So your broadcast sheet refers to your car as having 450 steelies on it, so what if you put Rallyes on it. There is nothing wrong with building a car the way you would of liked the factory to build it. The broadcast sheet is just a piece of paper that road down different parts of the plant to tell the workes what the build was. Even with using the sheet on the assembly line, if you had an in at the plant your car could of been loaded up with options that never appeared on the Broadcast Sheet.I work at an Automotive Production Plant for the last 30 or more years and the addition of options that were put on a vehicle that were not on the Build Sheet was done regularly. It is next to impossible now but not unheard of.I have also seen diffences between the broadcast sheet option and the fender tags on original Broadcast sheet and fender tag cars. Some options missed on Broadcast Sheet and are on the Tag and some on the Tag and missed on the Broadcast Sheet.

As for Reproducting a broadcast sheet,it has been done and will be done in the future and there is nothing anyone one can do about it. People think they are easy to tell, well you are only duplicating 40 year old technology and if you start with an original blank broadcast sheet and adding the Fonts its really not hard to do if you have the money and the knowledge.

Just look at how good the reproduction Door VINs are the considered fake, and even how good some of the Fender tags have gotten but they are considered fake on a car. Some people say if you say its a reproduction and do not say it is real it is OK. Well what are the rules anyone know and who will decided what the rules are or will be in the future.

My first story above was fictitious of course, however here's a true story that affected myself.

EVERY published picture of the pre-restored WORLD FAMOUS BARRELCUDA clearly shows the car with Road Lamps.

A conversation with the original owner confirmed that the lights were on the car, as he ordered it, and were there at the time he picked it up. He's still alive and very well

However....The road lamps DO NOT appear on the original broadcast sheet and other then the lamps themselves there was no original switch or wiring to be found in the car.

I chose to restore the car without the lamps because that's what the broadcast sheet says...

As for "it's your car do what you want" I agree some people believe that and that's terrific for them, but don't knock people who do not believe. This hobby is full of all different types of people.

I have heard from one guy that said the door edge moldings were shipped in the trunk for dealer installation.

So, if he was right, they would be on the broadcast sheet - but not factory installed.

Same story with with hubcaps / wheel covers & AAR / T/A front spoilers & exhaust tips.

if a car didnt have to come with a buildsheet then why does the mopar nationals OE judging deduct points if you dont have one?

Did the envelope have a day & month in addition to the "1970" ?

If so, how close is it to your SPD?

Dave,
Thanks for the info. Can you tell us all the things that are considered extra credit. Is there a list a guy can look at for this.

Thanks Ken

Hi Barry,
I will get a picture of the package and post it here. There might be a photo of it in the Mopar archives thread, "Taking it to the NEW next level". I can't remember if it had the month listed or not.

Hi Ken! Good to hear from you. The original paperwork is about the only thing that will bring a few extra points. They understand that some cars did not come with certain documentation so it wouldn't be fair to deduct for an item no longer existed or was out of the participants control.

The Briggs & Stratton envelope at the link below was under the carpet of my '70 Coronet. So, at least some items were packaged, door locks in this case.

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/oddities/briggsStrattonEnvelope.jpg

The packages were white envelopes with blue print and also had the blue Pentastar. They were not in the generic type brown packaging that you showed in that photo. I also had original factory envelopes (similar to yours) with my Challenger for the ignition and trunk keys.

I did not say they were dealer installed. It was just an example of an item that was pre-packaged for assembly line use.

Dave
Will you put the door edge guards in place now or back in the trunk ?

As for assembly line workers being "too lazy" to throw out the broadcast sheet....Would it not take more effort to put the complete thing behind the seat springs? If it was put there during the sub assembly, and it can't be seen after final assembly then why would it be deemed necessary to remove them and discard them?

As for assembly line workers being "too lazy" to throw out the broadcast sheet....Would it not take more effort to put the complete thing behind the seat springs? If it was put there during the sub assembly, and it can't be seen after final assembly then why would it be deemed necessary to remove them and discard them?

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The assembly shop doing seat upholstery had no more than 2 minutes assy time per seat to scan the Bsheet, pull the appropriate frame, foam and upholstery into shape and hog ring it together, so rather than stand in a pile of discarded BSheets during the day, the worker threw the BS on the springs, placed the foam over it along with upholstery, hogged it, then racked it for delivery to the line,....the BS was basicaly hidden trash at that point, not the "Holy Grail" it has become

Mike