[SCG] SCG-list Digest, Vol 35, Issue 3

[4carbcorvair]

The build sheet that was with my 66 Corsa convertible also did not match my
car. It is for a coupe made within that same week.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j233/4carbcorvair/66Corsa117.jpg

Ronnie

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:16 PM, <scg-list-request at tiger.skiblack.com>
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> From: "Bill Hubbell" <whubbell at cox.net>
> Subject: [SCG] Build Tag Mystery
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> I am putting new seat covers on my son's 1965 seats.  As I opened up the
> upper part of the Driver's bucket, I was pleased to find a build sheet
> stuck
> inside (Car Seats 016.jpg).
>
> However, after insecting the sheet (Car Seats 025.jpg), it is obviously NOT
> the sheet for his car, which is a convertible, as this sheet is for a
> 4-door.
>
> OK, I know that after 40+ years seats may have been changed, although the
> build date (03-03-65) is in the same week as my son's car (03A on the
> Fisher
> tag).  That got me to thinking, "Why would the build sheet be stuck inside
> the finished seat, anyway?"  You would think that Fisher would have wanted
> the build sheet to be available during the body assembly, and yet, once the
> seat top is sealed up you can't exactly get to it.  So what exactly was
> going on here?  Did Fisher only partially assemble the seat, leaving it
> open
> enough to shove the build sheet in once they were done with it?  Where
> exactly on the line were these seats assembled anyway?  Is it possible that
> a seat build for a 4-door could have been put in a convertible going down
> the line the same day?
>
> I could understand it better if the build sheet were merely stuck on the
> bottom of the seat where you could reach up into the springs from below,
> but
> why would they seal it inside of the top part of the seat?
>
> Anybody have any answers?
>
> Bill Hubbell
> President, SCG
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-- 
Ron Tinkham

66 Corsa Convertable, 140, 4sp.
Maine