Thomas School Bus - Cummins 5.9L Engine - 38' 84 Passenger - Runs Great! (2000)
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| Condition: | Used | Model Year: | 2000 |
| Fuel Type: | Diesel | Make: | Thomas |
| Type: | School Bus |
Arvada, Colorado, United States
Vehicle description
Quick & Dirty Details: 2000 38’ 84 Passenger Thomas Built Cabover (Forward Control) Actual Mileage Unknown (~200K) VIN: 1T88U3B23Y1083919 Cummins 5.9L 24v - SN: 45850050 Allison MD 3060 6-Speed Transmission
Here’s our little lady, she"s called Le Phoenix. We"ve owned and operated this bus since 2017 as part of our 30-bus fleet. She"s been one of our most reliable runners with very minimal downtime. She runs very well and we’re super sad to have to sell one of our perfectly good Cummins gals, but due to Covid our nonprofit is forced to shut down and offload assets for less than they"re worth.
We bought this bus from an Arizona school district - which we love because it’s super dry down there and buses never have any rust. Le Phoenix has a mural from one of our sponsors, Bumble, painted on the sides.
She sports the Cummins 5.9L - which is one of the most legendary engines ever made. Just google it and you’ll see thousands of articles agreeing with our subjective statement. The 5.9L wins universal accolades because of its impressive ability to deliver mountains of torque, its simple design, and ultimate bulletproof reliability. All these features are packed into a lightweight (1100 lbs) and strong setup that’s trusted in literally millions of work trucks and vehicles across the globe. The 5.9L outperformed its competition - the much larger Power Stroke 7.3L - and proved to be more reliable as well. The 2000 model year Cummins 5.9 could produce 235 hp and 460 ft lb compared to the 7.3’s 225 hp and 450 ft lb. Which is crazy. Side note, the 7.3L was produced for Ford by International / Navistar. This engine also shows up in many busses made by International branded as the DT-444E (7.3 liters is exactly 444 cubic inches). And yet… The smaller, simpler, and more reliable Cummins 5.9 outperformed it. Badass. The Cummins 5.9L is actually our favourite engine that we operate. This legendary piece of machinery can be yours!
They’re also designed to be easily serviceable and parts are easy to find, even in remote locations around the world. The engine is sought after and used in many engine swaps, competition, and hot rodding applications - which in turn created the largest aftermarket parts availability for any diesel engine. Ever. It’s popularity also means there are tons of how-to videos for everything you could think of online - which is nice support to have available.
She’s gently loved and of course, a bunch of stuff rattles. Sure some stuff is broken, but more stuff is not broken than is broken, so with a school bus that means you’re all set! (Runs and drives, passes DOT annual inspection, can drift and do doughnuts in the right conditions). She’s made of steel and her bones are solid. No rust. Please also note: We nabbed some pictures off social media, and some show her paint when it was brand new and supa-fresh in 2017. It’s now 2020 (we think?) and the spray paint is a little flakey in some spots - factory bus paint and Rustoleum base coat are great tho. She has a few scratches and dings (we see it as character).
Noteworthy bits of charter are: one special ding (see photo), cracked passenger side windshield, an electrical connection that is loose, and unknown mileage [we purchased her with 178,823 miles, but the speedo broke shortly after so we replaced the whole dash as multiple gages were out. Don’t know how many miles we did w/o speedo clocking miles, and don’t know how many miles the odometer had when we swapped the dash. Multiple gauges are still out, but the important ones work!). We never put more than 10K miles on a bus in a year. Overall, she’s in super-duper condition for a 20 year old school bus turned party bus, that’s for sure!
Fleet maintained on a schedule. Loved. Seriously Loved. If you’re interested in this piece of history, and would perhaps like to make some history of your own, please reach out and we’d be happy to go over her quirks with you, do a FaceTime call and walk around, and/or you can come see her in person and take her for a spin!
She would make the most excellent and loyal skoolie conversion, rafting bus, church bus, toy-hauler, stunt vehicle, etc… This vehicle is capable in so many ways, and you’re getting so much machine per dollar here - it’s nuts.
Finally, we’d like to say that we can’t guarantee the bus after the sale or provide any kind of warranty, and school bus maintenance / repair is an expected part of the ownership equation. That said, during our ownership we’ve done a fair amount of work on this bus (as well as multiple other Thomas / Cummins) and we have a ton of information on these gals. We have spare parts, part number matrices, assembly diagrams, supplier contacts, tribal knowledge of install/uninstall tips and tricks, etc. If you end up buying this bus from us and need some help down the road, we’d be happy to be available for you and offer you all the support we’re able.
Check out our other buses up for auction right now! [more to come as well]
Thanks for looking.
Love, - Matty & Crew at Bus to Show
P.S. If you’re looking to convert a skoolie and need a bus with some resources - ya kinda just hit the jackpot. You can buy the bus from us and, mega bonus, we share our lot with Chrome Yellow Corp. They’re the dopest and mostest originalest skoolie converters in the land (seriously, multiple HGTV episodes, magazine covers, full write-ups, etc. under their belt). Google ‘em. Just sayin’.
