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The Corvette Buildsheet Book was rolled out a couple of weeks ago at the National Corvette Museum. Copies were donated to the museum to assist staff with the many questions they get about St Louis assembly plant build records.
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The book chronicles the history of the General Motors Assembly Division manifest (buildsheet) during the 1973-82 production years. Here's a link to the Introduction page of the book
Auto Enthusiast published a nice overview
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Thanks, Tom! Looking forward to getting/seeing it!
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Thanks, Tom! Looking forward to getting/seeing it!
Thanks, Tom! Looking forward to getting/seeing it!
You gonna get this Joel ??
Corvette Buildsheet Book: A Study Guide for 1973-82 Build Records
Thomas P. Russo
$42.00
How to Order?
Send quantity along with name, mailing address and check to:
Buildsheet Book
C/O Tom Russo
410 32nd Avenue North
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
Using Paypal: Send quantity along with name, mailing address
and email address to buildsheets@earthlink.net
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hunt4cleanair said: The Corvette Buildsheet Book was rolled out a couple of weeks ago at the National Corvette Museum. Copies were donated to the museum to assist staff with the many questions they get about St Louis assembly plant build records.
The book chronicles the history of the General Motors Assembly Division manifest (buildsheet) during the 1973-82 production years. Here's a link to the Introduction page of the book
Auto Enthusiast published a nice overview
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Damn, But still this book will not provide me with a copy of the build sheet for my St Louis 1981 Vette !!
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No...it wasn't meant to provide specific vehicle info like that. Tom mostly, from what little I have seen, is giving more info on the changes in formats of the sheets over the years, and what info was/was not provided on those sheets. Also breaks down sections of the sheet to describe what each little box means, what some of the hand written notes mean, etc. Tom's been researching this stuff for years, and finally had enough solid info to publish.
And yes...I'll be getting it eventually....
As kind of a Corvette history buff, it will be of great interest.
And yes...I'll be getting it eventually....
As kind of a Corvette history buff, it will be of great interest.
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[quote]Damn, But still this book will not provide me with a copy of the build sheet for my St Louis 1981 Vette !! [/quote]
Yeah...my 78 Silver Anniversary does not have one either but the book tells me what all those markings are scratched on body panels. Two considerations
1. I suspect I know the answer, but have you explored all options? In the fifth chapter I describe sources where owners have had success. Owners have had luck with vettes shipped to Canada and tapping GM of Canada. Or, the GM Media Center and the dealer invoice service...granted not the same but confirms options.
2. The study guide also tells the story from a document perspetive of how a Corvette was assembled based on those build records and toggles between a buildsheet and process documented on the vehicle whether its a job number or the trim tag date code and where in the process those kind of tasks were completed.
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I realized I had not included this on my original post but the $42 includes shipping and handling for registry members.
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I worked this up for our Corvette chapter as a tech article but thought this excerpt from Chapter 3 would offers some insights into the depth that the study guide pursues. This chapter is titled Buildsheet Data by Model Year
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Tom: Is this a hard cover or paperback?? Sounds like I may want to get this!!!!
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dskopp said: Tom: Is this a hard cover or paperback?? Sounds like I may want to get this!!!!
Dan
Dan...its coil bound so can be used in the shop or under the car while holding a flashlight!
Size is 8.5 x 11, 54 pages, 52 colored pages. I went with coil bound over the plasti-coils...better quality and longevity. Lot of the tech guides from NCRS are wrapped that way.
thanks for asking!
BTW...here's the TOC
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