New location for a build sheet to be found
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New location for a build sheet to be found
OK, at least this is a location I'd not heard of before! I had pulled the drivers side fender off the 1971 Cutlass 4 door I'm parting out. I removed the inner wheel well and saw what I thought was a wad of newspaper tucked under the fenders wheelwell lip. I pulled it out and was ready to toss it when I realized it was a build sheet. The previous owner told me it had been purchased by his mother in Montana, and the dealer listed is in Billings MT. One other interesting note is I see a box where the typed code was crossed out and another one was hand written in it's place (box 50, right hand side of last picture). This is a Fremont built car and the first time I'd seen a change like this. Has anyone else seen a hand written change on a build sheet?
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The build sheet for my '70 GTO (found above the gas tank) has a "pen and ink" change in box 74, in which "K20B" is crossed out and something else is written in that I can't read. Also, in box 106, G78X14 is crossed out and "G70X14" is written in (the rest of that line, "2X4 B/W -FRYU" remains as is). Towards the bottom right side of the sheet, "Refer PLN5851 for tire code change" is written in and it is signed by "DChandler" and dated "10/30" [1969]. This car is also a Fremont CA car.
Randy C.
Randy C.
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I also found the remnants of a build sheet in the driver-side fender of my car! In the area behind the wheelwell, down where it bolts to the body. I originally thought it was a bunch of dried leaves, but then I saw the printing on a larger scrap. It crumbled to pieces when I tried to remove it, but I did keep a few legible bits. My car was also built in Freemont.
#8
My '67 Delmont was built in Kansas City. It had the code for a 3.08 axle ratio printed on the build sheet crossed out and the 2.78 code handwritten over it. When I checked the factory literature, sure enough the 2.78 was specified as standard axle with a 330/TH400 combination.
#11
Yes, my Fremont sheet also has handwritten changes in Box 16 (Rear Spring). 'NK' was changed to 'PR' and it appears the change was initialed. Would love to know what it means and interesting that others have similar changes.
#12
I am new to this website. Does anyone have an idea how I can tell by the vin number if my car is a true 442? I bought it as such and now am selling it and everybody wants to know what proof I have. Just my word and the word of a friend I bought it from. By the way, its a 66 442 with a 425 and 3 spd automatic if you know anybody interested. Nice turn key car.
#13
Well, it doesn't sound like a 442.
As far as I know, in '66 the 442 came with the 400 engine, and the 2-speed Jetaway if it was an auto.
Of course, NO Cutlass models ever came with the 425.
As for VIN - 442 was an option package that year, not a model line, so it is not reflected in the VIN.
- Eric
As far as I know, in '66 the 442 came with the 400 engine, and the 2-speed Jetaway if it was an auto.
Of course, NO Cutlass models ever came with the 425.
As for VIN - 442 was an option package that year, not a model line, so it is not reflected in the VIN.
- Eric
#14
I am new to this website. Does anyone have an idea how I can tell by the vin number if my car is a true 442? I bought it as such and now am selling it and everybody wants to know what proof I have. Just my word and the word of a friend I bought it from. By the way, its a 66 442 with a 425 and 3 spd automatic if you know anybody interested. Nice turn key car.
#15
I am new to this website. Does anyone have an idea how I can tell by the vin number if my car is a true 442? I bought it as such and now am selling it and everybody wants to know what proof I have. Just my word and the word of a friend I bought it from. By the way, its a 66 442 with a 425 and 3 spd automatic if you know anybody interested. Nice turn key car.
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Thanks Kurt that's right - 5V in 66....
65 & ‘66 CUTLASS COWL CODES - some of these are incorrect but the V in Group 5 is correct - last i remember...
GROUP 4
C = Chrome side window sill moldings – (B85)
H = Chrome upper “peak” body side moldings – (B84) (1965 only)
M = Moldings - door/window glass frame (F85 only) (1966)
V = 442 side trim – (W29) (1965)
D = Y68 side moldings
GROUP 5
F = Remote mirror (D33)
W = Deluxe front seat belts (A49)
Y = Deluxe front and rear seat belts (A39)
M = Unconfirmed
O = Unconfirmed – may be seatbelt delete (A62)
V = 442 trim (1966)
Z = Belts, shoulder harness (1966)
65 & ‘66 CUTLASS COWL CODES - some of these are incorrect but the V in Group 5 is correct - last i remember...
GROUP 4
C = Chrome side window sill moldings – (B85)
H = Chrome upper “peak” body side moldings – (B84) (1965 only)
M = Moldings - door/window glass frame (F85 only) (1966)
V = 442 side trim – (W29) (1965)
D = Y68 side moldings
GROUP 5
F = Remote mirror (D33)
W = Deluxe front seat belts (A49)
Y = Deluxe front and rear seat belts (A39)
M = Unconfirmed
O = Unconfirmed – may be seatbelt delete (A62)
V = 442 trim (1966)
Z = Belts, shoulder harness (1966)
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