P.S.S. We might be able to figure out a delivery of the bus if you’re absolutely not able to come pick it up. We’re closing the company down and stretched pretty thin, but if that"s an absolutely necessary component for this gal to get to a good home, we can prolly work something out (price for delivery [if we can swing it] is usually around $700-$800 to lower 48).
P.S.S.S (sheesh) We can have two employees remove the seats and haul them to the dump for $250 before you take the bus, if you"re into that kind of thing.
Here’s our little lady, she"s called Le Phoenix. We"ve owned and operated this bus since 2017 as part of our 30-bus fleet. She"s been one of our most reliable runners with very minimal downtime. She runs very well and we’re super sad to have to sell one of our perfectly good Cummins gals, but due to Covid our nonprofit is forced to shut down and offload assets for less than they"re worth.
We bought this bus from an Arizona school district - which we love because it’s super dry down there and buses never have any rust. Le Phoenix has a mural from one of our sponsors, Bumble, painted on the sides.
She sports the Cummins 5.9L - which is one of the most legendary engines ever made. Just google it and you’ll see thousands of articles agreeing with our subjective statement. The 5.9L wins universal accolades because of its impressive ability to deliver mountains of torque, its simple design, and ultimate bulletproof reliability. All these features are packed into a lightweight (1100 lbs) and strong setup that’s trusted in literally millions of work trucks and vehicles across the globe. The 5.9L outperformed its competition - the much larger Power Stroke 7.3L - and proved to be more reliable as well. The 2000 model year Cummins 5.9 could produce 235 hp and 460 ft lb compared to the 7.3’s 225 hp and 450 ft lb. Which is crazy. Side note, the 7.3L was produced for Ford by International / Navistar. This engine also shows up in many busses made by International branded as the DT-444E (7.3 liters is exactly 444 cubic inches). And yet… The smaller, simpler, and more reliable Cummins 5.9 outperformed it. Badass. The Cummins 5.9L is actually our favourite engine that we operate. This legendary piece of machinery can be yours!
They’re also designed to be easily serviceable and parts are easy to find, even in remote locations around the world. The engine is sought after and used in many engine swaps, competition, and hot rodding applications - which in turn created the largest aftermarket parts availability for any diesel engine. Ever. It’s popularity also means there are tons of how-to videos for everything you could think of online - which is nice support to have available.
She’s gently loved and of course, a bunch of stuff rattles. Sure some stuff is broken, but more stuff is not broken than is broken, so with a school bus that means you’re all set! (Runs and drives, passes DOT annual inspection, can drift and do doughnuts in the right conditions). She’s made of steel and her bones are solid. No rust. Please also note: We nabbed some pictures off social media, and some show her paint when it was brand new and supa-fresh in 2017. It’s now 2020 (we think?) and the spray paint is a little flakey in some spots - factory bus paint and Rustoleum base coat are great tho. She has a few scratches and dings (we see it as character).
Noteworthy bits of charter are: one special ding (see photo), cracked passenger side windshield, an electrical connection that is loose, and unknown mileage [we purchased her with 178,823 miles, but the speedo broke shortly after so we replaced the whole dash as multiple gages were out. Don’t know how many miles we did w/o speedo clocking miles, and don’t know how many miles the odometer had when we swapped the dash. Multiple gauges are still out, but the important ones work!). We never put more than 10K miles on a bus in a year. Overall, she’s in super-duper condition for a 20 year old school bus turned party bus, that’s for sure!
Fleet maintained on a schedule. Loved. Seriously Loved. If you’re interested in this piece of history, and would perhaps like to make some history of your own, please reach out and we’d be happy to go over her quirks with you, do a FaceTime call and walk around, and/or you can come see her in person and take her for a spin!
She would make the most excellent and loyal skoolie conversion, rafting bus, church bus, toy-hauler, stunt vehicle, etc… This vehicle is capable in so many ways, and you’re getting so much machine per dollar here - it’s nuts.
Finally, we’d like to say that we can’t guarantee the bus after the sale or provide any kind of warranty, and school bus maintenance / repair is an expected part of the ownership equation. That said, during our ownership we’ve done a fair amount of work on this bus (as well as multiple other Thomas / Cummins) and we have a ton of information on these gals. We have spare parts, part number matrices, assembly diagrams, supplier contacts, tribal knowledge of install/uninstall tips and tricks, etc. If you end up buying this bus from us and need some help down the road, we’d be happy to be available for you and offer you all the support we’re able.
Check out our other buses up for auction right now! [more to come as well]
Thanks for looking.
Love, - Matty & Crew at Bus to Show
P.S. If you’re looking to convert a skoolie and need a bus with some resources - ya kinda just hit the jackpot. You can buy the bus from us and, mega bonus, we share our lot with Chrome Yellow Corp. They’re the dopest and mostest originalest skoolie converters in the land (seriously, multiple HGTV episodes, magazine covers, full write-ups, etc. under their belt). Google ‘em. Just sayin’.
P.S.S. We might be able to figure out a delivery of the bus if you’re absolutely not able to come pick it up. We’re closing the company down and stretched pretty thin, but if that"s an absolutely necessary component for this gal to get to a good home, we can prolly work something out (price for delivery [if we can swing it] is usually around $700-$800 to lower 48).
P.S.S.S (sheesh) We can have two employees remove the seats and haul them to the dump for $250 before you take the bus, if you"re into that kind of thing.