Imp58Alpes - 2009-08-21 3:25 PM

The car being a Crown, some options on the "Custom" LY1-L were standard items on the Crown, like power windows or power seats. Mine, which is a "Custom" LY1-L, has those options stamped on the dataplate. I would image that those standard items were not stamped on the dataplate, what the dataplate here appears to show.

hemidenis - 2009-08-21 5:00 PM

KC can you add some pics of the rear AC vents?, never saw one before

KcImperial - 2009-08-21 11:48 PM

The AC line was in the way so this one is two pictures. It looks like a 406 code, didn't see that one on the list

KcImperial - 2009-08-21 11:46 PM

non-flightsweep car.
does not have the 365 option stamped but does in fact have an electric clock.

Simple guess: would 365 be the flitesweep decklid?
Mine has no 365 option and is non-flitesweep decklid car.
Your LY1-L #10626 has not the option code and doesn't have the flitesweep decklid.
Your LY1-M #11376 has the option code and has the flitesweep decklid.

What about your LY1-M #16065 that has the option code 365, and your LY1-L #0332? that has the option code 365? Are they both flitesweep decklid cars?

That could give us a clue about that option code. My car and your #10626 & #11376 cars seem to confirm that.

Imp58Alpes - 2009-08-22 11:26 AM

I was focusing on the dataplates, so ...

Mine is like yours : no 365 option code, and no fake spare tire cover.

Here's my dataplate:

Imp58Alpes - 2009-08-22 12:29 PM

You're correct. 306 is for the 260-kph speedometer.

d500neil - 2009-08-22 8:41 PM

But, are the 3-digit codes, on the IMP's P/T plates, the same as the option codes on the Broadcast Sheets and IBM cards?

d500neil - 2009-09-26 4:03 PM

Frederick, the punch out, above the "8" in the sequence : 3801005248 is not a "0"----the Zero-line is as you have noted,
above.

If you'll look, there actually is an "A" line, at the very top row of the punch outs, which corresponds to your car's paint job :"AAA"
(and which letters align above the "PAINT" columns, at the bottom of the punch card, although the first and the third "A" appear directly over a lower "1" in those "Paint" columns.

The mysterious ("apparent"!) punch-out, above the "8" is located beneath the "A" row-line, which would imply that that (lower-) row-line
might be a "B" row-line.

I don't see any "B's" on your card, and, there are no other punch-outs along that ("B") row-line.

I find that it is interesting, that your car's VIN is not hand-written, or stamped, onto the IBM card.

So, your car was not sent to a domestic dealership, and therefore, has no dealership codings on it.

OK; the box that has your "0127" coding says :"Special Order/Foreign Order/Sales Bank"---wouldn't it
be neat to break down ALL the various codings that go into THIS box??????

OK (ii): the mysterious "38010" is your car's "Body Number"---whatever THAT means, as far as Imperials
are concerned-------this is an example of the fact that, while someone might 'break-down' a car's
P-T plate/Broadcast Sheet/IBM Card's numbers ; he does NOT necessarily know how to INTERPRET what those numbers might mean (like, your car's "0127", or its Body Code 38010)!

d500neil - 2009-09-27 1:03 AM

Frederick, the punch out, above the "8" in the sequence : 3801005248 is not a "0"----the Zero-line is as you have noted,
above.

d500neil - 2009-10-01 5:25 PM

In the specimen example, in this board's Sticky message, the "C57-" car has paint of "X" , which translates (-punches out)
to :"07_" on the IBM card , with NO punch-out appearing on the card, AFTER the second-digit ["7"]...

So, your car's paint "AAA" may translate [punch-out] to :"1_1", with no digit appearing in the middle of the three spaces-
available, in/on the PAINT code-box, at the bottom of the IBM card.

Are those (very-uniform appearing) smudges, or actual punch-outs, at the uppermost line on your 'card', above the PAINT
code-box???