Benjamin Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Does anyone know of any Orion I 01.502 (30 foot) buses with the Cat 3208 diesel engine in them? I know the 1989 version of the Orion I 30-foot brochure does catalog that in the options list. ~Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I have heard of them, but I wanna hear a video of them too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradfordbrian Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I've known of several TMC Citycruisers who had 3208's retrofitted. I believe some 30ft Orion 1's have had them retrofitted as well, along with Cummins C8.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I've known of several TMC Citycruisers who had 3208's retrofitted. I believe some 30ft Orion 1's have had them retrofitted as well, along with Cummins C8.3. Brian, Of course... if you mean those that were originally delivered with Detroit Diesel 6V53 engines. Any Orion I sold in the U.S. from 1979-82 is a rarity since the TMC City Cruiser was the same thing in all but name. Montgomery County Ride-On had the rare case of ordering 57 Gillig Phantoms in the fall of 1988 with the 3208T engine... but one question remains: weren't those supposed to have been Orions before Montgomery County (Rockville, MD) awarded the order to Gillig? ~Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted August 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) Apparently, Jefferson Transit (Port Townsend, WA) repowered their 1982 Orion I buses with Cat 3208T engines around 1989. Chris Osbjornsen told me via Facebook chat that the one bus in this fleet JT still had, number 96, has that engine in place of the original 6V71N Detroit Diesel. ~Ben Edited August 16, 2014 by Benjamin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 It seems that most early Orion I's (1976-1981) had 6V53N's, but do you know if many TMC T-30 CityCruisers or Orion I's originally had CAT 3208T's? It seems like the only ones I can find had 6V53N's, but I've been wanting to know some agencies that got TMC's originally with CATs. Thanks in advanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted February 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) It seems that most early Orion I's (1976-1981) had 6V53N's, but do you know if many TMC T-30 CityCruisers or Orion I's originally had CAT 3208T's? It seems like the only ones I can find had 6V53N's, but I've been wanting to know some agencies that got TMC's originally with CATs. Thanks in advanced. I do have a 1981 TMC CityCruiser T30 brochure and it catalogs the 6V53T. I did find reference to a Cat 3208T in a 1989 edition of the Orion I brochure (printed June 1988), which is how this topic originally started. ~Ben Edited February 10, 2015 by Benjamin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 I do have a 1981 TMC CityCruiser T30 brochure and it catalogs the 6V53T. I did find reference to a Cat 3208T in a 1989 edition of the Orion I brochure (printed June 1988), which is how this topic originally started. ~Ben What about TMC's with CAT 3208T's though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted February 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) What about TMC's with CAT 3208T's though? As retrofits, yes; but I am unaware of any that used this engine from day 1. ~Ben Edited February 10, 2015 by Benjamin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 As retrofits, yes; but I am unaware of any that used this engine from day 1. ~Ben Ah okay. Thank you. So 6V53T it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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