Owners Manual Green Card and Owners Card

[Robert S.]

I just finished the article in the Restorer about the blue two owner 1973. It showed a picture that contained an Owners Card and showed the Green Card in the owners manual. My 74' owners manual, which I think is original to the car, shows no indication of a Green Card.
Question: Was there a green card in a 74' owners manual and was Chevrolet still issuing an Owners Card to new purchasers in the 74' model year?

[Jimmy P.]

Re: Owners Manual Green Card and Owners Card

I just finished the article in the Restorer about the blue two owner 1973. It showed a picture that contained an Owners Card and showed the Green Card in the owners manual. My 74' owners manual, which I think is original to the car, shows no indication of a Green Card.
Question: Was there a green card in a 74' owners manual and was Chevrolet still issuing an Owners Card to new purchasers in the 74' model year?

Robert,
The green Corvette News card was stapled in the front of the 73' Original Owner's Manuals. Also, the corvette owner's plastic card was still available in 73. Once you filled out the green CN subscription card, you would also get the owner's card. Now as for the 74' there was still a Corvette News Subscription card stapled in the front of an original manual. It might be white , not green.
Below are some photos of my original 73' Manual with CN card that shows the Owner's card at the bottom. Interesting the closer I got to the card to take a close up, it looks white.. The other photos are of an original 74' OM showing the CN subscription card, but it doesn't show or mention the plastic owner's card was still available....... So, I assume from that, the owner's card ended in 73. Does your owner's manual have the subscription card (white) in it? You could also check to see if your manual is an original by looking at the back cover. I'm pretty sure repros or service replacements will have "Reprinted with permission" printed on the bottom. Repros do not have the CN subscription card in them!
Hope this info helps answer your questions!
Regards,

[Robert S.]

Re: Owners Manual Green Card and Owners Card

Thanks Jimmy - great reply. I rechecked my 74' owners manual and it has the complete CN subscription card in the front of the manual. It is white. So I guess that means that my manual was the one original to the car as I had assumed. I agree that the owner's card must have ended with the 73' model year.

[Mike E.]

Re: Owners Manual Green Card and Owners Card

Jimmy,
Don't bet on reprints saying "reprinted with permission.....". For every one of those I see, I run across at least 25 that don't.