72 New Yorker with cassette player
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Reliabilityman
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Thats wild, but with today's traffic and drivers, if I recorded my thoughts, it would be a bunch of cussing. LOL!
RWCearley
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I have a 1971 New Yorker with this option. In the process of restoring the new yorker now. However, i plan to leave the tape player off. Belts are not available and plastic is brittle. So will keep it in a safe place.
I would be interested in parts of the 72 new yorker if still available.
I would be interested in parts of the 72 new yorker if still available.
If you parting out .I am interested in the molding trim of the back of the seats. These are plastic with chrome look with woodgrain inlay. Mine are damaged
If memory serves, your car is a 1971 Imperial 2dr. AFAIK, the seatbacks are different from this on a 1972 NYer.
chrysler_fan
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I recall from reading my grandfather's dealer manuals at that era (before he died in 1972) that options and colors were tracked. I just don't remember how many cassette players were ordered.
chrysler_fan
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I believe you would be right about different seats unless there was a cloth option that was more like the NY I believe, however, that even the cloth Imperial seats were vastly different than 2 door seats for NY
The interior of @jet1969 's YM23T1C101779 is MRF7. Here is, courtesy of the Hamtramck Registry, the white equivalent:
I have checked my records of photos of 1971 2dr Imps, and have zero (zilch) photo of the setbacks. Perhaps @Imperial Pete , who has faithfully restored a GB2 example, or @saforwardlook , who owns a GY9 with MRY5 interior, might be able to post a photo of the seat backs in their own cars for comparison.
Imperial Pete
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71, 72 & 73 Imperial 2 door bucket seat seatbacks are all the same, only the pattern on the woodgrain on the insert differs
What an outstanding memory . These moldings at the back of the seat are so hard / impossible to find. I thought, seeing the pictures, they looked like mine. Maybe a long shot but worth a try. Any suggestions where to find these or reproductions?
In which other models except Imperials where these moldings/ trims used? E bodies perhaps?
Those look truly superb. Perhaps you could explain, in your 1971 Imperial restoration thread, how you managed to get them back to that shape? I'd love to hear about all the details!
Me too…
Imperial Pete
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The factory trim on the seat backs is basically foam that is painted. Real weird way to trim them. They are always cracked. The Imperial guys in the US who have grown up with them can confirm if they cracked from when they were almost new.
The trimmer completely stripped the foam off the seat backs and glued foam to them and trimmed them in leather. They won't crack again...
The trimmer completely stripped the foam off the seat backs and glued foam to them and trimmed them in leather. They won't crack again...
Thanks Pete for the explanation. My chairs are now at the upholstery. I got the original green color leather and vinyl from SMS fabric and one surplus store in Milwaukee. They said the same as you mentioned. They are saving the eagle stamp in the leather at the top of the chair in the new leather.
My question was more about the plastic trim around the back of the bucketseats. The chrome look with woodgrain inlay. See pictures. Due to UV it was become brittle and parts broke of and are gone. Where can I find them? Or how can it be reproduced? They are impossible to find
Howdy I second the motion on keeping the cassette part in a safe place. I have kept this in bedroom closet 20 years, until I built a secure shop. This one is for a 70-74 B or E body, still looking for a 71 Cuda or Roadrunner for its new home.If I don't sell my 70 Convertible I'm wanting one for it.
8-Track.. they were cool once you got used to the fade out then back in if the music at the changing of the tape track. Older folks remember
RWCearley
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I prefer the cassette player. Always seemed more durable. And wil a good home entertainment system you could record your own music. I remember recording one 2 LPs on a 90 min. Cassette. Played the LP one time then stored, thus preventing scratches and pops on the LP through over playing on the turntable.
BTW, the chrysler cassette player could record off the radio. Poor,quality thou!!
BTW, the chrysler cassette player could record off the radio. Poor,quality thou!!
69PHOENIX
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I Wanted One of Those, Til I Saw the Price?
Sadly I am Old Enough to Remember When the World Wasn't Ruled by Greed.
Don't Get Me Wrong, If It Weren't for Some of These "Merchants" All of This Would Have Been Crushed Long Ago.
It's Just That I Can Remember Having People Knock on My Door & Ask if I Wanted a Dodge 383 C.I. Hardtop for Free.
And it Happened Quite a Lot During the World Fuel Crisis in the 70s / 80s. At One Stage I Had 14 Running Cars (60 - 70s) in My Yard.
We Used to Swap Parts Between Club Members Rather Than "Sell" There was Always Something You Might "Need" Later.
Of Cause in Those Days We were Mostly Just Working Fellas Trying to Raise a Family & Keep Our Cars on the Road.
