Merged List of All Blue Birds Currently For Sale

[jimbonich]

This is my first posting--let's see if I get it right (including the signature!).

I am planning to buy a used Blue Bird soon and I have found it very difficult to keep track of all the different ones that are for sale on the various websites. To help me keep track of what is out there I have made up a spreadsheet that I am going to use to keep track of coaches for sale that are in my price range, including any info that seems pertinent and might affect the price/value of the coach.

I have (hopefully) attached two different printouts of my spreadsheet--one sorted by price and the other by model. My thinking is that others might find this useful too--wannabe's (like me), sellers, owners looking to upgrade to a newer coach, and owners that just want to see what units like theirs are currently selling for.

This is a "work in progress" and I am open to suggestions and corrections of any kind. I have tried to include everything that I can find on Bye Bye Blue Bird, Vintage Birds, Bird Connection, Craigslist, and eBay (please note that the eBay prices are the current bid, not what the coach can be purchased for). If anyone knows of any websites or birds that I have missed, or any corrections/updates to this info please e-mail me at jim.nichols.s121@gmail.com.

Right now the list only includes coaches that are in the year and price ranges that I have been looking at, but if there is enough interest I could easily include all coaches for sale, and I could update the list every week or two.

Please let me know if this of interest to you and any suggestions/corrections/additions you can make.

[Randy Dupree]

well,thjats pretty cool,and lots of work too.
Thanks Jim.
Nice sig too!

[Turbokitty]

Dear Jim,

Great job!! Maybe you can be the WOG inventory manager The PT36 towards the bottom "1985 PT36 338K miles etc" has been sold. Maybe the other guys and dolls can chime in too as to any other updates.

Thanks for the info!

[Ed Wimberley]

Jim
Appears that you are seriously searching for your Bird---good luck
GREAT job on the spreadsheets
May want to check RV Trader.com also has list.

[Joatha]

Wow! That's a nice list. Good work...I enjoyed looking it over.

FWIW, both rvt.com and rvtraderonline.com have a nice list as well. Randy lists his on rvtraderonline.com a lot of the time so there is some duplication. Plus, I've noticed that the population doesn't change on rvt.com very much. Its been the same bunch of birds for as long as i can remember. rvtraderonline.com has similar characteristics in that regard but they move a little more often there.

[Rob Robinson]

Jim nice work. I gather this is the post you were talking to me about earlier?

[rwoody]

What a list

good job makes me WANT too to trade~!!! But i got a good 1------PAID FOR

[jimbonich]

Thanks everyone who has replied so far. I will definitely incorporate your suggestions in future updates. Perhaps this could become a regular update if enough people are interested. I'll even try to spell Randy's website correctly in the future!

For anyone that might be interested, the three eBay auctions all ended today with the buyer's reserve not being met. The high bid for the 1996 42' coach was $80,100. The 1992 39.5' got up to $81,600, and the 1982 FC35 only received a high bid of $15,465.

The "Veggie Oil" coach is still available in the classifieds for $35K. Perhaps someone could purchase it to pull the famous "donut wagon" that I read about previously in another thread, with a hose pumping oil from the trailer to coach to fuel the return trip from all the different rallies?