Imperial Air Conditioners - Parts sources

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm assuming that you've been though all vendors of the salvage yard listings on the website?  It would not surprise me in the least if Lowell Howe has one under his pillow somewhere.  

 

http://www.imperialclub.com/Part/Yards/index.htm

 

You might want to place a request under "parts wanted" in the classifieds on the site as well if you have not done so.... 

 

-Kenyon

Robert Schoenberg <robobduo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The 1953/54 Chrysler AirTemp air conditioning
> installed as original factory equipment was truly
> interesting & very different from what we see today. 
> My 54 New Yorker DeLuxe has this option & there is an
> immense evaporator unit in the trunk (under the rear 
> shelf panel)with fresh air intakes located just
> outside beneath the rear window forward points. The
> upper condensor in front of the radiator & the lower
> condensor angled down toward the front bumper. A most
> unique compressor--a 75 lb 4 cylinder cast iron beast,
> 60 degree V, 1 1/2 inch bore by 1 3/8 inch stroke used
> Freon 22 just like home units!! To top things off, it
> had no clutch, so whenever you started the engine,
> that beast was pumping away. We've been trying to find
> a substitue compressor (mine was gone)with little
> luck. We've reached a point that we're looking to
>  use
> a more modern 12 volt clutched unit rewound for 6
> volts. Of course, finding a compressor that works
> within the designated space AND which will run the
> system is high priority. We're open to any
> suggestions, so please feel free.....
> Thanks,
> Bob Schoenberg in Brewster, NY
>
> -1953 Custom Imperial Sedan
> -1954 New Yorker DeLuxe Sedan
> ----------------
> --- RandalPark@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > I am wanting to say that '54 was the first year that
> > it was offered as an option on the Imperial. David
> > Druicy had an early example featured for a while on
> > The Imperialist a couple of years ago. I seem to
> > remember that it was a '54.
> > 
> > Paul
> > 
> > In a message dated 2/6/2004 10:15:33 PM Eastern
> > Standard Time, Tharn211 writes:
> > 
> > > A friend of mine asked me what model year air
> > conditioners were first offered as an option in
> > Imperials; taking a quick look through the
>  Standard
> > Catalogue, it appeared to me that they were first
> > offered for the 1951 Imperials; however, the text
> > for that model year did not make note of the fact
> > that this particular option was being offered for
> > the very first time, and that struck me as a little
> > odd; can anyone out there answer my friend's
> > question? Thanks.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > Dan L.
> > > 
> > 
> > > Nashville, TN
> > 
> > 
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