The 65 and 66 C bodies also used clear lenses....just yellow bulbs. -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Hudson Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 6:08 AM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: Amber Lenses Chrysler was still using clear lenses in their B Bodies as late as 65. My 65 Coronet 440 convert has clear lenses. The NOS lenses I've obtained are also clear. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric" <gearhead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 4:00 AM Subject: IML: Amber Lenses > Federal regulation required that all 1963 cars to have amber front turn > signals. Per some trivia that I recently came across somewhere, there was > only one Chrysler product in 1963 to use a clear lens, the Plymouth B-body > cars (Fury/Belvedere/Savoy). To satisfy the regulation, they used an amber > bulb with the clear lens. This was due to the lenses' prominence in the > front end design, being large ovals on either end of the full width > grille. > As for Imperials, 1963 turn signal lenses were changed to amber from clear > for this one year only, of this series. Note that the 1963 brochure shows > a clear lens in all the artist renderings, and even in the lightly > retouched photo on the cover page > http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1963/Brochure/Cover.jpg > and this page http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1963/Brochure/Page09-10.jpg > This goes along with another inaccuracy in the brochure, see the steering > wheel insert pad. > 1962 pad, 1963 all gray instrument cluster. > > Eric > Portland, Oregon > ______________________________________________________________________ > From: "Henry Hopkins" <hhrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: IML: Henry Hopkins' 1960 Imperial Crown Convertible > Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 20:39:41 -0700 > Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C5826A.D5B43AF0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > The bulbs are amber. The lenses are not amber. I don't know if it is = > correct for 60 Imperials to have amber front parking lights. When did = > the amber bulbs start, if they ever did, and when did amber lenses = > start. I think that was in 62? I seem to recall my 62 had amber = > lenses. I didn't put them on my 61. Just asking. > > Heading to a show in San Luis Obispo for this Saturday and then further = > south to LA for the National WPC Meet. Hope to see other IMLers there. > > Henry Hopkins > ----- Original Message -----=20 > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to > mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with > everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm