1964 coupe de ville
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Comment by Denis Binette on March 12, 2025 at 10:20pm
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The car is exactly the way it was when I first purchased it. I am in the process of replacing the radiator hoses with the correct clamps. I little maintenance never hurt.
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Comment by Kurt on March 12, 2025 at 6:48pm
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Ah, I meant servo, not transducer. I've never seen a 64 without the "steamboat". Didn't know about early recalls. Glad my 63 has simpler A/C : )
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Comment by Jason Edge on March 12, 2025 at 6:30pm
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Also, with such a low mileage example (14K miles) perhaps it never failed and never needed service. I remember first seeing this car at the 2013 GN in Boston and being blown away. It was then owned by the late Chapter Member and friend Kurt Fowler. We even did a feature on it.
You can check out the newsletter at November 2013 Newsletter
Below is the cover of that early newsletter:
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Kurt. The retrofitted master "steamboat" switch was installed after they left the factory as a bypass to the "time delay" switch which I understand was not reliable. I am sort of forgetting the timing but remember there were 2 or 3 recalls and that was part of the "update". A good % of the 64's, especially the early production never saw this upgrade and you will not see any reference to it in any version of the shop manual I am aware of. This would be a good history topic to drill down when and how that "retrofit" occurred but I have seen quite a 64's with AC (i.e. Comfort Control) without this recall item.
The transducer was the cigar shaped part mounted tot he power servo on a cutout on the inside air box. It worked in conjunction with the power servo and converted electrical signal to a relative vacuum for opening and closing the AC/Heat door.
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Did you convert your A/C to non-Comfort Control? I don't see the transducer on the blower casing.
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That is a clean engine bay, and n ice to se a lot of the original hardware still there ... including the cad plate bolts, hinges, etc. Ha Ha. You also have the service plate on top left side of radiator support... don't see that on a lot of these cars. From 60 parts cars, I might have seen 3 or 4.
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Thank you Marty, somewhat of a rare piece from Spokane Washington.
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Comment by Marty Smith on March 11, 2025 at 6:26pm
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That's a beauty Denis !
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