General Motors SDM-5301

General Motors SDM-5301
Years of manufacture	1959 to 1963
Length	40 feet
Width	96 inches
Power/Fuel	Diesel

The General Motors SDM-5301 was a 40 foot Suburban New Look built from 1959 to 1962 in the United States and 1963 in Canada. It was powered by a Detroit Diesel 8V71N and a manual transmission. The SDM-5301 featured all forward facing seats on a raised platform and optional A/C.

591 units were produced.

Demonstrator Units

Fleet Number	Thumbnail	Year	Serial	Engine	Transmission	Notes
?		1960	250	?	?	GM demo
?		1961?	360	?	?	GM Engineering bus Sold in July 1963 to Raritan Valley Bus Service 835.

Operators

Canada

• Commission de transport de la communauté regionale de l'Outaouais (CTCRO) - Outaouais region, QC
• CTCUM - Montréal, QC
• Commission de transport de la ville de Laval - Laval, QC
• Metropolitan Provincial - Montreal, QC
• Murray Hill - QC
• Provincial Transport - Montreal, QC
• Transport Urbain de Hull - Hull, QC

United States

• Atlantic City Transportation Company - Atlantic City, NJ
• Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad - Glen Burnie, MD
• Bonanza Bus Lines - Providence, RI
• DC Transit System - Washington, DC
• DeCamp Bus Lines - Montclair, NJ
• Domenico Bus Service - Bayonne, NJ
• Fort Lauderdale Transit Lines - Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Interstate Buses - Springfield, MA
• Lakeland Bus Lines - Dover, NJ
• MTA Maryland - Baltimore, MD
• New York Bus Service - New York, NY
• Peerless Stages - Oakland, CA
• Raritan Valley Bus Service - NJ
• RIPTA - Rhode Island

Preserved Coaches

Year	Thumbnail	Serial	Original Owner	Fleet Number	Current Owner
1960		1	Public Service Coordinated Transport	P700	New Jersey Transit
1960		166	Red & Tan Lines	90	Art Smith
1960		167	Red & Tan Lines	91	Loren Joplin/Dreamliner Bus Leasing & Service
1962		536	Red & Tan Lines	255	Double A Transportation

External Links

• SDM-5301 US production list
• SDM-5301 Canadian production list