Trivia Question 1 - 1963 Cadillacs with AC

[Jason Edge]

Thought I might throw some trivia questions out there starting with one I think was posted a couple years back. 

Trivia Question #1: What Percentage of 1963 Model Year Cadillacs came with AC?

[3n49omug8n28i]

66%?

[Jason Edge]

Clovis gets the Cigar!!! Good Job, Sparky!
66.0% of 1963 Cadillacs came equipped with Air Conditioning.

[Jason Edge]

Now, for the 2nd part of this Trivia Question ....
What Percentage of 1963 Model Year Lincolns came with AC?

[2o93f8rdftyzj]

Lincoln had a 64% rate in 1961 over Cadillac @ 52%

So, if in 1963, Cadillac had 66% as we all now know, because I've googled this and can't find it, i'll take an educated guess and say 75%.

If Cadillac was up 11%, ya give the same to Lincoln = 75% and on a final thought, i'll throw 3% at it for good luck.

FINAL ANSWER= 78% 

[Jason Edge]

Kevin, you are super close... super, super, super close... but No Cigar.  hint... it is actually higher!
ps... here are some more exact #'s for Cadillacs with AC from 1961 to 1963:
1961 - 51.7
1962 - 59.4
1963 - 66.0

[Jason Edge]

Tony, if you don't want to play that is fine. The point in the 2nd part of the question was the fact that a considerably higher % of Lincolns came with AC, than Cadillac. As stated 66.0 % of 1963 Cadillacs had AC. So far we have established that some # greater than 78% of 1963 Lincolns had AC.  I found that fact interesting to say the least. I would have guessed a higher % of Cadillacs had AC. But when someone nails down the final #, I will have a 3rd observation between the 2 makes.

[3n49omug8n28i]

79%

[Jason Edge]

We have a winner.... .CLOVIS! CLOVIS! CLOVIS!

79.4% of the 1963 Lincolns came with AC.
That's a 13.4% difference from Cadillac......
...... but......
There were a lot more AC units put in Cadillacs since their production numbers were much higher than Lincoln.
Of the 163,174 1963 Cadillacs produced, 107,695 came equipped with AC.
Of the 33,192 1963 Lincolns produced, 24,799 came equipped with AC.

So Lincoln has a considerably higher % of cars with AC, but approximately 80,000 more Cadillac drivers were riding around with AC than their Lincoln counterparts. 

[3n49omug8n28i]

PMSL PMSL PMSL Jesus Tony hahahahhaaahhah

[2o93f8rdftyzj]

Don't laugh at Tony, I suspect Ginny has hidden the ol boys walking frame again. LOL

[3n49omug8n28i]

Tony I'm dying for gawds sake. Yes this is now a Lincoln site. Jason's gone to the dark side.

I will say this, my 77 Mercury colony park has a plaque on the dash that says "Lincoln engineered ride" and there is a world of a different in the comfort. I could drive straight to your place in that thing and not even feel it. The Cadillac or Dodge Ram I'd have to stop every two hours as I would be cramping up. It's the seat mostly that's so uncomfortable. When I pull it out to service and lube the power seat mechanism I also plan to look into adding more support to the seat. Russ has said the fleetwood seats have different springs in them and are more comfortable but I've already had this seat reupholstered.

[2o93f8rdftyzj]

Should have bought a Fleetwood... ya tight arse. :-)

They are, very comfortable. I've done a 600 klm plus day in ours and was all good.

I wonder if a Lincoln would ride better..... hmmm, I might have to look into that.

Hey Tony, ya grumpy old bastard, you know of any Lincolns for sale? PMSL