Some new yorker's did get the power seats. Had to- as
even some k-cars got them (and if the base Mopar had
them.....).
One idea may be to look around for power seats like
the ones you want- don't have to be the same color, as
you could aways paint them. Companies offer paint for
interior vynal and cloth, and I've heard to works...
One other idea may be to get seat covers which match
the rear seats for your existing seats.
Have you tried JC Whitney to see what seat covers they
may have?
I know that in time I'll be swaping in power bucket
seats from an other car into my Dynasty. Still can't
decide rather or not I want to remove the rear seats
altogether.
Nice thing about buckets seats is that it would allow
me to make my roll cage with less trouble.
--- chrysler1978@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Yes. The original seats have cloth inserts. You
> can see that here...
>
http://www.imperialclub.com/YearbyYear/1990/Brad/PowerRecliningSeats2.jpg
>
http://www.imperialclub.com/YearbyYear/1990/Brad/RearRightSeat1.jpg
> What do you mean by "these were put in later"? Do
> you think the PO had
> these inserts installed in the seats for some
> reason? The driver's seat is
> quite dirty. It is like the car was used on the
> farm for a few years and
> someone with dirty clothes was driving it often. I
> am sure there is no hope
> of getting the front seats clean. The back seats
> are in fairly good
> condition. They would make good replacements for
> someone who needed a back
> seat. I wanted to get rid of the dirty front seats
> and the "new" back seats
> have those integrated head rests that look great!
> The style and material is
> IMO much more Imperialistic anyway.
>
> I do have a further challenge coming up with the
> front seats. You see, the
> Imperial has power reclining seats. The NYer
> doesn't. The seat is 6 way
> power but the reclining function is manual. I am
> wondering if there is any
> way to swap out the new seats onto my old motors
> etc. I'd like to have the
> best of both worlds and maintain the power reclining
> feature AND have the
> "new" seats. I guess I'll see on Monday when I get
> the front seats home.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Hopkins" <mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: IML: Musical Seats-90
>
>
> do the seats your car had have cloth inserts? If
> they do, these were put in
> later, or are they that dirty? The other parts of
> the car sure look good
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <chrysler1978@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Imperial Mailing List"
> <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 7:44 PM
> Subject: IML: Musical Seats
>
>
> > While yarding last weekend, looking for brake
> parts for my 1990 Imperial,
> I
> > found a 1988 New Yorker with seats that I just HAD
> to have! The seats in
> > the Imperial are ok but they are rather plain and
> the front ones are very
> > dirty (permanently I'm sure). The NYer had nice
> tufted velour seats.
> > Today, I went back to the yard, removed the seats
> and brought them home.
> I
> > was only able to remove the rear seats as front
> power seats are a real
> > challenge to remove in a salvage yard. You see,
> normally, you push the
> seat
> > fully forward to gain access to the rear mounting
> bolts, and you push it
> > fully back to gain access to the front mounting
> bolts. Well, cars in
> > salvage yards don't normally have batteries etc so
> there was no moving
> these
> > seats. The guy was nice enough to give me a
> battery and some wire and
> > suggested I cut into the wiring in the car and see
> if I could get the
> seats
> > to move. I did that but no luck. I asked him to
> have the mechanic remove
> > the seats for me and I'll return Monday to pick
> them up. It only cost me
> > another $20 to have them remove the front seats.
> I DID get the rear seats
> > though. I brought them home and as you can
> imagine, they were pretty
> dirty.
> > I vacuumed them off really well and then I
> "shampooed" them with some type
> > of interior upholstery cleaner stuff. Well, you
> can hardly tell they
> aren't
> > brand new! They are so nice! You can see them
> here...
> >
>
http://www.imperialclub.com/YearbyYear/1990/Brad/index.htm
> > You can also see the original seats on that page.
> The "new" seats have
> > integrated adjustable head rests in the back too!
> I am very pleased with
> > them!
> >
> > I can hardly wait till Monday to get the fronts!
> >
> > Brad Hogg
> > Winnipeg, Manitoba
> > http://www.nybclub.org/bradhogg/index.htm
> > 1990 Chrysler Imperial 4-door Sedan (the
> KImperial)
> > 1978 Chrysler Newport 4-door Hard Top (the
> Newporker)
> > 1976 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 4-door Hard Top
> (the Black Beast)
> > 1968 Chrysler Newport Custom 4-door Sedan
> (Grand-Dad's car)
>
>
>
>
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