I Know I Sound Like an Old Fool, But I Miss Those Days When Not Everything HAD to Cost a Fortune.
Ah Dear, Just Another Dinosaur!
All the Best & May God Bless.
Tony.M
P.S.
Cassettes had NO Comparison to an Eight Track.
Many Years Ago I Had a Young Club member Tell Me You Couldn't Compare Eight Track to a CD
I Still Had an Old Eight Track in the Shed.
We Dusted it Off, Wired it Up And I Can Still Remember the Expression on His Face When I Played a "8" Tape After a CD.
I Loved the Richness, Body & Warmth of the Tape. (Of Cause They Had Their Problems, But No Worse Than Cassette.)
CDs are Wonderful, I Love Them for Many Reasons, BUT If You Ever Hear a Good "8" Tape There's No Comparison.
I Also Had a Friend Try to Tell Me That MP3s were as Good as WAV
Driving Along in a Car with All the Surrounding Background Noise I Somewhat Agree.
However to Sit Quietly in Your Lounge Room And Actually LISTEN to Music There is Just No Comparison.
My Friend was Foolish Enough to Repeat that Statement to the Owner of a Local Sound Equipment Store
Where Upon the Gentleman Sat Him Down & Played Him the Same Album (MP3 & Wav) Through a "Quality" Pair of Speakers
The Reason That Young People Think MP3s are Good is Because They Haven't Heard "GOOD" Sound.
Keep in Mind the Best Quality MP3 is 1/4 the Size of a Wav File.
Just for Interest Imagine a Thanksgiving Diner That has had 3/4 of it's Content Removed & Try to Convince Me It's Just as Good.
Anyway That's My $1.02 Worth.
Tony.M
Sadly I am Old Enough to Remember When the World Wasn't Ruled by Greed.
Don't Get Me Wrong, If It Weren't for Some of These "Merchants" All of This Would Have Been Crushed Long Ago.
It's Just That I Can Remember Having People Knock on My Door & Ask if I Wanted a Dodge 383 C.I. Hardtop for Free.
And it Happened Quite a Lot During the World Fuel Crisis in the 70s / 80s. At One Stage I Had 14 Running Cars (60 - 70s) in My Yard.
We Used to Swap Parts Between Club Members Rather Than "Sell" There was Always Something You Might "Need" Later.
Of Cause in Those Days We were Mostly Just Working Fellas Trying to Raise a Family & Keep Our Cars on the Road.
I Know I Sound Like an Old Fool, But I Miss Those Days When Not Everything HAD to Cost a Fortune.
Ah Dear, Just Another Dinosaur!
All the Best & May God Bless.
Tony.M
P.S.
Cassettes had NO Comparison to an Eight Track.
Many Years Ago I Had a Young Club member Tell Me You Couldn't Compare Eight Track to a CD
I Still Had an Old Eight Track in the Shed.
We Dusted it Off, Wired it Up And I Can Still Remember the Expression on His Face When I Played a "8" Tape After a CD.
I Loved the Richness, Body & Warmth of the Tape. (Of Cause They Had Their Problems, But No Worse Than Cassette.)
CDs are Wonderful, I Love Them for Many Reasons, BUT If You Ever Hear a Good "8" Tape There's No Comparison.
I Also Had a Friend Try to Tell Me That MP3s were as Good as WAV
Driving Along in a Car with All the Surrounding Background Noise I Somewhat Agree.
However to Sit Quietly in Your Lounge Room And Actually LISTEN to Music There is Just No Comparison.
My Friend was Foolish Enough to Repeat that Statement to the Owner of a Local Sound Equipment Store
Where Upon the Gentleman Sat Him Down & Played Him the Same Album (MP3 & Wav) Through a "Quality" Pair of Speakers
The Reason That Young People Think MP3s are Good is Because They Haven't Heard "GOOD" Sound.
Keep in Mind the Best Quality MP3 is 1/4 the Size of a Wav File.
Just for Interest Imagine a Thanksgiving Diner That has had 3/4 of it's Content Removed & Try to Convince Me It's Just as Good.
Anyway That's My $1.02 Worth.
Tony.M
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Chrysler had a "slave" CD player from 1988-1992. You had the player located below the radio and they had a cable running between the 2.
Very expensive option ($1,200.00). Very rare. I had one in my 1992 Daytona IROC R/T. It would not recognize copied CDs. You had to have an original one for it to work.
By 1993 the CD player was integrated into the radio.
I would say they are as rare as the cassette recorder set-up.
Very expensive option ($1,200.00). Very rare. I had one in my 1992 Daytona IROC R/T. It would not recognize copied CDs. You had to have an original one for it to work.
By 1993 the CD player was integrated into the radio.
I would say they are as rare as the cassette recorder set-up.
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