When you drove a vehicle before they started driving you. Magic.

I used to drive for National Express back in the 80s in Liverpool we had lot's of our coaches like this, same gear box. I loved the sound of the mighty Leyland leopard, and Tiger

Now that is a beautiful piece of old school driving excellence with the mighty roar of a 680

Driven properly too! What a beaut of a machine! 👌

The wee pause on the gear change to let the brake bands in the gearbox to slow down the correct way to do it. That's how the gearboxs all got trashed

@lelandmccall4696

Жыл бұрын

That’s the right way 👌

@raymondfoster219

5 ай бұрын

spot on.

@carabara3947

Ай бұрын

Yep Trashed Because Of Scheduling And Shift Rota Departments Of Large Bus Companies What Driver Was Going To Change Gear Like That When In Service And Running Late To Finish Foot Down And Straight Through

Brings back memories.... including a school trip to Germany from North East on a 1972 leopard/panorama. Most memorable was seeing a one hitting 90mph for long stretches on the M1 (slight downhills) during the early hours in 1976 on an OK motor services one (Newcastle United supporters coach returning from London after league cup final with Man City... Newcastle lost! 😢)

Excellent on the gears. A treat to watch and listen to. So many drivers used to be too eager

Lovely little ride, Still sound fantastic, takes me back to the late 80s as a trainee coach apprentice 👍👍

Went on a school trip to France in 1987 in a coach - it had the same gearbox and I remember interrogating the driver about it.

This is the only Leopard Video I've seen on KZread where it has a 2 speed axle. I would love to see a longer video of this coach. The normal five speed had a very long space between fourth and fifth, which often meant coaches would slow to 50-55mph before changing down with the engine at max revs. But top gear would take these well past 70 on the motorway, on my journeys back from London to B'ham in the 70s and early 80s I often saw the speedo indicating 80mph with the coach in the outside lane of the M1! I only went on a couple of Leopards with the 2 speed axle, and the half step between top and fourth made a huge difference in maintaining speed on hills. Anyway, if you get a chance to do another longer video of this coach with the gear change being shown I'd really enjoy it.

Brings back fond memories. Properly committed to that roundabout, awesome!!

Masterpiece brilliant bus an driver love the reving and smooth gear changing ive been passanger on a few older plaxton/leylands buses coaches as a kid

That sounds absolutely gorgeous.......this is how I remember Leopards being driven enthusiastically in the 70s and early 80s. Bloody Loveleh, thank you for sharing this 😊😊😊😊😊

@robertcamble3543

Жыл бұрын

I remember the Leyland Olympics that came to Jamaica in the 60s with this gear shifter . As a kid ,I used to love watching the driver shifting those gear & how those buses accelerated quickly . Good ol british steel . A few of those buses still survive though not driving.

@bobguthrie3037

Жыл бұрын

I drove one at derwent coaches in the 70sfantastic vehicle

@bobguthrie3037

Жыл бұрын

I forgot to say TUP77K I looked after her she looked after me always got me home

@bobguthrie3037

Жыл бұрын

Going to work was a pleasure

Pneumocyclics are so smooth when driven like this!

Great Skills. I've never seen a pneumocyclic gearbox with a splitter before.

@StBlazeyModelWorld

Жыл бұрын

I was a driver with Western National NBC and we had lots of Leopards with splitters. If I remember rightly (I'm old) all of the VOD xxx S reg examples had them.

@lucythemoggy1970

Жыл бұрын

@@StBlazeyModelWorld never knew that either

@philipstanbridge6535

Жыл бұрын

Southdown leopards had Eaton 2 speed rear axles

@andypreston1524

Жыл бұрын

​@Philip Stanbridge The RYJ xxxR vehicles "whistled" like a good 'un too 😂

@iankp5901

Жыл бұрын

More likely a 2 speed rear axle on a leopard/pneumocyclic. Either air or electrically operated. Electrical units could get caught between speeds and with no drive if used incorrectly.

Brilliant driving there. Double de clutching with a semi without the clutch perfect timing.

Awesome driving I fondly remember Barton’s buses having these as a kid used to get these with my dad to visit my gran

Steptoe sure knows how to drive 😆👍😆

Sound of my school days 👍

Great demo on how to drive the semi-auto box

Джостик, просто красота.

Bus driver needs a new uniform.....!😊 was he moonlighting in a quarry! Smoth driver though😊

@lelandmccall4696

Жыл бұрын

Thank you it’s my dad

@grahamallen1970

Жыл бұрын

@@lelandmccall4696 have a word then....

@micjubba709

Жыл бұрын

​@@lelandmccall4696lol my dad was a bus driver wear the same highvis covered in oil and rigger boots 👢

All the right gear changes and I know when a Leyland engine sounds right being a Merseyside PTE enthusiast

Perfectly driven 👌🏻

Smooth gearbox

I past my test in a Leyland leopard, with Alexander body and 4 speed crash box.

What’s that gearbox semi auto

A PSU3B/4RT Leopard with a splitter PneumoCyclic gearbox and wonderful sound effects.

@user-xy9bk3zy5t

6 ай бұрын

PSU5/4RT even

That fellas been about..

That`s how to drive a coach

Caroline seagull over again wit out the splitter love it 😊

Much more power than the bedfords

Brilliant, could do with power steering ! Excellent gear changing, I've never seen a splitter used on a semi auto before. What order do you go through the gears?

Veri naise.

Great driver!

Probably silly question but is that switch on the gear lever for a 2 speed axle or gearbox splitter ?

Real gear changing! Everything auto these days.

Definitely prefer the two spoke steer to the four.

This merk ever there was here But not for long time... Which product czn competitive with other merk

No clutch pedal? Semi-manual gearbox?🤔

@justdoi8909

Жыл бұрын

manual auto

@iankp5901

Жыл бұрын

​@@justdoi8909SCG semi-automatic.

@justdoi8909

Жыл бұрын

@@iankp5901 I have owned one for five years, they are a manual change auto.

@iankp5901

Жыл бұрын

@@justdoi8909 then you should know that this is not a manual gearbox

@justdoi8909

Жыл бұрын

@@iankp5901 correct, as I said above, manual shift auto

That is how to drive a Leopard, with a splitter!

That’s exactly how to drive a semi auto😊

Is this bus still in preservation?

@lelandmccall4696

5 ай бұрын

yes it sure is

No clutch??

Great shifting there!! Lovely bus and sound. I've never come across one of those gear shifters to restore, just the basic 4 speed pneumatic here in Australia.

Ещо знать бы, что это? Трактор, автобус или грозовик.

@lelandmccall4696

Жыл бұрын

It’s a plaxton panorama elite 2(bus)

Any One Still Know Neutral Pull The Selector Up Then Turn So You Can't Accidentally Knock It Into Gear

Too fast

@lelandmccall4696

Жыл бұрын

Was perfect

@TrenyCwm

Жыл бұрын

@@lelandmccall4696 Dangerous

@lelandmccall4696

Жыл бұрын

@@TrenyCwmfastest was 30 👌

The days when all you needed was a tx98 key to unlock the emergency door and you could steal the coach as you didn't need an ignition key.

That is how to drive a Leopard, with a splitter!