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Would my 87 Gran Fury possibly have a build sheet under the seat like they earlier muscle cars had or was there a year Chrysler stopped that. How hard is it to get the back seat out of the gran fury ? Thanks
 
To the best of my recollection, they stopped including build sheets after 1983, although it's possible an '84 may still have one. I don't recall the exact changeover date when they went from alpha-numeric sales codes to alpha (i.e., A38 -> AHB), but it was during or just before the '84 model year. The data on the fender tags will give you the info you need anyway, along with running the VIN through the Mopar VIN decoder.

Rear seat is easy. Two hooks along the bottom. Push down and back to unhook, then pull up from the front. Seat back has 2 7/16 bolts at the bottom, two hooks along the top.
 
I've never seen one in any of my 80s ones but some people have said they've found them.

Most stuff is on the vin tag and by the 80s there weren't all that many stand alone options or unique ordering ways like the older cars.
 
My 84' Dodge Daytona turbo z was built in Feb. of 84' and it has a build sheet under the rear seat. Still wanted to remove it eventually.
 
pmafterdark said:
My 84' Dodge Daytona turbo z was built in Feb. of 84' and it has a build sheet under the rear seat. Still wanted to remove it eventually.
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As I noted, it's possible that small numbers '84 models still had a build sheet. It could also be related to body architecture: 2 of my '81 M-bodies did; my '82 did not. None of my '84-'89 M-bodies (retail and fleet) had one.
 
Neither my 80 Aspen or 81 Gran Fury had a build sheet under any of the seats. Neither has been reupholstered. Unless my grandpa took them out for whatever reason in the 40 years he had them they were probably never there. I doubt the highway patrol would've taken it either.
 
PursuitSpecial said:
Neither my 80 Aspen or 81 Gran Fury had a build sheet under any of the seats. Neither has been reupholstered. Unless my grandpa took them out for whatever reason in the 40 years he had them they were probably never there. I doubt the highway patrol would've taken it either.
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I did have one (actually a 2-page) in my '79 St Regis A38. They may have removed them from yours during upfitting/decommissioning. The department would've had the specs anyway, as that's how they let out bids for new cars.
 
People may want to keep in mind that not all build sheets are under the rear seat cushions. They are (far less often) found in places like inside the headliner, as an example. So pulling out the rear seat cushion doesn't mean the car doesn't have one, it just may be in another place.
 
kkritsilas said:
People may want to keep in mind that not all build sheets are under the rear seat cushions. They are (far less often) found in places like inside the headliner, as an example. So pulling out the rear seat cushion doesn't mean the car doesn't have one, it just may be in another place.
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That would be true for much older cars. During the Iaccoca era, for the few years they actually put them in cars, it was either under a seat or behind the glove compartment. I recall an older B-body I had - we found it under the jute pad on the floorboard. So you never know. But with these newer cars, in my experience, just the seat or in the dash. They definitely didn't put them in '85 and newer M-bodies.
 
I've had the glovebox out of the Aspen changing the heater core and it wasn't there. The headliner is made out of cork or something so it'll probably fall apart if I attempt to remove it, if it's located in the headliner of the Gran fury it's most likely toast since the hole where the siren used to be leaked water for many years. I need to remove the carpet to patch the floor and glovebox to re-seal the AC ducts eventually anyway, might as well do an interior sweep
 
I wouldn’t give up on finding the build sheet. Back in the 80’s I found the one in my parents 85 LeBaron GTS turbo and 88 5th ave. I still have them. Here’s front and back of each.

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Wow. I've had a couple 88s stripped down to nothing and never saw build sheets in them. But there's no arguing that- your second pic has an 88 5th Avenue VIN on it.

Was it an airbag car? Both the ones I had apart were the earlier non airbag ones.
 
AHBguru said:
That would be true for much older cars. During the Iaccoca era, for the few years they actually put them in cars, it was either under a seat or behind the glove compartment. I recall an older B-body I had - we found it under the jute pad on the floorboard. So you never know. But with these newer cars, in my experience, just the seat or in the dash. They definitely didn't put them in '85 and newer M-bodies.
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You sure? I found this in the front seat springs in The Cherry Bomb and she's an '85, infact I was at a car show and a guy had an '87 Diplomat and he found one in the back seatScreenshot_20260304-233224~2.png
 
Chrysler used build sheets for a long time after the end of FMJ's. When a car was going to be built, the assembly line would print off a single build sheet, but print it in muliple departments at once. Seat department would a sheet, Dash department would get one, engine department, and so on.

The individual build sheets would then have one taped to dash, to seats, to tires, to engine, and so forth, then set in a staging area to be pulled when car came to that section.

In 60's and early 70's, the build sheet would either fall off and end up on assembly line floor or inside car (in various locations). Most assembly lines started to place trash cans next to each staging area, and when proper sub-assembly (seats, for example) was matched with car. The installer would then rip off the taped-on sheet at the staging area and toss into the trash.

I believe trash accumulation and fire danger was the reason for lack of sheets inside of cars, starting in early/mid 70's.
That said, I found 3 partial sheets (ripped where was taped on, so just a corner) in my '77 wagon and 1 partial sheet (corner) in my '87 Fifth ave (also ripped where taped onto the dash).
I have seen full sheets in mid '90's pickups and other Mopars before.

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Never found broadcast sheet in any of my many 80's Diplomats. I always assumed that because they were AHB's that whomever upfitted the car tossed it.
 
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