Prevost Manuals

[luvrbus]

Any of you guys have a idea on how much the manuals are worth before I post them for sale they are complete with the Jake Brake , different engines, transmissions and any option Prevost offered, I have a parts and 2 maintaince manuals for the H series covers everything about 6 inches thick each also have a Allison World Transmission manual time to start getting rid of some stuff thanks for any help


good luck

[robertglines1]

I paid 120 for a photo copy of maintance manul for xl 89 thru 2000 yr.

[luvrbus]

Thanks Bob mine are not copies they are in the Prevost binders with all the manuals from the manufactures like Rockwell, Vickers and others they cover the VIP also.


good luck

[Ed Hackenbruch]

 I would have to say at least $100,000. 

[eddiepotts]

I think they are only worth around $20. Where do I send the check? lol JK

[bobofthenorth]

Let me tell you a story Clifford.

When we bought the frenchy-bus we paid for it sight unseen, wired the money to the PO's bank account.  Then about two or three weeks later we got on a plane and flew out to Kelowna to pick it up.  Our good friend Bryan picked us up and lent us his truck to go look at our new toy.  Almost the first words out of the PO's lips as we walked into his yard were "I've got the manuals from Prevost for the bus but I had to pay $140 for them so I could sell them to you."  I should have told the miserable cheap prick to stuff them where the sun don't shine but instead I quietly got out my chequebook and paid for them.  I've never regretted having them but I sure resent that he got another $140 for them.  That included the DD manuals as well as the 2 Prevost binders.  So there's one data point - $140 Canuck bux 6 years ago.  FWIW at that time the Canuck buck was about 72 cents US so $140 Canuck at that time was around $100 US. 

[John316]

Clifford,

FWIW, I sold one parts and one maintenance manual (MCI) for 100 each. So for a total of 200, I sold the set to another fellow on the board. He knew more about the value then I did, so it was a agreed upon price. Worked for me. That was just the coach manuals.

God bless,

John

[Ed Hackenbruch]

Bob, i feel that if they came with the bus they are just as much a part of the bus as the steering wheel and should not be extra.  Now if they did not come with the bus that is a little different. However if it was me i would just include them for the buyer.

[bobofthenorth]

For what we had already paid him Ed he should have gold plated them and begged us to take them.  WTH was he going to do with them after he sold the bus?  It was just miserable cheap pettiness but based on the rest of our dealings that wasn't unusual for him.  I vowed that day that I would never speak to him again after we left his yard and no matter how sorely I was tempted on occasion I never did call him.  I wouldn't give him the satisfaction and he'd have likely wanted to put me on the clock for any advice he might have been able to offer if I had phoned.

[Antknee]

Speaking of manuals Where do I get some for my Frenchy Bus? it's an 1982 Le Mirage, a manual would be nice to have

[Zeroclearance]

Clifford, do you know how current production date that the manuals cover?

I paid $168 dollars for my 6" thick H series manual from Prevost.   

[PP]

When I bought my bus, the PO was the only former owner and he was seriously concerned that she would be well taken care of far into the future. He included a 20gal tub full of reciepts, manuals, etc. He also included another tub of fuel filters, oil filters, belts, electrical components, and everything that had ever been replaced since new, excluding filters. God rest his soul, he couldn't throw anything away. He just marked it "BAD" and tucked it away. It has been great fun going through this treasure trove of information and history. While working on remodel projects, we have even found old Polaroids of the PO and his wife that have fallen down behind things. I will forever be thankful to the PO for caring as much as he did. (Didn't mean to eulogize or stray from the original post-sorry) I refer to the manuals all the time and if I didn't have them, I would gladly pay what they're worth--and I'm a cheap bas...d
Will

[muddog16]

Clifford, I bought a complete set and even received the original set from the PO's I paid about 160.00 for them I also bought a complete set of DD manuals for the 8v92, parts, maintenance, and user!  They were never used and came sealed in their orginal package, for 100.   These manuals have saved me a ton......in time, and searching replacements and parts numbers.   Oh! the PO didn't charge me for them.   I'd say the complete set you have are easily 350 bucks for everything.     

[JohnEd]

Clifford,

I plan to purchase(steal) a late 80's or early 90's Pre XL in a year.  That plan is contingent on my getting cataract surg on my remaining eye and knee replacements.  Possibly hips as well.  All of this from the VA so it is not cast in concrete, as plans go.  I expect to have use for a World 5 or 6 speed and an 8V92.  I don't think a "H" series Pre is in my future.  Even of I don't get the bus I could still get some value from being of assist to Knuts that need help if they are in transit without docs or whatever.  I am currently on the "assist board" for I5 from Roesburg to Salem, Orygun but that is only for tools or transport.  No brains!  The books would make me slightly more useful and it is a subject in which i have serious interest by itself.  If you can split the setup to what I might need I would like to consider the investment on spec.  Let me know please.

John

PS:  I don't like Muddog.

[muddog16]

John, new hips, knee's and eyesight, you'll be a bionic busnut!