76 New Yorker

["Bill Watson" <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>]

If his 77 NYB has rear discs, they were not installed on the car at the
factory.  When the Imperial died in June, 1975, so too did the rear disc
brake setup.

As to the Jefferson plant, if you remember the introduction ads for the Jeep
Grand Cherokee a few years ago, they showed a factory being imploded.  That
was the old Jefferson Avenue plant - it dated back to the Chalmers car in
the first decade of the 20th century,

Bill
Vancouver, BC



> I believe that Jon Denson has rear disk brakes on his 77 NYB.  If anyone
> knows Jon and can correct me on this, please do but I am quite certain of
> this is the case.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <SherwoodK@xxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: 76 New Yorker
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> Re: the New Yorker
>
> Disc brakes were not an option after 1975. And, to be accurate -- they
were
> not an option on the 74/75 Imperial becaause they were standard equipment.
>
> Jefferson: That is the plant your car was built in -- It was on Jefferson
> Avenue in Detroit.
>
> Sherwood Kahlenberg
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