Dual Air

[Rollin Bard <Rollin.Bard@xxxxxxxx>]

Back in 1956, our Imperial ONLY had rear air.  We drove it on vacation from
WV and went thru Arizona where it was 120 in the shade. We stopped at a gas
station and the attendant got a strange look on his face when he looked in
at my mother in the back seat.  She was wearing a sweater because the car
was so cold.  When the 1957 Imperials came out, the AC was terrible because
the glass area increased dramatically and the system could not handle it.

-----Original Message-----
From: aeyn.ricks [mailto:aeyn.ricks@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:52 AM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: Dual Air

Pint,
    There is a VERY good reason for the second unit in larger cars and vans.
It is call 100+ degree days and A LOT of glass!  and no the second unit
usually does not have separate controls for temp but for on/off, but the
second heaters (which I installed one in my 69) had two switches - fan speed
and air direction (under seat or defrost).  The second heater was great when
I first started the car on a HOT PHOENIX day, to blast the hot air out of
the rear window to cycle through the front cooling unit.  And talk about
melting snow off the back window - less than 2 minutes with 3 inches of snow
in a blizzard in Flagstaff.  The pipes came in two pieces, unlike the ones
for the regular chrysler which were one unit.  The heat was contolled with
four vacuum hoses.
   The Rear air is ONLY mentioned in a couple of places in the FSM.  I was
able to determine the rest from the parts manuals and the dimbles in the
floor behind the back seat.
Aeyn & Ed
1975 LeBaron 4Dr HT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Print Bear" <prntbear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 4:59 AM
Subject: IML: Dual Air


> Chrysler put Dual Air Conditioning in a lot of cars, notably the
> Imperial and the T&C Wagons. Additionally, Chrysler "Airtemp" is what
> comes into my mind when I think of what A/C should be: Think lots of
> cold air, condensation on the die-cast metal vents, and Max AC!!!
>
> I never owned a Dual Air equipped car, but my guess is that these cars
> must have been like refrigerators on wheels! Was this a needed option?
> What with such a great system to begin with, I wonder why they went to
> the trouble to add a second system? When the second system was part of
> an Auto Temp system would there be a second set of controls for the
> rear system? Maybe the rear system was a carry over from the years when
> A/C first appeared in cars, usually on the rear deck, and they just
> kept it there as an option while adding the front system?
>
> Just the ramblings of my mind......
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>
> Ed
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