With nothing but a provisional driving license, I passed my driving test aged 21 in 1979 at Hyde Road Manchester, driver training centre, in a Route Master. The following week I was driving buses in service, out of Frederick Road bus garage, with 70 passengers on board. Madness, but we all survived.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Love it!

When leaving army in 1983 i went and learned to drive these at Chiswick ( London transport ) driving school and then employed out of Upton Park Garage on the number15 , 23 and 5 routes, worked with some cracking conductors and clippies. Best bus EVER designed and built in my opinion .

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

👍👍

There were also Scanias. I've driven RMs, RMLs and RMCs, all with different engines, including AV590s, AV690s, and whatever they put in RM6 to make it sound like a first-generation Dennis Dart.... RM5 was always my favourite to drive, but RM1000 also holds a special place in my heart.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@ianthomas8743

8 ай бұрын

We have got RM 9 in our Garage

I've just been out to check.... Bugger, I havent got a bus

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

Thought you gonna say:" ..and it just bloody ploughs.."😂

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

😂😂 it does!

Time to watch ON THE BUSES.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

👍

After working for London transport Peckham later New Cross I’m biased and can’t beat the purr of an AEC . Remember RM9 and RM2000. Brilliant buses and engines especially driven manually and not relying on the auto top gear position

@PeteAndHisBus

4 ай бұрын

Yes! I agree, and always drive them in "manual" mode

My lovely RM has the standard AEC590.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Very nice

Worked in Cummins for a while - great company.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

❤️👍

Love the CUMMINS

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Me too

Pete what are you feeding your buses they're breeding 😂😂 keep the videos coming 🖕🖕👌

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Just sarcasm… they love it!

Cummins c series brilliant engine 👏

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more! She’s been excellent thus far.

Awesome

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

👍👍

Can't beat the sound of the original AEC.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

True that

Bet he's fun at paries

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Very fun indeed!

Love being stuck at 32 mph behind one of those, while it's making a whole lot of diesel fog.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!!!! 😂😂👍👍

Sorry I didn't finish my post. I used to drive an AEC Reliance with a 760 engine. It was the first coach that I drove. I also drove an AEC Regent 3, so I do like AEC engines. I once started a Routemaster in our yard as I wanted to drive it, but I couldn't get the air pressure to go up, so I gave up!

@jamesfrench7299

Жыл бұрын

I've had a spin in three Swifts with 760 engines and didn't find them that powerful. They needed to wind up a bit to get to the torque, unlike a Leyland 0680 which had pulling power from the get go and didn't need much revving in general. The 760 was very smooth though and wiped the floor on many more modern engines in that regard.

@tonys1636

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesfrench7299 The Leyland had an overheating tendency when the underfloor horizontal as the radiator is behind the front axle not infront of as in an AEC chassis.

@alistairshaw3206

Жыл бұрын

@James French I agree with you, I drove Atlanteans and Leopards with the 680 engines. The Leopards are still my favourite classic buses.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Easily sorted

@jamesfrench7299

Жыл бұрын

@@tonys1636 Sydney had a lot of smaller private bus companies in it's huge metropolitan area and Leopards were still in wide use until the early 2000s, wheras there were only a couple of late build AEC Swifts with one company remaining in route bus use until 2000. By the early 1990s all AEC Reliances were a memory except for a couple with two companies being used for school runs and shuttles respectively. The Leopards were considered reliable, some even receiving new bodies in the early 1990s. I must add, Leyland parts were much easier to obtain by the 1990s than AEC. One company was using their Reliances with 590 and 691 motors at all times of the day on busy trunk routes until 1990.

I'm a fan of keeping things standard

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

You are not alone 👍👍

My favourite is the Leyland 0.600 sorry AEC buffs, but the sound suits the Routemaster's personality to a T. An extra thoaty 590 comes very close.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Good choice

There's nothing like an old Cummins 💪😎 If you mate it to an Allison trans, it's unstoppable👍

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

Don't forget the Leyland 0.600 engine

@PeteAndHisBus

7 ай бұрын

Yep, true

I have one because my Granda gave me it and it has an AEC in it

@PeteAndHisBus

9 ай бұрын

Well, it’s alright for some innit…. 😂👍👌😜

Needs a C15 Cat

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

😂👍

A few years ago ever ride this trade mark when go to somplace in my are At moment No more this trade mark pass on road in my zone

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@irsannasution7209

Жыл бұрын

@@PeteAndHisBusmany tks for your respon but its better if i said direction leyland consider for sale n market again in my area cause its prospect...

@irsannasution7209

Жыл бұрын

Gb Double decker construc by proud self so just sale n market in my area why no proud it?

Leyland in ours

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

🤗❤️👍

@PeteAndHisBus

10 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

As long as you got the flywheel and gearbox most engines sound ok

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

👍👍

Don’t forget the one off DAF engined RM that was trialed prior to the refurb program. Sounded not too dissimilar to the Leyland 0600 apparently but was dismissed on cost. Shame.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Did not know that

@jamesfrench7299

Жыл бұрын

Some also had Scania engines fitted and they were 0.600 like. Not surprised with the DAF as theirs were Leyland based.

Lots of Cummings and goings on buses.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@williamcarrington61

11 ай бұрын

Stan and Olive agree .

How about Leyland? RM is my favourite Double Decker. Just Love it. What was the Engine capacity of the AEC please? Thanks for video 😊

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

AEC was either a 9.6 or an 11.3

@alistairbernard9574

Жыл бұрын

@@PeteAndHisBus Thanks.

It has the same grille as a Rover P5. M.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Haha, it’s a good point

No Leyland engines in the routemaster ?

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Nope

Do you think you could turn a route master into electric bus After having a engine

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure it’s possibly but at what cost….

@jamesfrench7299

Жыл бұрын

As long as it sounds like a 59 stock tube train.

Wow this is good stuff, can you give us more information this is so fascinating, so what does a rebuild Cummings motor cost 🙄🙄🙄🙄

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

👍👍

I thought the Gardner was the most common with its signature tick over ?

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Nope

Ive had AEC and Leyland engined RMs. Both types are original to Routemasters, so your introduction is incorrect. I found the Leyland the most responsive pulling away, but AEC best cruising along. My present RM has a Scania replacement engine. Has the same throaty roar as original AEC units. This, with a mid-speed diff fitted, makes my RM a hoot to drive, cruising over 50mph (fast for a Routemaster). Iveco and Cummins sound more like a light truck approaching, no real roar like an RM should have.

@PeteAndHisBus

11 ай бұрын

👍

The IVECO engine is kind of dull sounding - a Cummins just sounds right

@PeteAndHisBus

7 ай бұрын

Agreed 👍👍

Cummings also make Cider I’ve heard….

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Sounds tasty! 👍🤣

Didn't they use Gardner Diesel's? I know they were used in various buses long ago. My dad was a lorry driver back in the 70's and 80's when I was young and the Gardner Diesel was considered the best deisel in the world. I must say I've never heard a better sounding deisel engine than a Gardner 180/201.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Yep they sure did

The Cummins is 10 times the engine that those other piles of rubbish are.

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

Strong words... haha! I wouldn't write the others off but you have my vote on the cummins

They need a voith gearbox and cummins engine.

@PeteAndHisBus

11 ай бұрын

👍👍

How many routmaststers dose one man need? 😂

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

The barn is the limit...... ;)

@mick0846

Жыл бұрын

@@PeteAndHisBus 🤣👍

Please don’t tel anybody……😂😂😂😂

@PeteAndHisBus

Жыл бұрын

haha!