do the seats your car had have cloth inserts? If they do, these were put in
later, or are they that dirty? The other parts of the car sure look good
----- Original Message -----
From: <chrysler1978@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Imperial Mailing List" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 7:44 PM
Subject: IML: Musical Seats
> While yarding last weekend, looking for brake parts for my 1990 Imperial,
I
> found a 1988 New Yorker with seats that I just HAD to have! The seats in
> the Imperial are ok but they are rather plain and the front ones are very
> dirty (permanently I'm sure). The NYer had nice tufted velour seats.
> Today, I went back to the yard, removed the seats and brought them home.
I
> was only able to remove the rear seats as front power seats are a real
> challenge to remove in a salvage yard. You see, normally, you push the
seat
> fully forward to gain access to the rear mounting bolts, and you push it
> fully back to gain access to the front mounting bolts. Well, cars in
> salvage yards don't normally have batteries etc so there was no moving
these
> seats. The guy was nice enough to give me a battery and some wire and
> suggested I cut into the wiring in the car and see if I could get the
seats
> to move. I did that but no luck. I asked him to have the mechanic remove
> the seats for me and I'll return Monday to pick them up. It only cost me
> another $20 to have them remove the front seats. I DID get the rear seats
> though. I brought them home and as you can imagine, they were pretty
dirty.
> I vacuumed them off really well and then I "shampooed" them with some type
> of interior upholstery cleaner stuff. Well, you can hardly tell they
aren't
> brand new! They are so nice! You can see them here...
> http://www.imperialclub.com/YearbyYear/1990/Brad/index.htm
> You can also see the original seats on that page. The "new" seats have
> integrated adjustable head rests in the back too! I am very pleased with
> them!
>
> I can hardly wait till Monday to get the fronts!
>
> Brad Hogg
> Winnipeg, Manitoba
> http://www.nybclub.org/bradhogg/index.htm
> 1990 Chrysler Imperial 4-door Sedan (the KImperial)
> 1978 Chrysler Newport 4-door Hard Top (the Newporker)
> 1976 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 4-door Hard Top (the Black Beast)
> 1968 Chrysler Newport Custom 4-door Sedan (Grand-Dad's car)
>
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