SOLD ‘69 Imperial AM/FM 8trk

[detmatt]

Good looking piece in unknown working condition as someone has cut the connector.
As is $150 + shipping. I could take the time to see if it works but if it does the price goes up.
I didn’t know these have a woodgrain appliqué?

 

[ImpJay]

The wood appliqué was a one-year-only feature(I don´t say about pre-Fuselages), like quite many things on 69 Imps.

 

[CBODY67]

As I recall, the 1969 Imperials were the only Imperials to use the windshield radio antenna. As if to match Cadillac/GM in their new windshield radio antennas? The GM radios for vehicles that used these antennas usually had a tag on the radio, or if it was a "power antenna" radio. Possibly some fine-tuning of the antenna sensitivity adjustments or whatever? As the Chrysler AM radios used to have (antenna trimming adjustment)?

The factory system was a 5-speaker situation. So the Clectron box would be needed to divide the channels and then a matching f/r fader control to complete the speaker situation. Still, a good starting point! Due to the faster tape speed, 8-tracks sounded much better than the later cassettes, by observation. Especially with the better speakers the Chrysler products usually had in them, back then.

CBODY67

 

[ImpJay]

Actually 70 and 71 Imps also had the antenna in the windshield. The 72-73 were only Fusies with a power toy.
http://www.fuselage.de/imp69/69imp07b.jpg
http://www.fuselage.de/imp70/70imp02b.jpg
http://www.fuselage.de/imp71/71imp01b.jpg
I know, brochures may be a bit off, I´ve yet to see a 69-71 Imp with a radio antenna standing on its own. Here´s the younger toy I refer to:

 

[CBODY67]

Obviously, the '69s had the windshield antenna for marketing reasons. GM was making a big deal of it. Putting those wires in the glass was obviously shared technology. Varying the antenna sensitivity could easily be done. So Chrysler cautiously put their toe into those waters.

They worked pretty well and gave the cars a smoother look, but then reception problems started to pile up on the GM cars. Not sure if the complaints were from city dwellers with many tall buildings in their area or if they came from "the wide open spaces" where stations and towns were not particularly numerous? Couldn't raise the antenna higher, as in the case of a segmented mast. Perhaps a side issue in the popularity of factory tape units?

Wasn't aware about the '71 model Imperials being the same. Always figured a power antenna was optional, as on other Fuselage cars.

In the case of the GM cars, radio tuner electronics must have improved in the later years. I always suspected that the windshield antenna radios has a higher station sensitivity level in order go get better reception from an antenna with weaker inputs. Perhaps the proliferation of stronger AM and FM Stereo stations helped mask this situation?

CBODY67

 

[ImpJay]

They complaining came from driving under bridges and other infrastructures, where the car had to go underneath a road.

 

[ImpJay]

Bit small, but the text says that a power antenna was not available for 71 Imps. Here´s the link as well:https://www.hamtramck-historical.co...hipDataBook/1971/71_Chrysler_Options_0003.jpg

 

[detmatt]

This is sold, thanks FCBO!