Quality Control Sheet

Discussion in 'The "Paper Trail"' started by Sting2, Apr 10, 2018.

  1. Sting2

    Sting2 Well-Known Member

    How about this piece of paperwork ? It is a Quality Control Sheet showing a problem with the paint or stripe. Has the last 3 digits of my trig tag build number and paint code QQ. A different sort of documentation for a GSX. Found up on the inside pillar post area, driver side.
     

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  2. dentman

    dentman Well-Known Member

    I use to work in a Auto plant paint dept, we still used sheets like this to show defect and area and stamp for confimation of repair. Wonder how common these sheets are to find? I have never seen one still in a car. What plant was car built?
     
  3. 69 GS 400

    69 GS 400 Well-Known Member

    Really cool to find that.
     
  4. GSX 554

    GSX 554 Gold Level Contributor

    It would have to be Flint if it is a GSX
     
  5. Sting2

    Sting2 Well-Known Member

    My GSX was built at the Flint assembly plant
     
  6. GSX 554

    GSX 554 Gold Level Contributor

    ALL 1970 GSX's were built at the Flint plant
     
  7. dentman

    dentman Well-Known Member

    Are these sheets common to find in our cars?
     
  8. dynaflow

    dynaflow shiftless...

    No...not common to find any documentation, and this isn't among what is found. Considering percentage of cars pulled offline for correction, percentage with sheet left in, percentage with sheet surviving almost 50 years unmolested...not to mention it's an X...rare indeed...
     
  9. Sting2

    Sting2 Well-Known Member

    Dynaflow is right - It meant there was a problem so you would hope these were rare. From the position of the marks, it looks like an issue with the stripe. Since the car was taken off the line to have this repair, what would that do to the build number ? If my car was #644 to be built with two after it on the line, would my car still be recorded as #644 GSX or #646 GSX?
     
  10. dynaflow

    dynaflow shiftless...

    There were offline stations at both Fisher and Buick to handle issues found during build process. Cars were re-inserted on lines after correction. Since yours was front end sheet metal, that would have been Buick. They didn't always come off lines in numerical order. Body and Sequence Number (last 6 digits of VIN) determined how they were built, not when.
     
  11. Brad Conley

    Brad Conley RIP Staff Member

    And to add to these thoughts, the GSX stripes were added after final assembly, generally during the night shift when most of the line was shut down. They were never applied at Fisher Body or during the normal painting process at Buick Assembly.
     

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