IML: Factory soft goods

[aeyn <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Fred for the info.  I do recall SMS when I lived in
Portland 2001-2002.  Don't they also have things like OEM-like
coverable buttons?

Æyn


--- Frederick Joslin <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Try SMS Auto fabrics in Canby, OR.They claim to have the
> correct top for
> my 69 LeBaron Coupe and sent a small sample of the
> material.They want
> $375 for the top for my car. Seems steep, but what can you do?I
> did not
> realize that the 1969 LeBarons and Crowns had different texture
> on the
> vinyl. SMS sent me a sheet which lists six LeBaron roof colors
> (Blue,
> V1B; Green V1F; Walnut V1K; Champagne V1L; White V1W; Black
> V1X) four
> Crown colors (Green, Champagne, White, Black same codes) and
> list which
> roof colors were available with which exterior and interior
> combinations.
> Note that white and black roofs were available for all
> combinations for
> both LeBaron and Crown.   
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: aeyn
>   To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Subject: Re: IML: Factory Jokes
>   Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:45:06 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> 
>   Allan,
>   Back in 69-79, there was a lot of contract strikes and if
>   there was a work slow down while waiting for strike
> decisions,
>   things like this would happen. It was not JUST on Chrysler
>   lines, but across the industry. I had a step-cousin that
> worked
>   on the specialty/police line in Belvedere and he said the
> they
>   would drop a bolt down a tranny, just so they could travel
> into
>   the field to address the problems. I would think that some of
>   the problems in the Imperials which were made JUST BEFORE a
>   strike would have been MORE subjected to these types of
> antics.
>   When my Dad advised me when I was in the market to pick out
> my
>   REAL first car, he said to look into Chrysler, Plymouth, and
>   Dodge cars because they were better built and were more
> likely to
>   survive an accident. I had just lost a teenage (my same age)
>   friend to a car accident envolving his Dad's Caddy and a
> cement
>   truck. I did not get an Imperial but a new 1970 Cougar. I had
>   the car for 14 months and it was in the shop for 2 WEEKS out
> of
>   EVERY ONE of those 14 months. Two weeks AFTER I sold it to a
>   FORD dealer, (August, 1971) I replaced it with a 1969
> Imperial
>   LeBaron 4 DrHt, Glacier Blue with a Blue Vinyl roof and light
>   Blue Leather interior. It had been a fleet leased car in Las
>   Vegas originally. It had 48k miles on it. I was 18 and a
> Junior
>   at the University of Arizona.
>   Fortunately, I found VERY few factory antics on it, BUT I did
>   not like the prep for the column key that Chrysler by putting
> the
>   key on the left side.
>   BTW, does any one know where I can purchase a PARCHMENT
>   coloured vinyl roof covering? (original textured)
> 
>   Æyn & Patrick
>   1975 LeBaron 4 DrHt
>   1993 Sedan
> 
> 
> 
>  
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