Chassis Broadcast Sheet

[jdv69z]

Thanks, I get the picture. Or should I say the virtual non-existence there of? 

[Hans L]

I know the thread focused on NOR cars, but do we have any idea how often the Chassis Broadcast Copy has been found on first gen LA/VAN Nuys built Camaros?

[bcmiller]

Bottom line, finding a CBC or BBC from a First Generation Camaro from the Norwood plant is rare.

I helped part out quite a few cars from the mid 70s to early 90s. Some were wrecked fairly early in their life. I never found any.

Different story on Chevelles and full size cars. But its like comparing apples and oranges.

[KurtS]

Guess I started all this.    Kurt, just because I'm curious, approx how many Norwood built 67-69 Camaro broadcast copies have you seen during your years of Camaro research?

Excluding 69 LOS chassis sheets (commonly found on the gas tank) - a little over 150. Body sheets are much more common than chassis sheets.

[william]

I went through our NOR db and unofficially came up with 133 entries showing a BC. 112 were BBC only; 5 were CBC only, 16 had both. Norwood produced 551,354 1st gens so that's not very many.

My guess, about 90% of those exist because the dealer retained it. A friends' family had a Chevy dealership 1953-1985 and he stated it was common to find production paperwork in cars at delivery. I have several folders from the few '60s Corvettes they sold and there are some unusual docs in them. 

[JohnZ]

There's another possible aspect to the "Broadcast Copy under the rear seat story" , but not on first-gen NOR cars. Norwood was an old Fisher/Chevrolet plant, and followed the same overall sequence as all the other Fisher/Chevrolet plants, where Fisher supplied a painted and trimmed firewall-back body shell to Chevrolet and Chevrolet made a car out of it.

GMAD plants, however, weren't constrained by Fisher traditions, and used the "soft trim after Final" sequence, where all of the interior soft trim parts were installed AFTER roll-test and water-test as a driveable car (Corvette also followed that sequence); easier to spot water leaks and no water damage to costly interior parts. At some point after GMAD absorbed Norwood (don't recall when offhand), Norwood changed to the GMAD sequence, and that system would have made it possible to find a Broadcast Sheet under the rear seat.

[rare396bronze]

I agree on 67-69 Norwood cars good luck trying finding a build sheet. But 70 up you have better shot. A good friend told me were to find my 80 z-28 build sheet also had a 80z found his sheet in under his rear seat. To top that off he also had 70-73 z28's. Out off the 4 cars he found 3 cars with build sheet's under the rear seats. The 70z28 had a m22 transmission code on the build sheet. The 72 z28 had two sheets for two different cars one was for the next vin after his. I sold my 80z28 years ago and let the next owner have it. But kept a copy for me. So I say out off 6 cars finding 5 cars with build sheet that is pretty good odds.

[z28z11]

Somewhere north of 83.3% - not bad at all -

Steve

[HustleRussell]

I dropped the fuel tank on my 05c Norwood 68 rs last summer to repair pin holes and there was a piece of paper attached to the upper side under one of those tar strips. It was degraded so bad I threw it away. Couldn't make out anything. Now I'm thinking I should have hung onto it. Anyway some of the paper is still attached to the tank, and it's still leaking so next time I drop tank I'll post some pics.

[1968RSZ28]

If you can't find a chassis broadcast sheet in your car, you can always buy one on eBay...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-CAMARO-CHASSIS-BROADCAST-BUILD-SHEET-A-PREMIUM-SHOW-QUALITY-Z28-RS-SS-PACE/142265900202?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41393%26meid%3Db68e93a498b64429a9f19b19e5bd9bb4%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D291818151557

 

Paul

[BULLITT65]

I knew I would find one somewhere....

Everyone produces everything these days...

[JKZ27]

If you can't find a chassis broadcast sheet in your car, you can always buy one on eBay...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-CAMARO-CHASSIS-BROADCAST-BUILD-SHEET-A-PREMIUM-SHOW-QUALITY-Z28-RS-SS-PACE/142265900202?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41393%26meid%3Db68e93a498b64429a9f19b19e5bd9bb4%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D291818151557

 

Paul

I'd sooner hide the $385 under the back seat only to be excited when I find it later.

[1968RSZ28]

If you can't find a chassis broadcast sheet in your car, you can always buy one on eBay...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-CAMARO-CHASSIS-BROADCAST-BUILD-SHEET-A-PREMIUM-SHOW-QUALITY-Z28-RS-SS-PACE/142265900202?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D41393%26meid%3Db68e93a498b64429a9f19b19e5bd9bb4%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D291818151557

 

Paul

I'd sooner hide the $385 under the back seat only to be excited when I find it later.

LOL!

Paul

[69Z28-RS]

that's kinda like what I decided (after awhile) about the logic of 'drag racing'...  ...

'sorta like getting drunk...  burying all your $$$... then not remembering where after you sobered up~! " 

[BULLITT65]

Well it's like everything else for these cars, some items are worth more to some people. I am not interested in purchasing a build sheet or window stickers , but I am sure they sell enough of both to other people. Enough so, that multiple guys produce the window stickers. I am sure I have over paid on other items for my car, I just think they were more functional type parts.