The cluster from the Cordoba/Mirada will fit in the Imperial dash as long as you have all of the trim pieces to go with the cluster. Even though the cluster from a New Yorker? St.Regis is different it too will fit and the cluster trim piece is the same. I tried the New Yorker cluster yesterday and it fit just fine including the "just" cluster trim. The two conections also fit. I don't know if the printed circuit "sheet" on the back of the clusters are the same as I have not hooked the two sets up. I have had the Cordoba set installed at several points in this conversion and it does work. The only real change, and this is a major one, is the Imperial dash uses a voltage idiot light whereas the Cordoba/Mirada and others use an AMP gauge. Unless you know where the shunt goes for the AMP gauge it will burn out as soon as it is hooked up. I installed a voltage gauge from AutoMeter with only minor modification to the cluster housing. As for the differences between the Imperial dash and the Cordoba/Mirada dash they are really the same once you remove the digital gauges and information center. I cut the power amp switch out of a damaged digital cluster and installed it inplace ofthe non-power mirror knob just to the lower right side of the cluster I am going to use. It doesn't quite have a "facory" look but it now works the antenea. I plan on installing the dash tomorrow, wish me luck! Dave U. 81 IMP > > Yes, only the Imperial had electronic read-out gauges. But, when > discussing if one fits or not, the New Yorker/ St.Regis/ Gran Fury > dashboard is physically bigger than the Imperial / Cordoba / Mirada > unit. If you want to take the whole unit and interchange, you will > need to use the Cordoba / Mirada unit as it will fit the Imperial. > The St.Regis, et al. dash is just too wide for the Imperial body. > > As for clusters, the Imperial dash is unique, and I do not believe the > instrument cluster of either the "R" or "J" will fit. The cluster of > the "R" may fit the "J" (they do look similar), but the dash housing of > the Imperial is different, On the "R" dashboard, the instrument > cluster housing is separate from the centre panel with the radio and > AC/heat controls. The dash housing physically separates the two, which > probably accounts for the extra width in the dash. > > The "J" body dash does not have the divider section, same as the > Imperial. But the "J" and "Y" do not share housing parts, with the "J" > using part # P431TC7 and the "Y" using part # P424VC7. I suspect the > differences have to do with the electronic vs. non-electronic > instrument layout, with each needing different support pieces. Also, > the surround bezels are different, with the Imperial having a one piece > set-up and the Cordoba/Mirada having a multti-section set-up. > > Bill > Vancouver, BC > > > > >> Isn't this New Yorker dash the same as the 80-83 Cordoba/Mirada dash? >> The > Imperial was all electronic read-outs, not the analog gauges that the > Cordoba/Mirada/New Yorker/St. Regis had. I don't think that these New > Yorkers ever had digital read-outs. >> >> Neal Herman >> 1959 Imperial Crown 4-door Southampton >> 1972 Buick Riviera >> 1983 Chrysler Cordoba >> >> On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:16:38 -0600 (MDT) stealthloader@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> wrote: >> >> Will the dash from either a 79 or 80 St.Regis or New Yorker swap >> with > the >> dash in my 81 Imp? >> Every thing looks the same. >> >> Dave U. >> 81 Imp >> >> >> >> > > > >