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Hello 70,
Boy!!
That's a good looking build sheet.
Did the tank get dropped to retrieve it?
AND a nice looking car too!
Would be interesting to see some more photos!
Regards,,,,,,
That is one great looking buildsheet and you're fortunate its in one piece.
The Corvette Order Copy is a sales document vs. either the chassis or body broadcast copy which are actual build documents, all of which, as you see are presented in portrait format. Your fellow C2 and early C3 enthusiasts see these style documents unsed until 1973 when a landscape format buildsheet was found on gas tanks. In 1973, the factory glued a copy of the manifest to the tank. The manifest, also referred to as a build sheet is a build document or assembly document that combines both body and chassis broadcast codes for vehicle options. Its those codes that separate an early buildsheet from the late-model C3 buildsheets. I've attached a copy for your reference.
This is a buildsheet for a 1978 Pace Car, fully loaded. Note the range of option codes for suspension, eingine, trim, etc.
Hello 70,
Boy!!
That's a good looking build sheet.
Did the tank get dropped to retrieve it?
AND a nice looking car too!
Would be interesting to see some more photos!
Regards,,,,,,
Just saw your photo at Newfound Gap.
WOW!!!!!!
I replaced the tank last summer and found it taped in a bag. The drive in that car on the Blue ridge parkway around Cherokee NC was spectacular. Checked some boxes for me for sure.
That is one great looking buildsheet and you're fortunate its in one piece.
The Corvette Order Copy is a sales document vs. either the chassis or body broadcast copy which are actual build documents, all of which, as you see are presented in portrait format. Your fellow C2 and early C3 enthusiasts see these style documents unsed until 1973 when a landscape format buildsheet was found on gas tanks. In 1973, the factory glued a copy of the manifest to the tank. The manifest, also referred to as a build sheet is a build document or assembly document that combines both body and chassis broadcast codes for vehicle options. Its those codes that separate an early buildsheet from the late-model C3 buildsheets. I've attached a copy for your reference.
This is a buildsheet for a 1978 Pace Car, fully loaded. Note the range of option codes for suspension, eingine, trim, etc.
The NCRS keeps data on zone & dealer numbers. It appears your #s are 7 & 291. If you have the name and address of the seller on the sheet and would like to add that to their data, you can enter it yourself on their website. Nice find. https://www.ncrs.org/services/dealer-code-data.php
Guess that means 56 years ago this one rolled out. Surprised how well the build sheet held up.
Yes, it did hold up very well for being on the tank! Usually, the best preserved copies are the ones that are occasionally left between the speedometer and tachometer. You might want to look there if you haven’t already… You may get lucky and find a second copy!
One other neat item is that it has both identification numbers for the car. One was assigned when the job to assemble the car started (but before the VIN was issued) and ran from 1 to 500. This would be written on various body panels of the car as they were pulled for assembly. You can almost always find it on the outside of the passenger footwell (behind the stone shield), on the outside of the bulkhead facing the fuel tank, and usually on the metal bulkhead behind the driver seat… But there were other locations as well. The second number was assigned after the VIN was issued for the car. It also ran from 1 to 500, but corresponded to the last three digits of the VIN (if the last three digits of the VIN are UNDER 500) or the last three digits of the VIN MINUS 500 (if the last three digits of the VIN are OVER 500). You should be able to tell pretty quickly which number is which.
Very cool car… A 1970 LT-1 convertible is a great car to have!
The NCRS keeps data on zone & dealer numbers. It appears your #s are 7 & 291. If you have the name and address of the seller on the sheet and would like to add that to their data, you can enter it yourself on their website. Nice find. https://www.ncrs.org/services/dealer-code-data.php
I posted this years ago… If you know the zone number, this will give you a general idea of where the car was sold. Zone 7 had its corporate offices located in Dallas, Texas. Going further from the NCRS site, the original dealership name that sold your car will fall alphabetically between Heyl Motor Company (293) and Hooker Vandergriff (327).
The following are a list of zonenumbers attached to the corresponding zonename which should be accurate for most late 60s - early 70s applications. If you don't have any idea where the car was sold originally, but DO have the zoneand dealer numbers, then this should help you narrow the search somewhat. Keep in mind that some zones covered a very large geographical area while others were quite small.
01 - Flint (MI) 02 - Tarrytown (NY) 03 - St. Louis (MO) 04 - Minneapolis (MN) 05 - Kansas City (KS) 06 - Oakland (CA) 07 - Dallas (TX) 08 - Atlanta (GA) 09 - Norwood (OH) 10 - Denver (CO) 11 - Chicago (IL) 12 - Buffalo (NY) 13 - Pittsburgh (PA) 14 - Baltimore (MD) 15 - Philadelphia (PA) 16 - Charlotte (NC) 17 - Memphis (TN) 18 - Des Moines (IA) 19 - Portland (OR) 20 - Los Angeles (CA) 21 - Janesville (WI) 22 - Louisville (KY) 23 - Oklahoma City (OK) 24 - New Orleans (LA) 25 - Indianapolis (IN) 26 - Jacksonville (FL) 27 - New York (NY) 28 - Cleveland (OH) 29 - Omaha (NE) 30 - Houston (TX) 31 - Birmingham (AL) 32 - Cambridge (MA) 33 - Fargo (ND) 34 - San Diego (CA) 35 - Newark (NJ) 36 - Salt Lake (UT) 37 - Richmond (VA) 38 - Great Falls (MT) 39 - El Paso (TX) 40 - Charleston (WV) 41 - Wichita (KS) 42 - Seattle (WA) 43 - Portland (ME) 44 - Detroit (MI) 45 - South Bend (IN) 46 - Green Bay (WI) 47 - Peoria (IL) 48 - Syracuse (NY) 49 - Harrisburg (PA) 61 - Milwaukee (WI) 62 - Shreveport (LA) 64 - Scranton (PA) 69 - Amarillo (TX) 70 - San Antonio (TX) 71 - Bloomfield (NJ) 72 - Fort Worth (TX) 73 - Long Island City (NY) 78 - Oakland (GM Overseas Export) 79 - Hawaii 80 - GM Canada 81 - Vancouver, British Columbia 82 - Calgary, Alberta 83 - Regina, Saskatchewan 84 - Winnipeg, Manitoba 85 - London, Ontario 86 - Montreal, Quebec 87 - Moncton, New Brunswick 88 - Ste. Foy, Quebec 95 - Toronto, Ontario 96 - Ottawa, Ontario
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