Rear air choices (was: 1968 LeBaron on eBay)

[Christopher Hoffman <imperial67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe there were three choices for '67 and '68 in this regard:

1.) Rear window defogger (blows air taken from the cabin)
2.) Rear heating system with rear window defogger (adds heat)
3.) Rear air conditioning (dehumidifies via evaporator in trunk)

All used the same bezel for the dash-mounted control, which simply read
"Rear Air" for all three options. All are covered in the FSM.

And yes, I have seen a '67 with the evaporator in the trunk (under the hat
shelf) and the spare tire moved into the luggage area, leaving very little
room for milady's hat boxes and such...

Chris in LA

Dick Benjamin (DickB@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> This is interesting.  I wonder if they dropped it the next year?
> Dick Benjamin

>> Dick,
>> My 66 Crown Coupe has rear A/C-complete trunk mounted Evaporator with
>> A/C lines running under the Passenger side of the car.
>> Don Savard

>>> Dick Benjamin wrote:
>>> This is a confusion that has bothered me also.  My 68 has "rear air"
>>> according to the label of the switch on the dashboard, but what this
>>> actually consists of  is an air recirculation fan which takes air from the
>>> package shelf area and blows it against the inside surface of the rear
>>> window, obviously as a defrosting provision.
>>> There is definitely no provision for either heating or refrigerating the air
>>> from this device.
>>> My 64 NY'r T&C had real "rear air", a refrigerated system including a rear
>>> evaporator unit, along with the fans etc.
>>> I'm wondering if any Imperial of the boxcar variety had genuine dual AC.