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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 07:40 PM
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Which one is better, "Corvette America" or "Mid America" is there even a difference?
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I just got one for a '71 from Mid America and a few pages are poor quality, but they warned me about that. Don't know about Corvette America. I haven't had my coupe very long now but I'm beginning to see that you really do need 2 or 3 service manuals for reference, so maybe a difference is good.
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Originally Posted by ignoramous1
Which one is better, "Corvette America" or "Mid America" is there even a difference?
All the same! The only difference is the pretty printed notebook. Each has license to publish the AIM
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 06:16 AM
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Try E BAY great prices on there .I got a shop manual for a 77 for 20 bucks plus shipping
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I got my assy. manual from corvette central. About half the pages quality are horrible. Too many copies from copies
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i got mine from ecklers and every page is fine and can read with no problem
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Assembly Instruction Manuals are GM authored technical manuals, not third party items. The content should be the same. Quality of the reprint may vary. My Mid-America AIM is 100% legible.

I laminated every sheet of mine, to keep greasy fingerprints away and to keep the pages from getting dog-eared.
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Go here:

http://www.pacvette.com/wa/manual.shtml

$15 + $5 s&h

Pacific Corvette is a great place to deal with. I've bought a number of things from them and they're nice people. This is the cheapest that I've found for AIM's.
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Originally Posted by ignoramous1
Which one is better, "Corvette America" or "Mid America" is there even a difference?
Can't remember where I got mine, but when you buy one be sure and buy the index with it. When I bought it, the index was about 8 or 9 bucks extra, but without it, you'll go nuts trying to find what you're looking for.
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