1965 Imperial coupe - Roseburg, OR

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  1. moparandfomoco

    moparandfomoco Well-Known Member

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    I don't recall ever seeing any of these as 2-door hardtops.
    Might this be a recliner mechanism?:

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    That really is a spectacular car. Love the colors.
     
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    SOMEBODY PLEASE want to buy this, so I can go test-drive it for you, PLEASE!
    I'm only 65 miles from Roseburg.
     
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    I think that is the seatback release to get into the back seat. It think the round switch is the power recliner.
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    NO. The round switch is the 4-way power switch, the seatback release is partly visible on the backside of the hinge, and the lever is the seatback recliner. One of my friends when I was in grade school, his parents had a Chrysler 2-door sedan (they only had two kids), and the seats had those controls. We could never keep our hands off the 4-way control.
     
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    Those seats are AWESOME! I'm trying to find seats like these for my wagon. The Imperial seats are the rarest of the rare. Too bad for me.
     
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    I could go take it for a 2-hour 'test drive' and bring it back with a milk crate to sit on........ "I don't know what happened..... I just went into a 7-11 for a soda, and when I came back out, the seat was gone....."
     
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    It wouldn't be worth ruining the Imperial, for that. I know, you were joking. Were you?
    It's possible to copy the seat from original blueprints. But, of course, doing so would be quite painstaking
     
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    My dad had a 66 Crown Coupe. This is nice.
     
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    OrthmannJ Always looking for old ford crew cabs

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    The ad is light on details, but if I am reading it right, it seems that this is an original mile survivor.
    Pretty spectacular. I agree with the above statements, the interior is amazing.
     
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    Chrysler should use these basic lines for doing a retro version of this Green Hornet-mobile, like Ford did with the Thunderbird
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    A 300 C Imperial? I could see that....
     
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    '64, '65, and '66 were the best looking Imperials of the '60's. Someone here has a bright yellow '65 or 6 Crown Coupe, I saw him driving it through a Walgreen's driveway. The Oregon car is something I'd love to have. I had a '63 LeBaron someone had stuck a 440 into, as much as I liked that car, it was a mess.
     

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