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CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1964  Owners Manual The First 
1000 Miles 
During your first thousand  miles of driving,  you can,  by 
observing  a few  simple  precautions.  contribute greatly to a 
longer  life for your  Corvette 
and add much to it

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CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1964  Owners Manual Starting the Engine 
IGNITION SWITCH 
• 
The five-position ignition switch  allows full control of the electrical systems of your Corvette. To start engine turn the switch  to START and release  as

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CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1964  Owners Manual Driving with the Powerg lide Transmission 
The optional Powerglide is a completely automatic transmission  which  replaces  the standard clutch and transmission.  After starting the engine with the se

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CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1964  Owners Manual IDriving with the Manual Transmission-s 
Both  Corvette 
manual transmissions  are controlled  slowing down, shift into the next lower gear before 
by  the  shift  lever  located  on top  of the  Hoor

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CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1964  Owners Manual Downshifting with 
Manual Transmission 
If you wish to shift  from  one  gear  to the  one  imme ­
di ately  lower  in ratio, avoid  dangerous ly overspeed­
ing the  engine by downshifting as follow

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CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1964  Owners Manual 10 
Pushing and Towing Tips 
PUSHING CAR TO START 
Should  it ever  beco me  necessary to start  the  engine  by 
pu shing  the car (towing to start is not  recommended as car being  towed  may accele

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CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1964  Owners Manual SPEEDOMETER 
AND 
ODOMETER 
.. 
TACHOMETER 
The tachometer indicates 
the  speed  of the engine in revolutions  per minute. Two different  tachome­ters are used  in the  Cor­
vette, depending upon t

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CHEVROLET CORVETTE 1964  Owners Manual The ammeter shows the rate  at which  the battery is being  charged or discharged. The Delcotron charg­
ing  system  is equipped  with  a regulator  which  con­
trol s the  charge  acco rding  to b
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