Re: IML: '65 & '66 Radio

["Neal Herman" <chrycordoba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My '66 has AM/FM with reverb and the foot control search tune.

Neal Herman
1959 Imperial
1966 Imperial
et al.


> [Original Message]
> From: <RandalPark@xxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 3/20/2005 6:31:15 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: '65 & '66 Radio
>
> As I recall, the '65 and '66 radio option was either an AM radio with
search tune and foot switch, or an AM/FM radio without search tune and
floor switch. Reverb was available for both.
>
> Paul
>
> In an email dated Sun, 20 3 2005 5:15:58 pm GMT, "Don Savard"
<res03r3f@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> >Chris,
> > ?If you have an AM/FM radio they can be reconditioned/rebuilt. A local
guy does it here for about $350.00.
> > Don
> > ?----- Original Message -----
> > ?From: Chris "Creesto" Lynch<mailto:creesto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ?To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ?Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:37 AM
> > ?Subject: Re: IML: Bill Ulman's Excellent Adventure
> >
> >
> > ?A couple of questions for Bill and Kenyon.
> >
> > ?Bill: Nice. Didn't grab an extra parts for the rest of us '66 owners?
You
> > ?can stop your gloating ennnnnytime, Bill.
> >
> > ?BTW, you didn't mention what sort of vehicle Ruth owned that you were
> > ?coveting.
> >
> > ?But the big question is this: Kenyon, have you posted anything on the
site
> > ?about this wired-on wheel cover safety feature and with a pic of the
tool in
> > ?question? Many of us '66 owners would benefit I'm sure, but I don't
recall
> > ?hearing about this before.
> >
> > ?Bill, you sounded very wound up from your road trip. Again, I bemoan
the
> > ?fact that I live in the dead center of the Midwest and cannot travel
to the
> > ?West Coast, aka Xanadu for Imperials.
> >
> > ?And I'm still looking for a DECENT foot switch-activated Am/FM radio
for my
> > ?'66 Imperial Crown Coupe.
> >
> > ?Cheers!
> >
> > ?creesto
> >
> > ?> From: "Wm. R. Ulman"
<twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
> > ?> Subject: IML: Kenyon Wills visit, and the Imperial parts Nirvana
experience
> > ?> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 02:12:58 -0800
> > ?> Reply-To:
mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ?> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > ?>
> > ?> I was down in San Francisco last week visiting my Mom, and seeing =
> > ?> friends. I
> > ?> contacted Kenyon to see if we could get together to meet, and talk
> > ?> Imperials.
> >
> > ?> When we got to "Doc's" I was amazed at the rows, upon rows of
engines,
> > ?> scattered varied parts, but most of all, the "Texas Chain Saw
Massacre" =
> > ?> barn
> > ?> full cobwebs, spiders, and several of any one part anyone could ever
=
> > ?> need
> > ?> for an Imperial! ?I found 3 '66 hubcaps within the virtual mountain
of
> > ?> '66-'69 style caps, and Kenyon threw in 3 extra earlier year caps
that =
> > ?> had
> > ?> perfectly good retaining rings on them so I might figure out a way to
> > ?> replace the destroyed ones on what are otherwise perfectly
presentable =
> > ?> caps
> > ?> that had flown off Doris at earlier dates, and been run over. ?The
caps =
> > ?> are
> > ?> all fine, but the retaining rings were mangled beyond any hope.
?Now, =
> > ?> how to
> > ?> replace the retaining rings on the '66 caps I did salvage from the
side =
> > ?> of
> > ?> the road? ?It appears the backings are, for lack of better
description,
> > ?> "Crimped" onto the hubcap, at least around the outer perimeter.
?That =
> > ?> would
> > ?> need to be folded back, ring replaced, and re-crimped to be
successful.
> > ?> Kenyon came up with a "slice, and weld" solution that could very =
> > ?> possibly
