Guest Posted January 23, 2007 Posted January 23, 2007 Someone said I could find a build sheet in the door panels I looked under the seats and had the back seat out no luck where would I look next? Is it hard to take off the door panels I have worked on newer cars and the plastic breaks will I have a problem with a 1970 MC metz6565
Jared Richey Posted January 23, 2007 Posted January 23, 2007 No becareful, but the Monte door panels are not made of plastic. They are made of cardboard and vinyl. Just make sure you know how to take them off before you go prising with a screwdriver. Try looking for the buildsheet under the gas tank, if you've looked everywhere else. It could be that some cars does not have a build sheet, as they was supposed to be thrown away.
Canuck Posted January 23, 2007 Posted January 23, 2007 Here's some info on where to find build sheets: http://www.firstgenmc.com/tech/buildsheet.shtml
Rob Peters Posted January 23, 2007 Posted January 23, 2007 Metz, Under the carpet may be a good place to look. I had a guy repair the welting on my seat drivers seet back and when he took the cover off of the seat he found a build sheet there. I think the first thing you should look at is the the Vin Number. If it has an "F" in the Vin it means it was built in Flint Mich. To the best of my knowledge nobody has ever found a build sheet in a Flint built car. If it is a Flint built car there is no sense in tearing the car apart to look for the build sheet. Rob
Guest Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 I looked at the vin # it was built in Calafornia sold at a hollywood dealer, any idea where to look first? Thanks for the help!
alex's72fgmc Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 under the front seats or the back seat or on top of the gas tank "i found mine on the gas tank" the first one i threw away and kicked myself for a week after i found out what it was. glad i found another one though and it was the last one on the car. Alex
Guest Posted January 27, 2007 Posted January 27, 2007 My 1972 Monte's Build Sheet was on top of the gas tank and it is a Van Nuys California built car.
savvarock Posted January 27, 2007 Posted January 27, 2007 My monte was built in Flint and I haven't checked the door panels or the gas tank yet. I'm still hoping.
Sam (Bones) Posted January 27, 2007 Posted January 27, 2007 I found two in my Van Nuys built monte one in the front seat and one above the tank good luck
Andy Schab Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 I recently found the build sheet for my 70 ss in the back of the passenger side front bench seat.I had to cut the seat to get to it but it was in perfect condition and the seat needed to be recoverd any way.Has anyone else ever found one in this posistion? I wish I would have known about build sheets in high school (early 80's)when I converted my ls6 Elcamino to buckets and threw away the original bench seat,maybe the build sheet was there. Andy.
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