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
>>
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