69 Imperial Crown

["Peter Engel" <peter.engel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As far as I know, all 69 Imperials used the Budd disc brakes.  Your late
69 car would be a good test of this theory.  Hope and pray that you do
NOT have the Budd disc brakes.  This is what the Budds look like.  I
took this shot of a bona-fide 10k mile 69 Imperial LeBaron that was for
sale locally about 2 years ago:

http://www.bos-engel.com/Imperial/budds.jpg

We've had numerous 69 owners on the list and AFAIK ALL of their cars had
Budds.  My 70 LeBaron, a very early 70 (built 8/19/69, less than 2
months after your car) has the sliding caliper single piston setup,
thankfully.

I really like 69s with some of their one year only features:  the
sequential turn signals, the shark gill cornering lamps, the intricate,
fine mesh grill, the woodgrained instrument faces, and the ignition
switch location.  The Budds, however, are the Achilles heel of 69s.

The Crown always appealed to me due to the large back window.  I'm
tempted to add that feature to my LeBaron if I ever have to redo the
vinyl top.

Pete in PA

From: PawtguyRI@xxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 02:31:00 EST
Subject: IML: 1969 Imperials and Budd brakes
Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks for the kind words Mark....the car has already grown on me and
I've only driven it a few miles. Im very impressed by its power! I do
have a 
question though....I've heard Chrysler switched to another brand of disc

brake sometime late in the 1969 model year...does anyone know if this is
true? If so when?..My car was purchased on 6/30/69 which would lead me
to believe its a late production model. Can anyone confirm or deny this 
info?....Thanks in advance