COPO disassembly

[Alss]

Hey everyone, while alot of guys are heading off to the SCR I am home taking my COPO apart for restoration. Found a great surprise under the front seat...a third build sheet ..life is good. Heres a pic.

ALbert

[Mr70]

Is Galdi Irish?..if not,you must have a Horseshoe up your ***.

[Supercar_Kid]

Cool find Al, but I've always been under the impression that a build sheet was being referenced by line workers until a car reached it's final stages of assemby, when sometimes it would be tossed inside the car, glued behind a door panel, tucked under seat springs etc. What seems odd is that it's pretty clear in your pic, that at least this one particular build sheet was actually hog ringed right to the seat springs apparently at the time the seats were covered. Were Chevelle seats actually upholstered at the factory? I always assumed they would have been covered by an outside source and shipped to the assembly lines as complete units ready to install. Apparently that's not the case or your car's build sheet wouldn't have ended up with a hog ring through it. Has anyone else found build sheets in their cars that were hog ringed right to the seat covers like this? Seems odd to me, and definitely interesting to note. Al, have you managed to free it and compare it to your other 2 sheets yet? Post some pics of the info on it when you get a chance. Good luck on the rest of your project.

[1967Z28]

My '68 Chevy II L79 had the build sheet hog ringed to the rear seat cushion in virtually an identical manner. Nice find, Al. Congratulations.

-Jon

1967 Z28 street car
1967 Z28 Trans-Am race car
1967 Z28 Registry

[Alss]

I found a similiar build sheet in my 70 LS-5 Chevelle, but in the back seat..also hog ringed in! A baltimore car as well. Time to play the lottery .

ALbert

[Belair62]

Oddly enough...I found on hog ringed in a 64 Impala !!!

[Nova Research Project]

Supercar_Kid;

Here is a small history on these sheets. There are Fisher Body buildsheets and there are Chevrolet Assembly buildsheets. Technically called Broadcast sheets. The sheets found in the seats or anywhere else in the interior are most always Fisher Body sheets.

When a car was added to the daily order of run these sheets were broadcast to stations all over the plant (either Fisher side or Chevrolet side). They were then pulled off the printer and used to pick or assemble parts. They sometimes stayed with the part as it was installed on the car.

The Fisher Body sheets like the one found above were used to tell the seat assembler what order the cars were coming down the line. He then built the proper trim style seat and left the sheet in the seat as he put in the rack that went to the line. The guy on the line installing seats used the tag to identify what car to put the seat in. Alas, when the rack holding the seats was filled with all of the same trim style the worker usually did not take time to find the exact seat destined for the car. He took whichever one was closest. That is why it is common to find Fisher Body sheets for another car attached to your seats.

On full frame cars (or sub frame cars build in a plant with full frame cars) it is common to find Chevrolet sheets on top of the gas tank. As the full frame car rolled down the line the sheet taped on top of the gas tank served as a ready reference to the line worker. On cars build in a sub frame only plant the Chevrolet sheets were taped to the firewall.

There are two types for Chevrolet sheets. One was for the Body and one was for the Chassis. Later they were combined into one sheet. In the early 70's as Fisher was absorbed into Chevrolet Assembly the Fisher sheets became card tags or were eliminated in favor of the Chevrolet sheet.

Now each assembly plant was run different. Willow Run HARDLY ever left a Chevrolet sheet in a Nova. Matter of fact I have never heard of a Chevrolet sheet found before 1970. Novas build in Van Nuys in 1973 and later have a good chance of them being on top of the gas tank. Chevelles build in one plant used a different style Chevrolet sheet than car built in other plants the same year.

If anyone has a Fisher Body or a Chevrolet body or Chassis sheet for a Nova especially from a 1968 0r a 1969, please let me know.

Greg Roberts

[Mr70]

The most Buildsheets I have ever heard or seen found in one car,is 7,in a 1970 Chevelle SS.

[copo9566aa]

I found a similiar build sheet in a 69 Nova, but in the back seat..also hog ringed in!
Fisher Body sheets

[Alss]

I have the broadcast sheet as well or at least most of it. Enought to see the important parts. It was on the floor of the car under the carpet.

ALbert