1970 Owner's manual

[Bob H.]

I know that reprints are readily available and marked reprint. My question is it "looks" like the original manual is 3970666. However, I also see postings for "original" manuals that have part number 3970667 and nor labeled as reproduction. Both say first edition so its not like some years that have mid year revisions.

[Gary B.]

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Some Owners Manuals will say "Reprinted with Permission" on them. Dead giveaway of a reproduction, and worthy of a point deduction. Some reproductions also don't have the Corvette Owners card, another giveaway. It's better than nothing, you'll get some originality points and your condition points.
Gary B

[Dave S.]

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[Bob H.]

Re: 1970 Owner's manual

thank you!

[Edward C.]

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thank you!

I would be weary of any “original” manual that does not end in 666. That’s what came with the car. Helms are 667, no News card. While I respect what others are saying about the hand written change I would personally not pay big money for one of those and if you are looking for one and want an original with the News card stick with the 666. They are more money for a reason. On eBay they ALL say what they have is original but the 667 did not have the News card unless someone put one in it. If GM did change a few manuals in 70 it actually would not have been the first time they did it. They also did that a few times in 1969. So it could have happened but…..Sort of like the factory stamp pad grind out. It will be questioned. if you care about that kind of stuff and if you want no questions original then get the 666.

[Gary B.]

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My 70 LT-1, which I bought in 1980, has a 667 owners manual. It is 14544, July 6th build. Getting towards the end of production.
"We" need to keep a closer eye on this?
Gary B

[Dave S.]

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[Edward C.]

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My 70 LT-1, which I bought in 1980, has a 667 owners manual. It is 14544, July 6th build. Getting towards the end of production.
"We" need to keep a closer eye on this?
Gary B

[Leonard M.]

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Manual from car 11484. Came with the car along with every other item the car was delivered with; window sticker, invoice, sales agreement, POP, tank sticker and all other "glove box" item. Even have the original title.
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[Jack M.]

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I honestly know nothing about this topic... so this reply is pure speculation.
Just an observation, but it appears that Leonard's VIN #11484 had a FIRST Edition Owner's Manual.
For Dave's VIN #14803. he doesn't mention this item, but could it been a SECOND Edition.
If so, is it possible that the Second Edition had a TYPO for the part number?

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[Edward C.]

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I honestly know nothing about this topic... so this reply is pure speculation.
Just an observation, but it appears that Leonard's VIN #11484 had a FIRST Edition Owner's Manual.
For Dave's VIN #14803. he doesn't mention this item, but could it been a SECOND Edition.
If so, is it possible that the Second Edition had a TYPO for the part number?

[Edward C.]

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Manual from car 11484. Came with the car along with every other item the car was delivered with; window sticker, invoice, sales agreement, POP, tank sticker and all other "glove box" item. Even have the original title.

Len,
That looks like some great paperwork! Very nice.

[Jack M.]

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Ahhh, I was korrect... I honestly do know NOTHING about this topic.
And yes, that was the 1970 Corvette AIM. If someone has an earlier edition, there could be a date change.
No idea why they would bother to change the AIM, if there wasn't any physical change to the manual.
Or it might be advantageous to do a page-by-page comparison between a 666 and a 667.

[Joe L.]

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Is that from the AIM? That info isn’t correct. There was only a 1st edition in 1970. Both the 666 and 667 were 1st Editions. The 667 is a Helm reprint of the 1st Edition you could buy if you lost your original or just wanted one and does not include the News card. The 666 is what came in the cars with the News card for the new owner. And of course the correct reproductions are 667’s with no card. I also want to point out, the information I just typed out does not come from any printed GM source but from my personal observations over the years, so if I am in error feel free to dissent.

Edward------


I'm very confident that the difference between the 3970666 and 3970667 manuals related to the inclusion of the Corvette News order card. It's possible that if a car was originally supplied with a 3970667 and hand-corrected to 3970666 the card was manually inserted into the manual rather than being incorporated into the binding as was the 3970666. That would be the only reason I can think of that someone would have gone through the trouble to hand-correct a 3970667 to a 3970666. Do any of these hand-corrected manuals show any evidence of a Corvette News order stub?

[Dave S.]

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Leonard,
Your paperwork and 666 Owners Manual look exactly as I would expect. Great stuff.

My earlier point was my July 8 car had a 667 OM in it with the “7” crossed out and a “6” written in in pen. I later saw a car in my VIN range still owned by the original owner with the same “7” crossed out telling me this was a St. Louis correction as mine was not the only one like that. The logical conclusion was to assume that they were running out of 666 manuals and were using 667 manuals near the end of production and wanted to show the “7” corrected to a “6”.

Both of the corrected OM’s had the stubs from the tear out cards as both Owners returned them to Chevrolet in order to get the Owners Kit. I had the Owners Kit for my #14803 car so I knew the card was sent.