73 Rear A/C

[Chad Zeilenga <chadzeilenga@xxxxxxxxx>]

The previous owner of my 73 Imp had pulled a rear AC
from a car in a junk yard.  It is not installed in my
car and I am not sure if I want to try and install it
or pass it on to someone who would be able to make
better use of the parts.

Chad 
1973 Imp
1966 Galaxie
--- Peter Engel <vze2dp8c@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Randy,
> I've owned a 70 LeBaron 4DHT since 1985 and
> collected info about these
> cars since then.  I've never seen comprehensive
> published info on option
> installation rates.  You see statistics on some
> options but I'm not sure
> of the source material: 97.5% of 73 Imperials had
> some type of power
> seat, 99.9% had tinted glass, and 83.7% had a
> tilt/telescope steering
> column.
> 
> I'm most interested in 69-71 fuselage Imperials and
> I've looked at many
> over the years.  I'd estimate that a large majority
> of these cars have
> the Autotemp system -- probably about 75%.  Very few
> have no A/C, like
> maybe 5%.  The remaining 20% have manual A/C.  Dual
> A/C (front and rear)
> is scarcely seen, probably because of the cost --
> about $250 over the
> price of front-only A/C.  While the local
> installation rate will depend
> largely on the area the car was sold in, I'd be
> surprised if even 20% of
> fuselage Imperials had dual A/C.  I'm in SE PA and
> I've only seen one
> car with it, probably because it isn't really
> necessary here.  Other
> States like TX and AZ, etc. will naturally have more
> dual A/C cars.
> Pete in PA
> 
> <Randy Martin wrote:
> Anyone have an idea how rare (or not) rear A/C was
> in the '73 Imperial
> LeBarons?
> Mine has it and I wondered if it was a rarity or
> not. Are there
> published stats on rarity of different options (mine
> seems to have all
> of them from what I can determine so far).  Thanks
> for any help.
> Randy
> '73 LeBaron 4DR HT>
> 
> 
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