Where did you find your build sheet? Good Build Sheet Story? Share it!!

[2Gunz]

This thread http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,4135.0.html made me start this post.  Grats on finding yours.

Pretty much as the title says....

Where did you find your build sheet?

What are the common Build sheet locations?  Ive heard they are most found in seatbacks, above the glove compartment, and sometimes in the headliner. Ive also heard you could get none, or 1 to 3 in your car.

Find one in a strange spot?

Heard of one in a interesting spot?

Have any crazy facts about build sheets? 

Have odd rumors about them?

Basically if its about build sheets share your knowledge and interesting information about them.   



I personally own 3 Chargers.......

69' that Im restoring ---  It appears to be a bastard car and I havent found or have any hope of finding it.

69' That is awaiting a resto -- Shes a real 440 car, and Im the second owner of the car.  I have the original window sticker in almost perfect shape.  If anybody is interested Ill scan it or take a picture and share it.  My hopes where high on finding a build sheet for this car. I took out the back seat to look for it and no dice. There is a chance its in the car.... but no luck as of yet on it.

68' just bought it -- Havent looked for it yet. Its been through a few owners and considering the luck I have so far I dont expect to find it.

Im 0 for 3.


Share your storys and hopefully this will turn into an interesting thread.

[Rocky]

No Survey?

I found mine behind the rear seat, and it matched the car too.  It was in the most common location, an no stress.

[TruckDriver]

Only found bits and pieces of mine. The dry desert heat dry rotted it

[2Gunz]

I would have done a survey.  But to be honest I dont really know where all the "normal" spots are.

Which is part of the reason I started this.  Maybe somebody found theirs in the (insert odd location here) and mine will happen to be there as well.

[Rocky]

Only found bits and pieces of mine. The dry desert heat dry rotted it

But WHERE did you find it?

[TruckDriver]

Only found bits and pieces of mine. The dry desert heat dry rotted it

But WHERE did you find it?

Under the passenger seat

[Spartan]

I found mine under the carpet in the back seat.  It was sitting there for 35 years on top of about 3 of those caulk tube ends they cut off.  It was oily and hard to read but it is mine .

[MoparYoungGun]

My Uncle found the one to his '68 under the rear sheet. It's in surprisingly good shape.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Found mine under the rear seat.

PS--2Gunz----have you registered any of the Chargers yet?

www.1969chargerregistry.com

[Khyron]

behind the back of the back seat. In the same location and condition as derailed

[az69rtcharger]

2Gunz,
Scan your window sticker or take a photo if you can. I would like to see a clean copy of one

[Chris G.]

No sheet for the Charger , but so far I have 2 for the Hang Tizzle. The one on the left was in the glove box, and the one on the right was under the rear seat. I'll bet there's more goodies under the carpet, but I haven't checked yet.

[Khyron]

whoah, their in color?

[jaak]

When I got my car, I had one given to me, I'm assuming it was under the rear seat, but when I was dissassembling it I found another taped to the top of the glove box liner.

[2Gunz]

Window sticker.........  Or what I believe is the window sticker 

EDIT : Covered Serial# and tagged the bottom with DodgeCharger.com to see if it ends up elsewhere. Hope Troy doesnt mind.

[2Gunz]

The car that that belongs to is a classic "Awe hell" moment.

I bought that car solely as a motor and tranny donor car.

The window tag was handed to me by the original owner of the car.

He bought it brand new after getting back from vietnam.

I think there is more paperwork for it.... but I cant remember where for the life of me.

The only reason I have that is I had never seen one before and thought it was interesting.

I pulled the motor and tranny and stored it in my Grandfathers barn.

The car still sits there.

It has a trunk full of stuff.  Dont have any idea what.  I opened it one time and thought "yep trunk full of junk".

Closed the trunk and never opened it again.


The car in the barn is complete.... minus the motor and tranny.

I bought another car a month before that one.... which was pretty to look at but had a whipped 318 in it.

The 318 (now with the 440 in it) car became my driver for the next 6 years. About 6 months ago I decided "it was time" for the car to get the respect it deserves.  And I started restoring it.

