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10-17-2020, 02:43 AM
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New Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Posts: 2
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Alaskan Phantom
Hey all! I've been lurking through these forums for years and when I stumbled across a 1996 Gillig Phantom near me, I just couldn't resist!
$3000 later, I drove this bad boy back to my house and began the process of seat removal, cleaning etc.
I'm incredibly excited to convert this bad boy into a second home on wheels!
The bus was a city transit bus and it was the last of this model that they had in the fleet. So... they decided to throw on ALL of the remaining spare parts, manuals, etc they had for their Phantom fleet onto my bus! It runs excellent, has all of it's maintenance records, and is in fantastic shape!
I'm a pretty handy guy, but I know very little about these busses and, while I can't wait to learn everything, I'm gonna need a TON of help getting it all sorted out.
Hopefully there will be some patient, generous folk around here willing to help me get my project sorted!
Jason in AK
(My apologies for the rotated pictures, nothing I do seems to fix it...)
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10-17-2020, 08:10 AM
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#2
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Almost There
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 74
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Gillig
Chassis: Phantom
Engine: ISM 10.8L, B400R
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Nice! I just started on a 2001 Phantom, I will be following along.
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10-17-2020, 08:55 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 7,000
Year: 2003
Coachwork: International
Chassis: CE 300
Engine: DT466e
Rated Cap: 65C-43A
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That's a pretty cool find. Welcome to the forum, looking forward to watching this build.
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10-17-2020, 10:34 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: May 2019
Location: Southern Maine
Posts: 122
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Gillig
Chassis: Phantom 40'
Engine: DDECII 6V92T Allison MT647
Rated Cap: 37,400 lbs of potential
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Welcome aboard Jason
Excellent haul of spares to go with a great bus! What powerplant has your Phantom got?
I'll be following for sure!
Rich
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10-17-2020, 01:06 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Mesa, AZ
Posts: 787
Year: 1993
Coachwork: 44' Newell Coach
Engine: 8v92T Detroit
Rated Cap: 2 adults and two pigeons
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Wow, Congratulations on that score!! I was in the market for a similar bus and could have won an eBay auction for less than 2k. The thing that stopped me was the fear of that bus having almost 600k miles and the Voith transmission of which nobody knew anything about. Part of me regrets not going for it since it would have saved me some time with my current roof raise, but that's ok. Keep moving on in life!
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--Simon
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10-19-2020, 09:12 PM
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New Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Posts: 2
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantom5824
Welcome aboard Jason
Excellent haul of spares to go with a great bus! What powerplant has your Phantom got?
I'll be following for sure!
Rich
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It's got a Detroit Series 50. Which, my research shows is a pretty solid engine, but I'm completely unfamiliar with large diesel engines.
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10-19-2020, 11:41 PM
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#7
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2020
Location: Northern California (Sacramento)
Posts: 1,434
Year: 1999
Coachwork: El Dorado Fiberglass
Chassis: Ford E450
Engine: V10 Gas
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That thing has great traction-sticks to the ground even upside down!
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10-20-2020, 06:14 PM
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#8
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New Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Posts: 3
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I have a 95' gillig with a series 50 detroit. Nice score on the manuals. I had to buy a parts manual from gillig $300! If I can help, let me know.
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10-20-2020, 07:20 PM
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#9
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 1,349
Year: 1990
Coachwork: Thomas 4 window w/lift
Chassis: G30~Chevy cutaway
Engine: 5.7/350 Chevy Vortec
Rated Cap: Just me and my "stuff"?
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Congrats on your score.
If you can, post pics as you go about your conversion.
Here's a link to help you get your pics oriented so nobody has to stand on their head to see em!:
https://www.skoolie.net/forums/f12/h...-new-post.html
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10-31-2020, 07:14 PM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 634
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas
Engine: 3126b 210hp
Rated Cap: 48
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rucker
That thing has great traction-sticks to the ground even upside down!
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Yeah. OP failed to mention he is in Australia. 🙃
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11-01-2020, 02:20 PM
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#11
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Skoolie
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: Alaska
Posts: 102
Year: 2002
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: IH3800
Engine: DT466E
Rated Cap: 77
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Was that actually in service in AK? I looked all over up here, ended up buying in southern Oregon. Driving our bus up the AlCan in 2 weeks, should be alot of fun, kinda jealous you found a good one here!!
Warren
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12-02-2020, 04:55 PM
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#12
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Near Flagstaff AZ
Posts: 1,951
Year: 1974
Coachwork: Crown
Chassis: "Atomic"
Engine: DD 8V71
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We also have a Gillig transit Phantom with the 4-cylinder Series 50 Detroit. Ours looks very much like yours, except the stripes are a different color...and ours wasn't filled with boxes of spare parts! Nice score.
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12-03-2020, 06:58 AM
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#13
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Skoolie
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Southern VT
Posts: 154
Year: 2001
Coachwork: Thomas Bus
Chassis: Allison MD 3060
Engine: Catepillar 3126B 210hp/605 ft lb
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Have a great build! Would love to see it cruising this summer (You got a warm garage up there?) I have been up in AK 2 summers now, my 3rd is on the way in 2021. We fly in and out due to covid, and store ours in Anchorage
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