1969 Owner's Manual
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Burning Brakes
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From: Chapin SC 29036
1969 Owner's Manual
Scanned in my original owner's manual at a high resolution and when I converted it to a PDF it was huge, so I rescanned it at a usable resolution and then cleaned it up. It is now a usable size where I can put it on the Forum. I was trying to send it out via PM, but apparently Private Messages will not allow you to attach anything. The file is searchable. A couple of guys on the Forum helped me with the "Corvette News" page as the original owner of my car sent in the card to GM and I wanted to make the file as complete as possible. It is the December 1968 version.
Last edited by robertea; Jun 5, 2026 at 04:47 PM. Reason: Manual was supposed to be removed a long time ago
1st Gear
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Thank you so much for doing all this work and sharing the PDF. It’ll definitely come in handy for me. Actually, I recently wanted to compile a document from some of my PDFs. I should mention that PDF Guru from the article https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/02/2...tal-documents/ I read really helped me with this. The editor is quite versatile, especially if you need to split or merge PDFs, which is very easy to do. Overall, it’s a pretty handy tool if you often work with PDFs.
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@robertea coming through again!
Thank you!
For all my ‘bragging’ about the documents, manuals, and info I have, I spent too much time agonizing about the fiber optic indicator arrangement.
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Broke down and bought a charger (I needed anyway), tried to check the FO’s empirically, searched the googles, didn’t think about the Owner's Manual.
The easiest source of “hey pal, here’s what your car is,” without getting into the technical of a Shop / Overhaul Manual.
Thank you for the pdf download!
You answered my question in a minute:
p.19
FO Assignment, front lights:
Done!
Thank you!
Thank you!
For all my ‘bragging’ about the documents, manuals, and info I have, I spent too much time agonizing about the fiber optic indicator arrangement.
[Thread here: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-more-too.html
]
Broke down and bought a charger (I needed anyway), tried to check the FO’s empirically, searched the googles, didn’t think about the Owner's Manual.
The easiest source of “hey pal, here’s what your car is,” without getting into the technical of a Shop / Overhaul Manual.
Thank you for the pdf download!
You answered my question in a minute:
p.19
FO Assignment, front lights:
- Park / Turn: Amber [Outer]
- Headlights: Green [Center]
- High Beams: Red [Inner]
Done!
Thank you!
Melting Slicks
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Army
Headlight fiber optic should be blue, not green. I know that I am old but I am pretty sure that I am correct on this one. Are you saying that the owner's manual says green? I have a 68.
Lou.
Lou.
Last edited by loup68; Jun 8, 2026 at 07:31 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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Army
Thank you for posting that page, very interesting! My beat up 68 owners manual has no mention at all of the lamp monitors except for an interior shot explaining the whole dash and shifter consol. It just has a line going to the left and right lamp monitors saying lamp monitors, that's it. I had to replace my monitor lenses with GM over the counter headlamp lenses and they are blue. I have had my 68 for 54 years next month and I can't remember if the original lenses were green. Lou.
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Thank you for posting that page, very interesting! My beat up 68 owners manual has no mention at all of the lamp monitors except for an interior shot explaining the whole dash and shifter consol. It just has a line going to the left and right lamp monitors saying lamp monitors, that's it. I had to replace my monitor lenses with GM over the counter headlamp lenses and they are blue. I have had my 68 for 54 years next month and I can't remember if the original lenses were green. Lou.
90% sure mine has a lens with blue coloring (‘69).
…and is original.
Since it’s the Owner’s Manual, I’d guess that’s what the driver should expect to see, not the color of the part itself.
I know red/green/blue are the primary colors of light, while art has red/yellow/blue.
Since the FO transmits a yellow-ish white-ish light from the headlights, I’d expect to see green once it hits the lens.
Closest I can find right now, from my shifter assy. rebuild…
They look a lil blue-green to me…? Maybe more blue than green…?
Last edited by The_JC_L46; Jun 9, 2026 at 08:14 AM.