Re: IML: '65 & '66 Radio

[Paul Volkmann <blackplumcoupe@xxxxxxxxx>]

My radio is long gone but I do have the floor switch
and a reverb thingy

Paul
'65 purple Coupe


--- Greg and Russell <65luxuryliner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> This is really interesting.  My car was built very
> early in the '65 production year (Sept. 8, 1964) so
> it would not have been a situation where it was late
> in the production year and the '66 radio was
> installed in it at the factory.  Strange that my car
> would have the floor switch.  Could that have been
> installed (the floor switch only) later and
> connected to the existing radio or would the radio
> have to be swapped out for a '66 model?  For
> whatever reason(s), my car ended up with the floor
> switch and the signal seeking radio.  Like other
> parts, is there a code stamped somewhere on the
> radio that would indicate its build date and if it
> is a '66 model radio rather than a '65?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Greg  
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Don Savard 
>   To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>   Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 12:54 AM
>   Subject: Re: IML: '65 & '66 Radio
> 
> 
>   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
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: Greg and Russell 
>     To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>     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
> 
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: "Forwarded Message, See Email In Text"
> <gearhead@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>     To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     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.
> 
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