How many build sheets were printed off?

[Chargerguy74]

I just looked at the 2 build sheets I pulled from my 74 Charger and noticed that the codes scribbled in red ink on the one sheet have an exact carbon copy on the 2nd sheet. Were all the sheets printed off at once, torn apart to separate the copies and then attached to the unibody? Does anyone know exactly how many copies were made/printed?

[Ghoste]

I believe there were three plus a giant one.  There was one for the dash, one for the interior and one for the drivetrain I think.  Then there was a much larger one on the front of the hood.  Again not sure.

[Alaskan_TA]

Likely 80 to 100 per car.

Think of a radio broadcast, but this was a paper broadcast. Every part of the plant that needed to pick a part or prepare an assembly for that car needed to know about it at the same time.

Trim shop - Seat frame types & upholstery style.

Dash shop - Dash frame type, & color, VIN number to put on it, rallye cluster or not, reverse light or not, etc.

Torsion bars, tires & rims, k-frame, engine & trans assemblies, etc. everyone had to know what parts to get to the main line & have them ready when needed for that car, so each sub-assembly & inventory area had it's own printer for broadcast sheets.

Some were printed two at a time with carbon paper as you found, the trim shop needed more than one sheet for the front & rear seats.

The red carbon paper let folks know that the printer was about to run out of paper,  just like credit card machines & the red stripe on receipts today.

[Chargerguy74]

Thanks for the info. I guess I got 2 that were printed together and then stuffed in the seat springs. I'm surprised there werent more disposed of in the cars if there were so many printed off.

[ECS]

I'm surprised there werent more disposed of in the cars if there were so many printed off.

The ones that were left in a vehicle were easy to hide or conceal instead of being thrown away like they were originally intended.  You'll find that the places they were typically found are in areas where the Line Worker was able to hide them.  This allowed them to keep their Work Station clean of the paper that most of the Line Workers had to put in their trash bins.  You won't find them "discarded" on things like Steering Wheels, Rear Window Defrosters, Spare Wheels, etc.......  Those Options did not have areas to hide or stuff the Sheets into.  If Broadcast Sheets could be hidden by the Part that they called out, they were left there because the Assembly Line Worker was too lazy to properly discard them.  Under the Carpet, Behind the Dash, under the Headliner, stuffed in the Seat Springs, on top of the Gas Tank, etc........