1964 CHEVROLET CORVETTE radio

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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 accelerate into tow car), pro­
ceed as fo llows: Turn off all e lect rical loads su ch as radio, heater
and, if possible, lights until the engine st arts.
MANUAL TRANSMISSION - T
urn ignition switch
to "on." Place shift leve r in high (3rd on 3-spee d
transmissions, 4th on four-speed) and depress clutch. When car reaches 25-30 miles per hour, slowly re­
l ease clutch to sta rt e ng ine.
POWERGLlDE TRANSMISSION -
Turn ignit io n
switch to "on" and place sel ector lever in "N." W h e n
car reac hes a spee d of 25-30 mph, place th e selecto r
l ever in l ever in uD." TOWING
A DISABLED CAR
If your Corvette must be towed, the following pre­
cautions must be observed:
MANUAL TRANSMISSION
-Release parking brake
and place shift lever in neutral.
POWERGLIDE TRANSMISSION -Release
parking brake and place selector lever in "N." DO NOT TOW IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. II the transmission is inoperative, or not operating properly, the pro­peller shaft must b e d isconnected or car must be
towe d with rear wheels off the ground.
TOWING WITH REAR WHEELS
RAISED-When a
vehicle is being towed on its front wheels, the steer­
ing whee l shou ld be secured to maintain a straight
forward position.
Do
not use tire chains on the rear wheels of your Corvette . Clearance between
USE OF TIRE CHAINS
AND SNOW TIRES
• tire and wheelhouse is insufficient to permit operation with chains insta!led.
Many [ire manufa cturers market tires for the Corvette which have specialized
tread designs for mud and snow use.

• AM-FM SELECTION-To select AM or FM recep ­
ti on, move the sli de bar, located to the left of the
dia l, up and down until
the letters "AM" or "FT\1" are fully exposed.
• PUSH BUTTON TUNING
-To preset these push
buttons: Turn on the radio, set the AM-FM selector
bar to the desired band, pull the push button stra ight out as far as i t will go, tune in the desir ed station manually, and then push the button all the way in.
Set each push button in the same manner.
• MANUAL TUNING-
The left hand control knob
The optional 'fully ttansis'toriz~,d standaTd AM reception clear
broadcasts. FM stations nla y pe
mpes from. th,e ,endil)g station, .dc~p'~*dlil)J~.~I!l<'l'!;'~l1li,l power of the station and the
fringe areas where FM signals are weak, it may be possi
ble to manually retune the radio to mair,ltain
peak reception. lf nOt, retune to serves as the "on-off" switch
and volume control. Turn the wing knob at the base of this contro l to
adjust for tone quality . T he right hand control knob is the manual station selector.
• ANTENNA
-Maximum FM recept io n is obtained
wi th the antenna extended to .. 30 inches (app roxi ­
mately two antenna sections) . For best AM reception
the antenna should be fully extend ed.
• CONELRAD- T h e t
wo triangular symbols a t 640 and 1240 on the AM dial only, indicate the Cone lrad
freq uencies which will be used in the event of a
nationa l em ergency .