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  1. murphyrg1

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    #1 murphyrg1, Dec 10, 2020
    When I sold my '90 TR a few months back, I kept the manuals because: 1) the new owner had no intention of working on the car himself, and 2) I thought that the previous 20 year owner of the car (and life-long Ferrari guy) might want his collection back. He doesn't - and now I have to find a home for these things without really understanding their value. The asking prices for the basic service manual very greatly, much less trying to assign a value to the more obscure technical and parts manuals. I don't even know if the technical manual came pre-filled with things like service bulletins or if that sort of thing was added by the previous owner. Everything appears to be a factory publication except for the unbound 512TR workshop manual, which is likely just a double-sided photocopy.

    Any input would be appreciated - Thanks.
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    #2 kartboy1234, Dec 10, 2020
    Maybe the new owner wants them?

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    #3 murphyrg1, Dec 10, 2020
    No - he seems like a great guy, but he clearly wanted to have other people work on his car. These should go to someone who just pages through them to look at the drawings, like I did. Or is amused by the number of service bulletins related to the AC fan control.
     
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    #4 302Tim, Dec 10, 2020
    Rory, you're right, prices vary wildly (at least on eBay). I bought the parts manual for ~$200 and a little more for the TR Workshop Manual several years ago, and ~45 - $75 for the wiring Diagrams. The 512 Manuals fetch several hundred each if original and in the binder though like you said those look like photocopies. I don't have any idea on the technical reference binder as I haven't seen those items combined before but I'm interested in purchasing from you--if you could set a price I'll let you know. Please PM me.

    I enjoy reading about AC fan controls....
     
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    #5 JohnMH, Dec 10, 2020
    I just paid $275 on ebay for the exact same thing.
     
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    #6 murphyrg1, Dec 11, 2020
    Are you saying that the $275 was for this Technical Information manual, or one of the others?
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    #7 BigTex, Dec 11, 2020
    I think $275 to $300 per binder is the norm.....if original.

    The Tech Bulletins were of course issued "over time" so the binder was more or less a Filing System.
    The Tech Bulletins on the 308 are about "1.25" of paper on fresh Xerox paper, but there's .pdfs out there now of most of this information.
     
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    #8 xplodee, Dec 11, 2020
    I'm interested, please PM me.
     
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    #9 murphyrg1, Dec 11, 2020
    Thanks, guys. It seems like $275/binder is about the going rate. Maybe another $50 for the copy of the 512TR manual. I'll start contacting those interested in the order they appeared and see if anyone might be interested in taking the whole lot for a couple hundred off. I didn't intend to actually sell these through my post here, so failing to sell to one of the guys who asked for a PM price, I'll put an ad in the classified section, where it belongs.
     
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    #10 xplodee, Dec 11, 2020
    I’ll take the whole lot less the 512tr book, maybe you can find a 512tr guy? Please don’t sell to someone looking to resell ;)
     
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    #11 murphyrg1, Dec 11, 2020
    I'll send you a PM with the deal info like I'm doing with the others who have already asked. I was naively hoping that by selling these through the forum rather than eBay that I would avoid re-sellers, but I'm not sure how I would know in this case.
     
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    #12 murphyrg1, Dec 11, 2020
    Looks like they are sold.

    Thanks, everyone.
     
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    #13 JohnMH, Dec 12, 2020
    Service manual. I cannot recall what I paid a few years ago for the Technical Information Binder.
     
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    #14 murphyrg1, Dec 13, 2020
    Thanks for the input. At this point, it looks like they're all going to a good home.
     

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