I was thrilled to find a build or broadcast printout behind the metal seat back, passenger side, tucked up behind part of the metal seat frame (metal stamping bar running horizontally).
The sheet is not what I expected - a 3 x 7 inch computer printout that has the following info:

781 FR10577 23717 223 - B E
2WG

My car is a '66 Malibu Convertible, Baltimore car dated 10A on cowl tag.

Can anyone help me identify what this sheet is exactly and what can be deciphered from these numbers? Greatly appreciated as always.
Brian

not to steal this thread -I too have a 5x8 sheet found in floor with carpet - ONLY hand written-26651. 83 A39 C60 D33 -GA .JA HOPE SOMEONE CAN USE AND READ IT FOR US -MARKO 1966 SS396 BUCKET SEAT CONSOLE , deluxe seatbelts RAGTOP with build sheet

I have come to the conclusion that the seats must be from another car. The FRA is Framingham, not Baltimore unless the seats were moved from one factory to another.

Seats were made right in the asembly plant trim shop.

sounds like the seats are from another car.boy,that sucks ,its fun to find the build sheet and match it to the car--does it match the cowl tag at all?--67rat

No, the cowl tag info is completely different. Burst my bubble!
I guess I will just cross my fingers that I can find something buried in the back seat, but for now I cannot see anything in them. Do the sheets ever get buried up in a non-visible area?? Maybe when I recover them I'll get lucky.
I pretty much have no documentation on this car at all I guess. Oh well, I'm glad I at least have a cowl tag to tell me original color (Lemonwood Yellow w/ white top, black bucket seat interior). Not too bad of color combo in my opinion.

fyi

Releasing: When the clerk at the end of the body bank selected the next body based on the scheduling "rules" and released it from its line into the main conveyor to the Trim Line, the computer released the "Broadcast" file with the next sequence number, and it was sent to many teletype printers throughout the plant where subassemblies were built and sequenced for delivery to the Main Line to meet up with that particular car. The same computer program also generated the end-of-line paperwork for that car - the price sticker, car shipper, and other internal documents.

The "Broadcast Copy" (often called the "build sheet" today) included the sequence number, VIN, identification number, dealer code, order number, and selection codes for virtually every part that went on that car. There were two types of Broadcast Copies: the Body Broadcast Copy (BBC) was used on the Trim Line and Final Line, and the Chassis Broadcast Copy (CBC) was used on the Engine Dress, Chassis, and post-marriage overhead Chassis Line. There was some level of duplication on both Broadcast Copies, which were standard Chevrolet forms used in most Chevrolet plants. (Vega assembly at Lordstown was a notable exception - the teletype printers couldn't print a full sheet at 103 per hour, so the Vega Broadcast (designed by yours truly) was only a half-sheet, 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, so the printers could stay ahead of the line.) By the time the car got to the Final Line there were Broadcast Copies all over it, under it, and inside it, as all the various feeder lines used them too. Each installation point for conveyor-delivered components had a trash barrel to pitch the copy that came taped to the subassembly, and there were several at the end of the Final Line. Fisher's computer generated their version of a "Broadcast Copy" for each car, called a "UOIT" (Uniform Option Identification Tag), which identified the color, trim, and options information for the Trim Shop build of that particular car; that document was placed on the car at the transfer station for worker reference.


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The seats for that car were delivered from the "Cushion Room" where they were built, Four or five gallons of gas were pumped into the tank, the carburetor was primed by filling the float bowl through the vent tube, and the car was started for the first time; idle speed was adjusted, automatic transmissions were topped-off, the air cleaner was installed, and the car was ready for drive-off. The Scheduling clerk had already produced the P-O-P from the Broadcast Copies picked up at the Engine and Chassis lines, the window sticker, car shipper, and final order copy had been produced, and these were placed in the glove box with the warranty folder and owner's manual while the window sticker was applied to the door glass. The car was then "de-papered" by removing all the extra Broadcast Copies, supplier labels, etc. that were taped all over the car as assembly information, and trashing them. Each car and its scheduled subassemblies picked up about twenty Broadcast Copies at it progressed through the Chevrolet assembly system, but it was strictly an internal plant information document and none were shipped with the car's paperwork package to the dealer. >>>>>Where I got this info<<<<< (http://www.camaros.org/assemblyprocess.shtml)

I know this club helped me find my broadcast in my ragtop 66 ( kansas car ) thanks el camino - look in pass frt fender , look thru the hinge hole ( flashlight ) in pass door for a pc of paper stuck too the inner backside of the fender , if you see one be careful its really brittle by now , YOU can reach around the hood hinge to remove if you are lucky enough to see it, havn't heard a baltimore car having one hide there yet , marko GOOD LUCK in the HUNT

I like the "de-papered" explanation. Kind of like "de-shopping" your cart if you can't make it to the checkout line before the store closes. :D

Apparently a lot of cars weren't "de-papered" enough, thank goodness!