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Manuals - Are They Worth Anything?

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AngliaGT

AngliaGT

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I picked up some shop manuals that I might end up selling -
are they worth anything?

- Doug
 
Nice collection. Surely there are people interested in the originals. That's why there is eBay. :peaceful:
 
Very rarely see these at swap meets, but I do pay $15-$25 when I see them. Seems the domestic cars go quicker for higher prices so the swappers are dying to get rid of these. My garage manual bookcase is 4' wide 8' tall and full. More in our library upstairs. I have flat- rate manuals going back to 1938. As Boink says "Ebay", that is how I got owner and transmission manuals for my Jag MK 1.
 
Cool Books Doug! I am a sucker for manuals. Obviously the real answer to value is - "whether someone wants them." - some of those are (I think) desirable - Alfa/ Rolls/ MGA - others likely not so much A40 etc. That said, up here manuals tend to sell in the $15-25 range (as per LarryK) - a number of folk here think they are worth $50 each - and they never sell. On Kijiji (like Craigslist) there is one guy been trying to sell obscure Vauxhall manuals for a year now - no one is buying them because, I suspect, no one even knows what that model of Vauxhall is. Like previous comments, Ebay is your friend.
 
DougI sent most of my manuals to Seth Jones (Amishindy on MG Experience) and he put most of them on the net on his website.
That way everyone can use them
BillM
 
California car country. Hit a swap meet and test the waters. Remembered your move and where you are!
 
Scan them and sell pdf's at $1.00 a piece. Obviously confirm that copyright protection have expired!
 
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