Finding the Build Sheet, June 5th, 2012

During the interior removal I was anxious to find that build sheet, and with the rust and the 20 years of exposure to the elements I was hoping it would be up under the back seat safe and sound in the springs.   It wasn’t there when we took out the back seat so I wasn’t too hopeful we’d find it in any kind of good condition.  The carpet was still in as we were laying on it to pad ourselves while working the inside still, so as it came out that rusty, dusty, crusty build sheet was spotted.  It was tucked up under the passenger side carpet, and up over the seat pan.  Almost all of it was rotted and gone, all except the portion up on the seat pan.  I carefully peeled it out of its resting place and placed it in a plastic sleeve, the remains that is.  Here’s a few pics.

 

 

This is the passenger side floor pan, a very rusty mess that you could step right through.

The original resting place for the build sheet, front side of the passenger seat pan and floor.  This part that is still barely legible was laying up on top of the seat pan, while the rest of it was folded down over onto the floor.  That part on the floor was completely gone.