<VV> Build Sheet

[Tony Underwood]

At 11:17 AM 7/28/2009, Bill Hubbell wrote:
>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.





When I pulled the drivetrain out of my at-the-time just acquired '65 
ragtop (to yank out it's last-legs turbo engine) I found a faded 
ragged half of a build sheet still semi-taped to the top of the 
differential cover.  THAT surprised me because I had no clue anybody 
ever stuck them there and it looked like it had been there since new, 
if its condition was any indication, although it was still legible 
believe it or not.    It's possibly still in the basement somewhere 
in a box on some shelf, although no clue where since it's been 25 
years now.    My buddy Dallas Mangus found a build sheet in the 
driver side front bucket of his red '65 Corsa coupe.   Current local 
chapter Prez found a build sheet in the lower back seat of his forest 
green '69 500.

Recently replaced f&r floors in the '67 500 coupe and checked its 
seats for a build sheet, nothing.    I've not checked the blue '69 
Monza, or the red Lakewood which is all original and unmolested so if 
a build sheet was in it from the assembly line it's still there 
now.   I'll be checking soon.



tony..