Since I just stumbled across and have been looking at my build sheet I'm curious about a few things:

First, I assume the build sheet would have been printed as the car entered the line. Second, in the upper left there is a date, or at least what I think is a date. See the attachment. Assuming it is a date, is that the date GM start to assemble the car or just the date the build sheet was printed?

In my case, I assume it's a date of 4/21/82, which matches the decal date of 4/82 on the drivers door. 4/21 seems a little odd since that was a Sunday. Anyone know for sure?

 

My back calendars indicate that April 21,1982 was a Wednesday.
http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oG7...y=1982%26go=Go

 

Doh - I must have typed in the wrong month when I checked. Wednesday makes more sense.

 

Wednesday is a good car build day. Mondays and Fridays had weekend hangover and "looking to start the weekend" problems. Or so I've heard!

 

I would agree with Scott with my own personal experience. I bought a new Triumph TR6 convertible in 1974. On my build sheet it said the car was built on a Friday. Here are the things that went wrong with that car.

1. The transmission wasn't bolted in correctly and I couldn't get it out of second gear because of linkage problems after leaving the dealership. I was the last one to leave that night as someone locked the gates of the dealership behind me. I had to drive 110 miles in second gear on the freeway to get home.

2. The right front disk brake kept making a terrible scraping sound and I found out later it was installed wrong.

3. The carburetors weren't adjusted right and it wouldn't idle.

4. The drivers seat had a hole in the leather.

5. When I got home and opened the trunk I found British metric tools and a wine cork under the trunk mat!

 

Well, after 30 years its still kicking, so I guess there might be some truth to that. LOL.