<VV> Build Sheet

[Bill Hubbell]

Build sheets are occasionally found stuffed inside the seat cushions or seat
backs.  They aren't always there, as it seems to depend on the mood of the
seat assembler whether s/he stuck the sheet inside or not.  The seats were
assembled at one plant while other body components were assembled elsewhere,
so while there originally were multiple copies of the build sheet for each
car, generally only the ones inside the seats survived, if any.

Here is a link to a couple of photos showing a build sheet I found stuffed
in the seat back of my son's 1965 convertible:
http://tinyurl.com/nburcu

http://tinyurl.com/n4u7hk

The interesting thing about this build sheet is that it indicates a seat
made for a 4-door and is therefore NOT the build sheet for Geoff's car,
although it was from the same week as the Build code on Geoff's Fisher
tag(03-03 = 03A).  At first I thought that somebody had changed the seat,
but Dave Newell offered a possible alternative (see below for actual quote):
because the seats were assembled in Grand Rapids and then shipped to Willow
Run Plant, it is possible they got mixed up.  It is also possible the seat
technician put the wrong slip inside the correct seat.

Bottom line: be cautious about assuming the build sheet you find in a seat
actually belongs to your car.  IF all the numbers on the Build Sheet match
the numbers on your Fisher Body tag you likely have the correct Build sheet
for your car - otherwise not.

For research purposes, if anybody has found Build Sheets I would appreciate
a photograph of same, along with the Fisher Tag and VIN tag information of
your car.

Bill Hubbell
President, SCG



From: chevrobilia at juno.com 
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:10 AM
To: whubbell at umich.edu
Cc: scg-list at tiger.skiblack.com
Subject: Re: [SCG] Build Tag Mystery

Hi Bill, 
This is pretty easy to explain. The seat cover assemblies were embossed and
stitched up at Fisher's Grand Rapids plant and sent to each Fisher body assy
plant from there. The seat frames were shipped in from another Fisher plant.
Then the seat assembly, complete with tracks, was built up on a sub-assembly
line at each body plant, close to the end of the assy line. 
The station at that sub-assembly line, like all the other stations on the
line, received a build sheet for each car. It was electronically transmitted
to (and printed at) each station, hence its real name: Broadcast Sheet.   
When that sheet was printed at each station, it essentially ordered a set of
parts to be picked and/or assembled for a particular body. The first
operation on the seat was probably to slip the covers on, and the person
doing that must have slipped his sheet inside.
He may have put the wrong sheet inside, or possibly the wrong seats were
installed in your son's car. I don't recall any difference between Monza
convert and sedan seats in 65 but I may be wrong. If I'm right, and the
seats for the sedan and your son's convert were also the same color, it
wouldn't have mattered. 
I suspect the first scenario was the culprit, though, since the seats should
have been assembled in sequential order.
Dave Newell



-----Original Message-----
From: eamsquared at comcast.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:02 AM
To: VirtualVairs
Subject: <VV> Build Sheet


Stephen, 

Where do you find the build sheet on a Corvair.  I am the original owner of
a '66 Monza Cpe but do not have the build sheet.  I did find a large tag
under the rear seat with the Stock Number/Key Tag but I haven't located a
Build Sheet. 



Erich Meyer 

Brick, NJ