Whats interesting is the 440 car (which the above sticker belongs 2)  was destained for the scrap heap. And I just couldnt do it.  Now that car is worth way more than the nothing 318 car Im restoring.

Anyway Im flying to NY in a week and Im going to poke around and see what else I can find out about it.

[bad1032]

1) 69 was under the upper back seat, they other 69 was under dash by heater box.

[JimShine]

My 1969 has one that was in the rear seat back. It is kind of tattered, but its the right one for it.

Been searching hard for one in my '68. The headliner, package tray and original carpet are gone. I looked in the seatbacks, nothing. I felt around the glovebox liner and nothing. Maybe once I get the seats out I may find something i couldn't feel or maybe something is hiding in the dash somewhere.

[Charger_Fan]

I found my build sheet on the upright part of my back seat way back in 1986, shortly after I bought the car. I was cleaning the car out because the previous owner was a pig & there was lots of crap in it.
It came out in 2 pieces, with a couple small spots missing.

The funny thing is that I had never heard of a build sheet before then, but it looked cool, so I kept it. There may be more in the car, I haven't pulled the interior out of it yet.


Hey Chris, what does it say on the bottom of those? Something Pacer System?

[Old Moparz]

The sheet from my '69 Satellite convertible was under the rear seat bottom in dry, but readable shape. There were 2 sheets from my '71 Scamp in excellent shape, one in the rear seat & one from under the carpet. The one from my '71 Barracuda was under the carpet in fair, & readable condition, considering rodents had lived in the car for years. I don't have any for the '68 Charger or the '70 Road Runner, & the one in the rear seat from the '68 Coronet 500 convertible is actually for a Coronet R/T convertible. This is the only one that I did read since I was listing the car for sale, & it wouldn't be for sale if the car were a R/T.   

Maybe I'll read the others I have one day?

[694spdRT]

I found the top half of my buildsheet under the rear seat. There was a '69 318 Coronet or Satellite sheet that was protected and nearly perfect under mine in there as well.

[Steve P.]

Window sticker.........   Or what I believe is the window sticker  

EDIT : Covered Serial# and tagged the bottom with DodgeCharger.com to see if it ends up elsewhere. Hope Troy doesnt mind.

Wish I could go to the dealer and see this today....

[Charger Aficionado]

   On all the 2nd Gens I've had, it has been in rear seat upper portion, or missing.   I've GONE THROUGH some of those cars...  

  BTW:   if you would like a "NOVELTY BUILDSHEET" for 1969, I have it in PDF form.   I think they took them down from MoParts?   If you would like a copy email me at fifthforce75@yahoo.com and I'll shoot you one.   You can find the '70 at 1970chargerregistry.com

[69_se_ron]

found one under the rear seat and the other under the driver's seat.

[Chris G.]

Hey Chris, what does it say on the bottom of those? Something Pacer System?

CF, That says 'Fuel Pacer System'. It was basically another wacky gimmick courtesy of Chrysler. It was introduced late in '74 (option L73). It was supposed to help drivers know when they were using too much fuel (or speeding). The front left turn signal will glow when the system senses that you are using excessive fuel while driving. It was a major headache for people who didn't know what it was, because they would chase wires trying to figure out why the turn signal light would all of a sudden glow. Mine still works fine.

[Charger_Fan]

Hey Chris, what does it say on the bottom of those? Something Pacer System?

CF, That says 'Fuel Pacer System'. It was basically another wacky gimmick courtesy of Chrysler. It was introduced late in '74 (option L73). It was supposed to help drivers know when they were using too much fuel (or speeding). The front left turn signal will glow when the system senses that you are using excessive fuel while driving. It was a major headache for people who didn't know what it was, because they would chase wires trying to figure out why the turn signal light would all of a sudden glow. Mine still works fine.

I guess it would have been too easy to just have it light up it's own idiot light.

Thanks for the info, I've never heard of that either.

