketing.
=20
>>>> > > =20
>>>> > > The only
casualty was a Black Widow spider who had taken up
>>>residence in
=
>>>> > > one
>>>> > > of the '66
caps, and as I was holding it, she was moving quickly to
>>>let
=
>>>> > > me
>>>> > > know her
position on my dislodgement of her home. A quick shake of
>>>the
=
>>>> > > arm,
>>>> > > while
releasing the said hubcap as quickly as humanly possible
from
>>>my =
>>>> > >
hand
>>>> > > was all that needed to dislodge her from
her home, the cap, and
>>>> > > Liz,
>>>>
> > Kenyon's girlfriends quick stomp of her foot, sent the BW to "The
=
>>>> > > promised
>>>> > >
land".
>>>> > > =20
>>>> > > Upon my
arrival back at my Mom's apt., I struck a deal with her.
>>> Let
me
>>>> > > clean the caps up in her tub, and I would
scour the whole thing,
>>>wall =
>>>> > >
tiles
>>>> > > and all. After assuring her the dislodged
buildup of years worth of
>>>=
>>>> > >
dirt,
>>>> > > and weed debris (from the caps, not my
Mom's tub) would in fact NOT
>>>=
>>>> > >
clog
>>>> > > up, and utter useless, the San Francisco
Municipal Sewer System, I
>>>was
>>>> > >
permitted to proceed. My Mom was so happy with her
shower/tub
>>>cleaning, =
>>>> > >
and
>>>> > > that the S.F. sewer system was well equipped
to accommodate the
>>>sheer =
>>>> > >
volume
>>>> > > of dirt it was subjected to in such a
short period of time, she
>>>shipped =
>>>> >
> the
>>>> > > 6 caps to me
gratis.
>>>> > > =20
>>>> > > Kenyon
was a swell host, a lot of fun to talk to, and I got to see
>>>up
=
>>>> > > close
>>>> > > and
personal the differences in the lines between a '70
Imperial,
>>>and a =
>>>> > >
'73.
>>>> > > Both fine cars in style, but I will go with
the '70 as my personal
>>>> > > =
>>>>
> > choice.
>>>> > > Although with the bumper
extensions on the '73, making it the
>>>largest
=
>>>> > > Post
>>>> > > WWII
production car is an appealing thought, and they are quite
=
>>>> > > striking.
>>>> > > At
least the 4dr is. More so than the coupe, which I prefer
the
>>>'69-'71
>>>> > > version of with it's
rounded rear quarter windows, rather then the
>>>> > >
=
>>>> > > '72-'73
>>>> > > coupes
squared quarter window. That is merely a personal
>>>preference,
as =
>>>> > > all
>>>> > > Imperials
are beautiful in their own rights.
>>>> > >
=20
>>>> > > In summary, if you want a part for your car,
and would care to meet
>>>a =
>>>> > >
very
>>>> > > nice fellow Imperialist who is just
genuinely trying to help all
>>>these
>>>> >
> parts, and supplies get good homes before they are all sent
en-mass
>>>to =
>>>> > >
the
>>>> > > county dump, contact Kenyon, and go for a
drive to Hal David/Burt
>>>> > > Bacharach/Dionne Warwick
land. Hum the tune while traveling.
>>>> > >
=20
>>>> > > Bill Ulman
>>>> > >
Seattle, WA =20
>>>> > > '66 Crown Convertible Coupe -
Doris Day
>>>> > > WA State vanity plates:
FIT4AQN
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
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