Build sheet
April 30th, 2012, 10:40 PM
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Randy C.
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Although the different assembly plants were supposed to adhere to the same standards, they did vary on how those standards were enforced. Except for Lansing, most or all of the other assembly plants would leave a build sheet somewhere in the car - above the gas tank, behind an interior panel, under a seat, under the carpet, behind the dash, and so forth. Lansing seemed to play by the rules in that, from what I've heard of people reporting on this site, no one has ever found a build sheet in a Lansing car.
A car order worksheet sounds like something a dealer would put together when a customer was buying a new car.
Randy C.
A car order worksheet sounds like something a dealer would put together when a customer was buying a new car.
Randy C.
May 1st, 2012, 06:00 AM
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What's your car's VIN? That will tell us immediately where it was built, and if it's a Lansing car, you'll know that it most likely doesn't have a build sheet anywhere in it, and you don't have to waste time looking for it.
The protect-o-plate was something that came with every new GM car during that era. As I understand, it was like a credit card and was used to simplify warranty repairs and so forth as the dealer need only run the card through their machine to get everything about the car and owner at once. But it has nothing to do with the build sheet.
The protect-o-plate was something that came with every new GM car during that era. As I understand, it was like a credit card and was used to simplify warranty repairs and so forth as the dealer need only run the card through their machine to get everything about the car and owner at once. But it has nothing to do with the build sheet.
May 1st, 2012, 02:49 PM
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May 2nd, 2012, 07:33 AM
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The car may leave the factory with the build sheet hidden somewhere, or it might not.
It seems mostly they do, probably because the last assembly line worker who used the build sheet left it there because it saved time not to put it in the trash can, most assembly line have a productivity bonus scheme to encourage workers to keep busy.
If it was a requirement to leave the build sheet surely it would be with the other documents that a new car comes with?.
Roger.
It seems mostly they do, probably because the last assembly line worker who used the build sheet left it there because it saved time not to put it in the trash can, most assembly line have a productivity bonus scheme to encourage workers to keep busy.
If it was a requirement to leave the build sheet surely it would be with the other documents that a new car comes with?.
Roger.
May 2nd, 2012, 08:42 AM
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The car may leave the factory with the build sheet hidden somewhere, or it might not.
It seems mostly they do, probably because the last assembly line worker who used the build sheet left it there because it saved time not to put it in the trash can, most assembly line have a productivity bonus scheme to encourage workers to keep busy.
If it was a requirement to leave the build sheet surely it would be with the other documents that a new car comes with?.
Roger.
It seems mostly they do, probably because the last assembly line worker who used the build sheet left it there because it saved time not to put it in the trash can, most assembly line have a productivity bonus scheme to encourage workers to keep busy.
If it was a requirement to leave the build sheet surely it would be with the other documents that a new car comes with?.
Roger.
May 2nd, 2012, 11:04 AM
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[QUOTE=wmachine;400842] Instructions were to put them in the trash. Leaving a build sheet in the car was leaving trash in the car. QUOTE]
I have found build sheets in all my cars, always one under the rear seat.
Someone else's trash was my treasure!
I have found build sheets in all my cars, always one under the rear seat.
Someone else's trash was my treasure!
May 2nd, 2012, 11:41 AM
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