Hi Bill,
Well, that pretty much explains it.
Sounds a lot like the later broadcast sheets, but obviously more compact
(as in a card, not a sheet), but where they printed a number on a
broadcast sheet, here they punched a hole.
I can see how the broadcast sheet evolved out of this earlier version.
Makes sense.....
Thanks for the detail explanation,
Charles.
Bill Watson wrote:
There are 80 columns on the IBM card (just as there were 80 spaces
across the computer monitor prior to WYSIWYG). As well, there were
10 'rows' across the card. The part with the options is read with the
column number plus the row number to provide the sales code. Thus a
hole punched in row 2 in column number 30 is sales code 302.
Sometimes there were two rows punched, say in this case 2 and 6. The
car thus had equipment from sales codes 302 and 306 installed.
The serial number, shipping order number, etc. were all punched on the
card in a similar manner, with one column for each digit, and were in
the columns not used for sales codes. Letters were done with a double
punch in the column. There were rows set aside above the 10 rows that
incremented the value in the column. The first ten letters might have
used the ten rows plus a punch just above the ten rows, while the next
ten letters used the ten rows plus a punch two above the rows.
Looking at a punch card for a 1957 Imperial, the top row had info
printed out for dealer, order number, build date, model, engine,
paint, trim, then a series of column numbers with a number printed in
certain columns. Below that was a row of columns with three digits
printed. Some columns had a printer generated number matching the
last number printed in the column. These were sales codes. A third
row gave written descriptions of the sales codes in those columns.
Column 332 had a "2" above and a descriptor of "Solex Glass". Thus
sales code 332 was Solex Glass and the "2" at the top meant the car
had Solex Glass installed.
Next came two rows of handwritten information - key numbers, engine
number, serial number and date shipped. In this case, the car was
built January 18, 1957 and shipped on February 2, 1957. The factory
would have kept this card on hand until the car was shipped. The card
was then stored and eventually transferred to microfilm.
The bottom row on the card has 80 columns of codes. These ones were
read by the column number and the hole row.
What you need is someone with a list of all the sales codes for your
year of vehicle to detemine what you have. Word of warning - the
number of sales codes increased anually and the numbers used thus
increased. A sales code of 306 for a 1957 vehicle may not be the
same as 306 for 1961 or 1965 or 1968. So you need the codes for your
year of vehicle.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Pollock" <cpollock@xxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Build sheet /card locations
Hi Ray,
Reminds me of what I found in my 73 Charger.
There were 2 broadcast sheets- One hog-ringed to the lower seat
cushion on the driver's side and one one under the lower seat cushion
of the back seat.
The one under the driver's seat was NOT for my car. It was for a
very well optioned SE. The other was for my car.
But that's not the interesting part- when I pulled the liner from the
trunk floor I found, wedged in between the quarter panel and trunk
floor extension, a perfectly preserved Chrysler factor paper coffee
cup. It had the Chrysler logo and it was one of those 'poker' cups.
It had 4 cards printed on the side and the fifth on the bottom. It
was a full house! Probably why someone thought to 'dispose' of it
there. Also,
I have found a ton of extra clips, fasteners, sound deadner, etc in
the bottom of the doors and quarter panels. Seens that if someone
dropped a fastener they didn't try to retrieve it, they just grabbed
another.
Not FL content, but interesting none the less.
So to add FL content-
What good is the IBM card if it can't be read? How does one get
his/her card read once found???
Charles.
Ray Jones wrote:
I always had the impression that the workers were responsible for
their own trash. So, when he was thru with the info for his station,
it got stuck in the car. The guy who placed the proper upholstery
on the line or in the car stuck the sheet in the upholstery so at
the end of the shift he didn't have to empty the trash. The Dash guy
shoved it over the Glove box and so on.
After 33 years of ownership, my wife found one in our '65 Chrysler
300 L when she pulled out the rotten carpet. It was in the drivers
foot-well, and of course, badly damaged. I think we have another one
put away, from under the rear seat for that car. It had been in
outside storage for many years and she was cleaning it out/up.
Surprisingly, it has almost zero rust in the floors, frame and
trunk, after sitting 12 years in a Pine forest.
Ray
On Jan 24, 2008, at 4:49 PM, Fury Jim wrote:
out of over 40 57-9 plyms/dodges/and 2 desotos, i havent seen a
broadcast sheet pre-59. i do have 2 of the 3 from one on my 59
plymouths, one was behing the oil-impregnated insulation behind the
pass kick panel, one hog ringed to the underside of the rear seat,
the last was in pieces under the carpet... my 59 fury had only 1
under the rear carpet.... i found remnants of one shoved above the
glove box of a 59 CRL...
probably no set standard location, just wherever someone felt like
stick 1 or more at the time of assembly.
jim
Who's never won? Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL
Music.
*************************************************************
To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to
http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
*************************************************************
To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to
http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
*************************************************************
To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to
http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
*************************************************************
To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to
http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
*************************************************************
To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to
http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
|
|
Back to the Home of the Forward Look Network