Car production broadcast sheets date back to the early 1960's
(at least) in
the U.S. and 1966 or 1967 in Canada.
They were used to identify the parts going onto a car and thus
were attached
to items brought in from other suppliers (seats, carpets, etc.)
or from
another line in the plant (instruemt panels). Sheets wwe also
attached to
the body itself as the car rolled down the line, usually to the
front and
rear fenders, so the assembly line workers could tell which
axle,
suspension, brake, wheels, etc. to install. The U.S. 1961
Plymouth-Valiant
brochure shows a freshly -painted red Valiant proceeding from
the paint area
to the next point on the assmbly line with a brodcast sheet in
the right
headlamp cavity.
The sheets were also printed at differennt days and times,
depending upon
when they were needed. Seats, which were built by outisde
supppliers, had
sheets printed probably the earliest while sheets placed on the
fenders were
done last as they would not be needed until the day of
assembly. The
sheets attached to the seats are usually tbe most common as
they were placed
in the seat springs and are the hardest to fall off. Of
course sheets
placed on the outside of the car as the it progressed down the
line were
tossed in the garbage when done. Chrysler began including the
day and time
of printing on the sheet sometime in the mid-1970's.
The area labelled "Build Codes" listed either the last three
digits of the
part number or a bin number along with the colour code (where
needed).
This made it easy for the assembly line worker to grab the
correct part for
the car - torsion bars, steering column and wheel, brake/clutch
pedals,
radiator, wheels, wheel covers/hub caps, etc..
What years of Imperials do you have? There are a number of
sites but their
codes are usually a mish mosh of years as they group 1962-68
codes together
which is incorrect. The codes were the same for 1960-61,
1962-64, 1965,
and 1966-68. Code 502, for example, was "Deluxe wheel
covers" in 1960-61,
"225-cid slant six engine" in 1962-64, "Partial horn ring" in
1965 and
"Floor mats - heany duty - Police" in 1966-68.
>From 1969 to 1983 Chrysler used an A-N-N layout instead of the
three numbers
(N-N-N) and grouped codes by the first letter (A -
Accesories/Packages; B-
Brakes, C - Seats and carpets, D - Transmissions, etc.) Code
descriptions
were not altered during that time, although not all codes were
used for
every year. The codes were changed to an A-A-A- layout in
1984.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "aeyn" <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 4:56 AM
Subject: IML: Car Production Broadcast Sheets
> Hello All,
> This is just an idea. For those of us who have done
work on
> our cars, how many have been able to find the Car Production
> Broascast sheet for our cars? And where did they find it? I
> have baan able to find the Car Production Broadcast sheets in
> both of my Imperials. I believe that both of them were
retained
> by the bottom seat springs under the back seat. Is there a
> listing anywhere that will tell me what the codes meant for
the
> years I have? Also, on which years were the sheets done and
was
> there anything on the older cars like this. I know that they
have
> been used from 1969 to 1993. For the most part, they were
hidden
> and unless you know where and what to look for, most people
would
> not know that it even exists.
>
> Æyn & Patrick
>
> (By the way, "Æyn" is the old english spelling of "Ian" and
> prodnounced the same.)
>
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