Re: IML: '64 Imperial on E-bay & various Imperial features

[Doug Norton <e.norton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

 

Thanks for the lamp information.

 

Doug Norton

Joe Strickland <jwstrick426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I looked at the pictures of the '64 Imperial Crown convertible on E-bay 
> and it is a nice car, but as some others have noted it is not quite all 
> original. I seem to remember that the engine color in those years was 
> black? Correct me if I was wrong. In the '70s they changed to a 
> turquoise blue or something similar.
>
> One thing that interested me was the front seats equipped with 
> headrests. I looked in the pictures on the club website and apparently 
> those were standard on the Imperials in '64. Chrysler introduced the 
> "Tower Back" seats earlier ('59 or '60?) and then dropped them in '63. 
> Was the Imperial the first to have the
>  headrests?
>
> I remember a discussion years ago about 3-point seatbelts and I believe 
> that the '64 and up Imperials had an anchor point built into the roof 
> structure that would serve for that type seat belt underneath the 
> headliner above and behind the driver and front seat passenger seat. 
> Has anyone with a '64/65/66 checked theirs to see?
>
> On the lamps issue, when visiting your local auto parts store, take the 
> old lamp with you (if there is still one in your car). That makes it a 
> little easier to find a suitable replacement. I used Auto Zone in 
> Frisco, TX recently and found that a suitable replacement for a 1034 is 
> an 1157. The map/courtesy and dome lamp 1004 was still available off 
> the shelf.
>
> Joe S.
>
>
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