If you decide to pass it on, I would be interested. dj 3 '73's ----- Original Message ----- From: Chad Zeilenga <chadzeilenga@xxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:20 PM Subject: Re: IML: 73 Rear A/C > 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> > > > > > >