[Shotimes] Wierdest place to find a build sheet?

[Bill Murray]

I found a build sheet on top of the gas tank when I was changing out
fuel pumps.  It wasn't a very detailed one from what I could read.  Most
of it had completely faded away.

Bill Murray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net] 
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 11:38 PM
> To: Bruce Malachuk
> Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Wierdest place to find a build sheet?
> 
> 
> Bruce,
> 
> I found "a" build sheet for my '89 wadded up in the seat 
> springs under the passenger front seat.  I did an article on 
> these things for the Registry a couple years ago.
> 
> Each car can have several build sheets.  Some for the 
> interior, some for the frame or other major assemblies. 
> They all seem to have the entire car on them, but different 
> copies are used for different lines.
> 
> As that section of work is completed, workers quite often 
> stick these sheets somewhere in the car...why?  So the trash 
> goes out with the car.   Think about hundreds of sheets of 
> paper filling trash bins all day every day!
> 
> Most build sheets that survive are in the interior 
> somewhere, under the front seats is a favorite spot because 
> they are some of the last parts to go into the interior.
> 
> A few years of corvette had them on top of the gas tank, but 
> only a few years, but it has become legend.  Out tanks go in 
> a different way, and I don't think you will find any there.
> 
> Some get stuck behind the door panels.  Some get stuck under 
> the hood way back by the area where the inner fender, fender 
> and firewall intersect, nice deep spot where the paper won't 
> be seen easily and cause customer complaints.
> 
> Don Mallinson
> 
> Bruce Malachuk wrote:
> 
> > Anyone have any suffestions as to where I might find my 
> build sheet from my
> > car. I have found my 95 SLO's one, but I have searched 
> everywhere except in
> > the door panels, behind the dash, and on top of the gas 
> tank for the build
> > sheet on my 94 Opal Frost.
> >  
> > Tank is gettign droped tomorrow so I can take a look. :-)
> >  
> > Bruce J Malachuk
> > 
> > *	94 Opal Frost MTX
> > *	93 Emerald Green MTX
> > *	93 Black ATX - parts
> > *	95 Silver Frost ATX SE - SLO
> > *	94 Emerald Green ATX - hope to be parts car soon
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