New member, ‘67 Crown coupe

[Rdtreur]

Well if you're thinking about going back to leather, I'd sell those and re-do a junk set.

Hahaa, don’t think I can find a set of seats here in the Netherlands

 

[detmatt]

Thank Matt! I think the M3C should be M3G: green leather. The door panels are dark green as well.

@Carmine : the velours sure look like factory upholstery, but I prefer leather

Yes G isn’t even in my book because it’s Imperial only color and mine is M3A with the A being gray in my books and silver through Imperial literature.

 

[oliver]

Welcome.

 

[bajajoaquin]

Lovely car. I like the color. I also agree about the seats. It’s unusual to see aftermarket seats done in the same pattern as the originals. I like them. In general, I miss the days when nice fabrics were a real alternative to leather.

 

[GJS]

Awesome car, man!

 

[bajajoaquin]

Any update here?

 

[Rdtreur]

Yes , update time .
Imp runs good, got the ts switch overhauled by my local electric Guy . Lights work great now. I took the headlight switch apart and cleaned it, new grease and works great again. The noisy speedo meter got some grease in it and is working in silence again . Lot of things left to do but it is a running project now. Here are some photo’s:

 

[detmatt]

Fantastic! There’s not a better light display, well there probably is but that’s definitely in the top 3!

 

[78Brougham]

Beautiful car and color. Mine will be going back it's original FF1 "Haze Green Metallic" soon enough. The PO painted it FF8 for some reason.

Thanks for the pics and reaffirming my decision on getting her back to original.

On another note, my wife is picking up the front seats from the upholstery shop today. Been there since December. I can't wait to see them!

 

[bajajoaquin]

Lovely color combo and the evenness of your lights is really impressive. All nice and clean contacts!

 

[65sporty]

Nice looking Imp, good looking shop too

 

[Marv]

I´m not familiar with pre 1969 fendertags but I guess at the bottom right is
the sequence no in production ?!
so your cars are 14647 and 14652 .. that´s only 5 spots, so they stood almost
back to back on the assembly line ... or did I miss something

 

[Rdtreur]

Hahaa, I guess you are wright. Now there is a ocean between the two imperials

 

[78Brougham]

so your cars are 14647 and 14652 .. that´s only 5 spots, so they stood almost
back to back on the assembly line ... or did I miss something

Pretty amazing!

Mine must be way down the line then...

Any idea how mine reads out Matt?

 

[detmatt]

Even though our shipping order numbers are only 5 apart mine was scheduled to be built very early, August 23rd while the second tag is October 28th while the 3rd is February 7th.

 

[78Brougham]

So those numbers are more likely just order numbers and not actual build sequence numbers.

 

[detmatt]

As many times as Doug ( @69CoronetRT ) has explained this to me my ability to retain it continues to disappoint me...

 

[78Brougham]

Just my number seems awfully high. I don't recall the production run of Imperial's, but I don't think it 33k + was it?

 

[69CoronetRT]

So those numbers are more likely just order numbers and not actual build sequence numbers.

Short answer: Correct. The Shipping Order (SO) number on a 67 tag is NOT sequential. The SO is related to the SPD meaning you can't compare the SO between cars and learn much. It's likely the first "3" in the SO indicates the car was built for a reason outside of normal retail production i.e. dealer demo, lease car, etc. Don't ask. I don't know what the 3 actually means but it means something.

Long answer: SO assignment in 67 is different than later years. The first two numbers of the SO are related to the series and price line of the make and model in question. The first two numbers go up as the price goes up.

For example (and based only on my understanding today, the info I have on hand, other examples may exist, this may change in the future, blah, blah, blah, research continues.....)

Valiants start with 00 (possibly 01 also but I don't have an example of that)
Barracudas 02 or 03
Belvederes 02 or 05
Darts 03, 04 or 06
Coronets 06 and 08
Chargers 08
Full size Plymouths 08 or 09
Full size Dodges 10 or 11
Chryslers 12 or 13
Imperials 14

If a car has a different first number than would normally be found in the series, then it's safe to assume the entire SO series has been reset. The car has been assigned a specialty SO for some reason (again, it was a lease, dealer demo, show car, 67 Super Stock, executive order, or a variety of other possibilities)

From what I can tell, the five digit SO number was reset each day making the Scheduled Production Date important. So the range of SO of Imperials built on 823 SPD would range from 14001 to at least 14647 or 647 Imperials built on that single day. The next SPD, say 824, the series would start over making the SO number for the first car built 824 14001. IF this thinking is true, then one should expect to find two cars with the same last five digits but with different SPDs.

The down side to this is you could not assign any more than 999 cars to be built on any SPD without changing the first two digits. This is probably why the higher volume cars (Belvederes, Darts) have more than one initial series number. Given the total production of Imperials, it's unlikely they built more than 999 cars in one day. That's probably why there is only one series (14) number. As production ramped up during the 60's, this format would become unworkable. That reason, and probably a coupe of others, is why the SO assignment changes for the 1968 model year to a six digit number.

Being able to draw correct conclusions on topics like this is WHY information from tags, broadcast sheets, window stickers and other factory documentation is so important. Each bit of information tells us more as to how things were done. Each year is different. Each plant is different. Save the data.

 

[Mr C]

Hi, new member from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Next week I hope to pick up my 1967 Crown Coupe that I bought at a auction. It should be a running and driving car but is has some problems like heating/A-C/blower and so . I hope those can be fixed without to many problems.... don’t kill me over the not stock interior and 1974 hub caps;-)
And YES I have pics ;-)
There just screen shots but it’s all I have for now...View attachment 168837View attachment 168838View attachment 168839

Beautiful car...FYI the wheel covers are not 74 Imperial...they are 78/79 Chrysler LeBaron (M body) but they look alright since they have the correct eagle.