[MichaelRW]

Found two in mine. One was under the rear seat and the other under the carpet. The one under the seat was in very good condition, the other one was all in one piece but was stained. Both were legible though and they both were for my car. I laminated the one in the poorer condition. Here's a pic of the good one.

[ScottW]

I found a partial under the rear seat of my 74.  Maybe there is another one lurking around under the carpet or up in the headliner.

So far on my 71, the sheet is MIA. I guess that puts me at .3 for 2.

[ChargerRT440]

no luck under my seat anybody know possible locations of the sheet in a 68 dart?

[Charger Aficionado]

no luck under my seat anybody know possible locations of the sheet in a 68 dart?

Well in the Charger I've heard tales of it being ANYWHERE, behind lower door panels, under headliner, etc...

[Dans 68]

Found one under the back seat, in about 30 or 40 pieces. I spent a lot of time trying to literally piece it together. And, of course after all of the piecing work,  I now know there is one more under the front bench. On a lark, I stuck my hand under and found it (I have not taken the time to properly get it out...I guess I'm waiting for a special occasion!  )

Dan

[2Gunz]

Anybody else?  Where did you find yours?

[Alaskan_TA]

I have found broadcast sheets in the rear seat back, rear seat bottom, under the front seat, inside the front seat backs (both sides) and taped to the back of the glove box liner.

I know others who have found them under the carpet, in the headliner and under the rear package shelf.

They can be found in "spare" seats too.

Sheets found in one or both of the bucket seat backs are usually for other cars, look at the VINs on them closely.

If you do find one for a different car, please send it or a clear color copy at least to one of the Registries for that malke and model. They can be matched up to the proper car, it happens. 

I find a fair amount of them in my mailbox as well. 

Best of luck and happy hunting,

Barry

[Alaskan_TA]

This one was found during the AAR and T/A Reunion at Carlisle last July, it matched the T/A it was found in.

[Alaskan_TA]

This one was pretty sad, it was in a Charger too.

[Alaskan_TA]

another one from a Charger in the rear seat bottom......

[Alaskan_TA]

This photo shows one under a bucket seat in a Charger....

[Alaskan_TA]

Here is one that was under the carpet of a Cuda.....

[Alaskan_TA]

Here are two, the one on top of the car was found in a bucket seat of this car, but it was for a different T/A, I have that sheet here waiting to be claimed....

The one inside the rear seat matched the car.

[Alaskan_TA]

Hopefully two photos with me in them in a row will not break the internet?

This 318 Challenger had two broadcast sheets in it, the one in the rear seat matched the car it was found in, and the one I am holding was for a Panther Pink T/A. It is waiting to be claimed as well.  

[Brock Samson]

   The green '68 seat that was in my '69 had one looked like that sad one you posted... it's been a few years since i've examined it, but it wasn't anything special...   

[2Gunz]

Back up.... maybe get a few more 

[Dennis K]

When I first found my 68 Charger, it had a back seat from a 69 in it, which someone had spray-dyed black. There was a broadcast sheet in the seat back, but it was from the triple green 69 383 2v Charger that the seat came out of. The only other one I found in the car was on the floor under the carpet in front of the passenger's front seat. It was illegible and stuck to the floor, and I can only assume that it was for my car, but it might be another location for you guys to look for yours.

[Alaskan_TA]

I found another broadcast sheet in my mailbox today, it is for a 1970 Challenger 340, the VIN is JH23H0B271433

It is free to the owner of the car with proof of ownership.

Some Charger items were added to the "found" lists at www.hamtramck-historical.com over the weekend as well, so be sure and check for your VIN again if you have not done so in a while.

T/Ake care,
Barry Washington

[HeavyFuel]

My '68 actually had 3 build sheets in it.  The one under the rear seat was in pretty decent shape.  I pulled it out back in '92 and sent a copy to Govier to decode.  Last year when I pulled out the rear carpet, another one was stuck to driveshaft hump, but that turned out to be for a different car.  Finally, when I pulled the dash to prep for a complete body and paint, I found the last one behind the glove box.  That one is perfecto.