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Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “SIR’ system.
Features and Controls
This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle.
Comfort Controls and Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system.
Your Driving and the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions.
Problems on the Road
This section tells what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc.
Serviceand Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good.
Maintenance Schedule
This section tells you when to perform vehicle maintenance and what fluids and lubricants to use.
Customer Assistance Information
This section tells you how to contact Chevrolet for assistance and how to get service and owner publications.
It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 8- 10.
Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subjectin this manual.You can use it to quickly find
something you want to read.
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name VENTURE are registered trademarks
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General Motors Corporation.
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was printed.We reserve the right to make changes in the
product after that time without further notice. For
vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name
“General Motors of Canada Limited” for Chevrolet
Motor Division wheneverit appears in this manual.
Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be
there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you
sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it
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The dynamic William C. “Billy”
Durant shifted gears
from making
carriages
to making cars,
forming half the team that gave
birth to Chevrolet.
Louis Chevrolet, the other half
of the team,
at the wheel
of his experimental “Classic
Six, ” which enteredproduction in 191 2.
That year 2999 vehicles were produced.
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In 1932 Chevrolet
introduced the
Synchro-Mesh
transmission and
ofSered a host
of
accessories -- including
such niceties as a clock!
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The legacy of America'sfavorite sportscar I
began in 1953, when 319 hand-assembled ;
white Corvettes :
launchedthe I
first use of a I
fiberglass body in :
a production car
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60’s automotive excitement
included Chevrolet landmarks
like the Corvette Sting Ray,
the sporty Camaro,and
powerplants like the
legendary
327 V8.
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The 1957 Chevy started a romance with the American
public
-- and was powered by an available fuel-injected V8.
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Your new Chevroletcontinues a tradition of quality and value.
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