Good morning again, everyone:
OK. I cannot get this straight in my head (and my father-in-law who was in the
body shop business tried to explain this to me several times), how can one tell
the difference between a hardtop and a sedan?
If I have it in writing I won't have to rely on my feeble memory. :-)
In a message dated 7/12/2004 10:29:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Peter Engel"
<peter.engel@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>Hey Elijah, good catch on the non A/C issue! �I had to go back and look
>at the pics, eventually discovering that I needed to pan to the right to
>see the center dash area. �Just a blanking plate there. �Weird.
>
>I should have pointed out a few things about 69s earlier:
>
>My book shows that the sedan and hardtop listed at the exact same price,
>$6411.00 �I suspect that this is a misprint though since sedan styles
>were just about always cheaper than hardtop styles. �For the 68 model
>year the price difference between sedan and hardtop was about $500.00
>
>According to this book 96% of 69 Imperials had a vinyl top.
>
>It seems that the sedan is the same color as my 70 LeBaron, teal
>metallic. �The repaint seems to be darker though.
>
>The interior color is exactly the same as the 10,000 mile 69 LeBaron
>4DHT I posted pics of a couple of years ago. �It was interesting to see
>2 versions (sedan and hardtop) of that color dash, upholstery.
>
>While I'm not terribly interested in owning a sedan Imperial, the larger
>rear window of the Crown does look good to me. �Some years ago I chopped
>up a wrecked 71 LeBaron and cut away the vinyl top covering to expose
>the rear window area. �As I suspected, LeBaron models were fitted with a
>fiberglass plate that reduced the rear window to LeBaron "limousine"
>size.
>
>
>
>
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