Broadcast and Build Sheet

[70-SS/RS-L78]

What is the difference between a Build sheet and a Broadcast sheet.
My 70 Norwood L78 has a Broadcast sheet and I am being told it is
not a build sheet. I remember reading a description of both hear a
while back but I can’t seem to find it…
Thanks
Mark L

[Mr70]

This is a Build sheet.It gives more indepth Detail of how the car was originaly equiped,& built etc.

[70-SS/RS-L78]

Rick is that from a Norwood or an LA built car?
I know that most of the Camaro's built in LA had a build sheet and that “VERY FEW”
of the Norwood built cars had one. My car was built at Norwood and it has a Broadcast
Sheet. Did they use Build sheets in LA and Broadcast sheets in Norwood?
Mark L

[ChrisS]

Norwood?? Lordstown?? Cosworth??

[Jeff H]

Mark, the LA cars have the broadcast sheet, not a build sheet. My 69 Z28 has the broadcast sheet like yours.

[Nova Research Project]

70-SS/RS-L78;

I think we are talking semantics here. A broadcast sheet is a buildsheet.

The sheets like yours were "broadcast" to printers at assembly stations all over the plant. All of the sheets for one car were marked with the same sequence number. That was the order the cars were going to come done the line.

Each station used the sheet to build the sub assembly for which they were responsible. Usually the sub assembly sequence number was marked in paint stick or the broadcast sheet was attached to the sub assembly. The sub assemblies were built in sequence so that they hit the line in the order the cars were to come down.

Different broadcast sheets were used at different plants over time. Your style was used in the late 60s to early 70s. As Fisher Body merged into GM Assembly Division the sheets changed to style the Mr70 posted. Van Nuys and Leeds changed early. Willow Run style did not change until 73 or 74.

So depending on the plant and the time, your broadcast sheet could look different than the sheet for the same model car built in another plant. The sheets like the one Mr70 posted actually replaced two sheets. The one you posted is a Body Broadcast sheet. There was also a Chassis Broadcast sheet. About half the sheet contained the same information. The other half was either body or chassis components.

The small Fisher body sheet was also broadcast to stations in the same manner. The Fisher Broadcast sheets changed to computer cards in 70 in some plants. It was all part of the merge of Fisher into GMAD.

Greg

[70-SS/RS-L78]

Thanks for clearing that up for me Greg.
Mark L