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Jul 16, 2025 | 08:34 PM

TM61Vette

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First time corvette owner

I'm new to the community and corvettes in general. I bought my first corvette earlier this month and took delivery this past weekend of a 1961 project. I will probably have a lot of questions for the community once I have a chance to do a full inventory of work I want to do on the car. My first question is if anyone has a recommendation on the factory assembly manual that is for sale on Amazon/eBay? It sounds like it could be a useful resource but being a reproduction, how clear are the diagrams and is it just pictures or is the assembly process written out?

Thank you, and yes, the previous owner installed a faux fur interior.

Jul 16, 2025 | 09:00 PM

Vetteman Jack

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Congrats on your '61 - looks like some work to do but once done, should be a really fun car. Welcome and enjoy the forum.

Jul 16, 2025 | 09:01 PM

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Welcome!

Jul 17, 2025 | 01:58 AM

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Welcome & Good luck on the project

Jul 17, 2025 | 06:27 AM

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Congrats and welcome!!

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Jul 17, 2025 | 07:13 AM

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Jul 17, 2025 | 07:54 AM

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Welcome, and enjoy the ride, looks like a great challenge for project to enjoy fixing it up!

Jul 17, 2025 | 03:36 PM

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Welcome to the forum and enjoy your build!!!

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