> > ?> work, but would be expensive, I'm sure. ?Although, with the scarcity
of
> > ?> these caps these days, it may just be worth it to have a reserve
stash =
> > ?> of
> > ?> the 20 lb. projectile killer hubcaps on hand. ?Is that Honda in the
next
> > ?> lane with the big Kazoo "Muffler" getting on your nerves? ?Well,
with =
> > ?> just
> > ?> the proper pothole, you can dislodge a '66 hubcap smack into the
Honda, =
> > ?> and
> > ?> totaling it ?Pull over, retrieve said hubcap from the flaming
wreckage, =
> > ?> and
> > ?> scamper away. ?If anyone sees you, they will surely report your car
as =
> > ?> an
> > ?> Impala, and you will never get caught. =20
> > ?> =20
> > ?> Kenyon also showed me a way to wire the caps on so as they would not
be =
> > ?> able
> > ?> to fly off. ?Very ingenious, and involves a nifty tool Kenyon had in
his
> > ?> garage, I forget what he called it, but it was a twisting =
> > ?> wrench/grip/wire
> > ?> spinner type of deal some guy in Pomona (where the proverbial Pimp
in my
> > ?> previous posts is from) designed while drunk one night, and made his
=
> > ?> million
> > ?> on patenting, and marketing. =20
> > ?> =20
> > ?> The only casualty was a Black Widow spider who had taken up
residence in =
> > ?> one
> > ?> of the '66 caps, and as I was holding it, she was moving quickly to
let =
> > ?> me
> > ?> know her position on my dislodgement of her home. ?A quick shake of
the =
> > ?> arm,
> > ?> while releasing the said hubcap as quickly as humanly possible from
my =
> > ?> hand
> > ?> was all that needed to dislodge her from her home, the cap, and Liz,
> > ?> Kenyon's girlfriends quick stomp of her foot, sent the BW to "The =
> > ?> promised
> > ?> land".
> > ?> =20
> > ?> Upon my arrival back at my Mom's apt., I struck a deal with her.
?Let me
> > ?> clean the caps up in her tub, and I would ?scour the whole thing,
wall =
> > ?> tiles
> > ?> and all. ?After assuring her the dislodged buildup of years worth of
=
> > ?> dirt,
> > ?> and weed debris (from the caps, not my Mom's tub) ?would in fact NOT
=
> > ?> clog
> > ?> up, and utter useless, the San Francisco Municipal Sewer System, I
was
> > ?> permitted to proceed. ?My Mom was so happy with her shower/tub
cleaning, =
> > ?> and
> > ?> that the S.F. sewer system was well equipped to accommodate the
sheer =
> > ?> volume
> > ?> of dirt it was subjected to in such a short period of time, she
shipped =
> > ?> the
> > ?> 6 caps to me gratis.
> > ?> =20
> > ?> Kenyon was a swell host, a lot of fun to talk to, and I got to see
up =
> > ?> close
> > ?> and personal the differences in the lines between a '70 Imperial,
and a =
> > ?> '73.
> > ?> Both fine cars in style, but I will go with the '70 as my personal =
> > ?> choice.
> > ?> Although with the bumper extensions on the '73, making it the
largest =
> > ?> Post
> > ?> WWII production car is an appealing thought, and they are quite =
> > ?> striking.
> > ?> At least the 4dr is. ?More so than the coupe, which I prefer the
'69-'71
> > ?> version of with it's rounded rear quarter windows, rather then the =
> > ?> '72-'73
> > ?> coupes squared quarter window. ?That is merely a personal
preference, as =
> > ?> all
> > ?> Imperials are beautiful in their own rights.
> > ?> =20
> > ?> In summary, if you want a part for your car, and would care to meet
a =
> > ?> very
> > ?> nice fellow Imperialist who is just genuinely trying to help all
these
> > ?> parts, and supplies get good homes before they are all sent en-mass
to =
> > ?> the
> > ?> county dump, contact Kenyon, and go for a drive to Hal David/Burt
> > ?> Bacharach/Dionne Warwick land. ?Hum the tune while traveling.
> > ?> =20
> > ?> Bill Ulman
> > ?> Seattle, WA =20
> > ?> '66 Crown Convertible Coupe - Doris Day
> > ?> WA State vanity plates: ?FIT4AQN
> >
> >
> >
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