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1967 Pedal Car Champion
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The Corvette Shop Manuals stopped at '65 where the '63 was the primary book and the '64 and '65 supplements to it.
For '66 and after, the year-specific Chassis Service Manual was, like the Shop Manual, the official GM publication to dealer service departments for general maintenance work. The year-specific Chassis Overhaul manual was a more in-depth re-building manual for things like the engine, trans, differential and the like. These two manuals each covered multiple models where the Shop Manual was just Corvette.
For '66, you need at minimum the Service Manual and the Assembly Instruction Manual (as Vitaminmopar replied). If you are thinking you'd dig deeper into the inner workings, then the Chassis manual is good but not as necessary given the general nature of an engine or trans rebuild.
For '66 and after, the year-specific Chassis Service Manual was, like the Shop Manual, the official GM publication to dealer service departments for general maintenance work. The year-specific Chassis Overhaul manual was a more in-depth re-building manual for things like the engine, trans, differential and the like. These two manuals each covered multiple models where the Shop Manual was just Corvette.
For '66, you need at minimum the Service Manual and the Assembly Instruction Manual (as Vitaminmopar replied). If you are thinking you'd dig deeper into the inner workings, then the Chassis manual is good but not as necessary given the general nature of an engine or trans rebuild.
Le Mans Master
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I use the 1963 to 1967 Chevrolet Chassis Service Manual and the Chassis Overhaul Manual. They do expect you to have a basic mechanical knowledge, but are very detailed. They cover all of the Chevrolet Models in that era. You can get them thru the Vendors or electronically.
https://www.workshopservicemanual.co...-repair-manual
https://www.workshopservicemanual.co...-repair-manual
1967 Pedal Car Champion
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I use the 1963 to 1967 Chevrolet Chassis Service Manual and the Chassis Overhaul Manual. They do expect you to have a basic mechanical knowledge, but are very detailed. They cover all of the Chevrolet Models in that era. You can get them thru the Vendors or electronically.
https://www.workshopservicemanual.co...-repair-manual
https://www.workshopservicemanual.co...-repair-manual
Guiness1, this '67 manual will work for your needs too as there weren't a whole host of mechanical differences between the two years. All I can really think of are the knock-off wheel option and the parking brake handle location. Everything else is the same.
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Yea Owen (easier to type than barkingrats), I have the 68 Chassis Service Manual and the 69 Chassis Overhaul Manual in tattered paper. They still cover the earlier years for the most part as Corvettes are just old Chevies too. I need to figure out how to repair the bindings again and remove the grease stains from the books and my brain.
1967 Pedal Car Champion
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Yea Owen (easier to type than barkingrats), I have the 68 Chassis Service Manual and the 69 Chassis Overhaul Manual in tattered paper. They still cover the earlier years for the most part as Corvettes are just old Chevies too. I need to figure out how to repair the bindings again and remove the grease stains from the books and my brain.
Curious about your R66 and R68 - I'm assuming it's a play on "our"?
Also agree: these books cover just about any Chevy of the era. The only things that the books are indepsensable for are, I'd think, working on a fuelie unit. Everything else was standard GM technology used across multiple models.
I have both a '63 manual and a '65 supplement; got them some 45 years ago after I bought my 1965. They're original GM books that had been on someone's workbench for 15+ years and mine for 45, so the page corners are dog-eared, edges are fraying, and grease smudged throughout – and I love it! My new repro books just don't have that level of character... yet.
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Aw, barkingrats are just more noise. 
Actually R66 is a hint of our 66, as she bought it at an estate auction after I quit bidding and walked out. Of course I had to pay the tab. R (our) is for her as the owner and me as the chauffer / mechanic.
68 RS is for MY 1968 Camaro ragtop.
She likes the ride of the Corvette as she says it is softer on her butt. I though she had plenty of padding.
Actually R66 is a hint of our 66, as she bought it at an estate auction after I quit bidding and walked out. Of course I had to pay the tab. R (our) is for her as the owner and me as the chauffer / mechanic.
68 RS is for MY 1968 Camaro ragtop.
She likes the ride of the Corvette as she says it is softer on her butt. I though she had plenty of padding.
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