I have a 72 SS ElCamino with a build sheet, It came with round gauges, but my build sheet does not have the rpo for gauges on it ,meaning I have an SS with a sweep dash from the factory.that the p.o. put gauges in. Is this right?

No, It means that it had the round pods without the gauge package.
No SS cars came with sweep style dash.

all SS cars came with SS dashes not sweep dashes the gauges were optional U14, standard SS dashes came with warning lights

I have been told the pod dash is out of a monte, because it has slots by the top a/c vent. and and no seat belt warning light by the cig lighter.

All the 72 models should have the seat belt warning light by the lighter. It doesn't mean that your camino is not an SS, but it also doesn't mean that it is.

I know its an SS because I have the build sheet with rpo B94-tail gate emblem SS, and rpo Z15-SS eqp pkg.
Does any one have a build sheet for a car with idiot lights?

Originally posted by EkS:
All the 72 models should have the seat belt warning light by the lighter. From another thread;

Originally posted by Jeff74:
72's built before 1/1/72 didn't have seat belt warning light.

Does box 84 show GE?
Also Box 86 should show *** on your 1972 Buildsheet.
Roughly that means no Tach,but Idiot lights,& No Gauges from the factory Originally.

where can I find the date the car was built? the only place I see a date on the build sheet is by the dealers name and iI assume its a delivery date box(s) 112-06, 113-02, 114-black smudge. will the date be on my trim tag? or will i at least be able to narrow it down?

Top Left.
Box 10 is the assemble date.
What does it show?
should look something like 03 05-03

box 84 does say ge and three dashes are through 86 the tach box I'm missing the upper left section of the build sheet so I cant see box 10. is therwe a place I can go to fully decode the build sheet?

Your buildsheet is saying the same as the other 72's I have here.No gauges,built with idiot lights.
To find your build date.
Look on your cowl tag,bottom line.Look for something like 05C.
That decodes as 5th month,meaning May.
C means week,so 3rd week.
Or just relay your entire VIN#(email if you prefer) and I can look it up in the book of Plants I have here.
Rick

email sent rick

now I guess I'll need to find the right combo of gauges I need the big gas gauge speedo with slot for PRND12 and clock? or blank,speedo and gas gauge? thks mr70 for quickly figuring out when it was built. june 1972 4th week.

A 1972 GE dash cluster code is:
*Big Gas Gauge on the left
*Speedometer w/column shift indicator
*Blank area w/Lens provision for clock stem.

thanks for the help graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Originally posted by Dean:
72's built before 1/1/72 didn't have seat belt warning light. My car was built in November of 1971, and I have the seatbelt warning light.

Seatbelt warning lite. Did the 69 SS have an option for a seatbelt warning lite? I have a red light near my lighter or was that for something else. Whatever it is it does not light up now. tell me what it is before I decide to take it apart and break it:))

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