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  @clivechadburn634223 сағат бұрын

  Lovely to hear the old bus again . I would often travel on these buses when they ran on the 197 route . Norwood junction caterham valley that must have been quite a nice run really heading towards the valley on the godstone road . That was 1969 to 1971 . I would always sit with my dad on the long seat at the rear . funnily enough I became a night shunter at Thornton heath bus garage From 1983 to 1995 The old girls had gone by then but the route masters were just as good lasting at T H until 1987 . I would often let the odd kid jump in the cab & sit on the bell box as I drove through the wash ! Clive chad

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  @blackpoolbarmpot5 күн бұрын

  I think that five-speed gearbox may have been fitted at a later date, because the gear positions 'dial' on the 'dash' (to the front of the handbrake) shows only four and reverse positions. Or has it got the wrong gear position indicator fitted !!

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  @davidmccready64715 күн бұрын

  Used to catch the Western SMT Lodekkas to school back in the 70s but I’m sure they were manual…….it was 50 years ago!

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  @kingsleymoreland10414 күн бұрын

  I remember these articulated buses in the 1960's,they were powered by KLG model Bedfords.Adelaide, South Australia

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  @geoffcrumblin985014 күн бұрын

  I recall these operating out of west Ryde, Sydney

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  @keithblakesley19617 күн бұрын

  Thanks for this. It takes me back to 1967 when my mum would take my brother and I on one of these from the bus stop at the top of The Knares, into Basildon Bus Station on a Saturday morning whenever my dad was driving the bus. This was the view I remember.

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  @keith488622 күн бұрын

  It would have been better had you taken the view from the passenger side.

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  @DanielsUKTАй бұрын

  Almost 10 years ago man how time passes, wonder if they will get GB kites in the future

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  @mikaelabowen5781Ай бұрын

  Pure music to listen to!

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  @petermartin7350Ай бұрын

  In 1958 during my college vacation I worked as a conductor out of long-gone Totnes garage, Every bus had its own personality: all the drivers dreaded no. 953. Starting one shift I found Gilbert, my driver in a foul mood: on an overtime stint that morning, returning fronm Pontin's Holiday Camp near Paignton, he had had to ask some of the passengers to get off because he'd got stuck on a hill! Apparently 953 had a five-cylinder engine: most of the others had six. I went on to be a teacher, and often regretted not staying on the buses in idyllic Devon.

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  @KeithHunnАй бұрын

  I used to get this bus most days in Leeds to work

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  @stevehillier7018Ай бұрын

  A bit of 1st gear whine would be good

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  @user-fn2ee1di3cАй бұрын

  Hi i'm viatron from Sheffield, I remember that Sunderland corporation crossley dd42/3 double deck bus from that time via it were painted in a green & cream livery at the time when it were in passenger service when a very strange thing had happened during that time when the original crossley HOE7/4 8.6 litre 6-cylinder diesel engine were replaced with a Gardner 5LW 5-cylinder compression-ignition diesel engine what sounded completely different & also featured in an early edition of 'Bus Fare' magazine of the late-70s. But I'm glad it's now back in an original condition when new. Thank you for your co-operation on this very special subject on my very own favourite bus, the crossley dd42 type from the very famous legendary vintage bus enthusiast & historian David Viatron Esquire of crookes in Sheffield.

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  @zachsnooks7117Ай бұрын

  what happened to the bus at 8:58?

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  @1973tsАй бұрын

  This is absolutely first class driving. Lovely to listen to the familiar AVW engine.

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  @davidluck46082 ай бұрын

  If you’d have followed this road to the West, picking up the Uxbridge Road at Shepherds Bush Green, you’d eventually have driven past Windmill Lane at Southall Middlesex, site of the AEC Factory until 1979. I served my apprenticeship their in 1969, and in 1981 I got to drive the RM’s out of Uxbridge LT Garage on route 207, (Hanwell Garage operated RML’s. ) During the early 1980s ALDENHAM BUS OVERHAUL WORKS were still delivering refurbished Routemasters to garages. A refurbished RM was a dream to drive❤️

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  @FearR4F43L2 ай бұрын

  I like that wright street lite bus

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  @darlenethackeray84072 ай бұрын

  My dad drove these in London throughout most of the fifties until we emigrated to New Zealand in 1958. I have the Sun Star model of ( RT10 -FXT 185) My dad (Charlie Thackeray) was based at Merton Garage and regularly drove the Shepherd Bush to Crystal Palace route. We left the UK in 1958 when I was only ten.

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  @perthbus-info2 ай бұрын

  Sorry, not a fan of flat-changing

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  @maxbacon48282 ай бұрын

  King of the Road!.

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  @ColinLaw-iz5ws2 ай бұрын

  Good stuff.keep up the good work.

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  @robertp.wainman40942 ай бұрын

  No wonder there was less stress years ago - when an RT sang to it's passengers like this! Still remember visiting relatives in London and catching an RT from Blackheath Station and that beautiful melody as it made it's way up Shooters Hill Road - had such an impression on me as a kid that I'd spend hours imitating the whine whilst riding my bike......can still do a reasonable impression now! Does anyone know why they were quite so tuneful - even more than a Routemaster I think?

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  @rolandjahn16932 ай бұрын

  Kindheits Erinnerungen! ❤

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  @cidertom51402 ай бұрын

  Gardner

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  @MatthewSpeller-gt5eg2 ай бұрын

  Australian wanker wagon driven a terd

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  @quincyhargrove18833 ай бұрын

  That bus gots to be doing 80 or 90mph or it just has high rpms

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  @VictorSiu-it2ed3 ай бұрын

  Ur vid recalled my memory that Guy Arab V ran through the countryside of Hong Kong. Thx for posting

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  @michelletan51163 ай бұрын

  665656

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  @pwoods2686able3 ай бұрын

  I would love to drive this coach

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  @cidertom51403 ай бұрын

  Engine idle way too high

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  @Hoops-Senior3 ай бұрын

  My Dad used to drive these in the 60's, and the Clippy would lift me up and pass me through the little access window where I would sit with him on his route, and he let me operate the doors sometimes. Happy days with my hero.

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  @qfa3303 ай бұрын

  Loved riding these in Perth... the legroom was so much better !

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  @BusBoysBusChannel3 ай бұрын

  Love the video! Ive always wondered what the blue button on the dash is?

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  @bussesandmore12633 ай бұрын

  Good busses are they all still in good condition!!!?

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  @makieshabilbey25464 ай бұрын

  We have a 1963 Bristol double decker bus that was just uncovered on a lot of land we purchased at auction. It was used on tours as late as 2000, how do you start it?????? PLEASE HELP?????

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  @jamesfrench72994 ай бұрын

  First I knew LT had Regal IIIs. They must have withdrawn them early on.

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  @jamesfrench72994 ай бұрын

  I like them more than the RM now. At least these weren't changed so much.

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  @EdVanMeyer5 ай бұрын

  I drove one of these with the 1.3 engine, they really go.

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  @cidertom51405 ай бұрын

  Idle way too fast

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  @MrColinTheBusDriver5 ай бұрын

  Sounds like the Volvo B10M in Singapore

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  @josedeoliveira14115 ай бұрын

  Aqui no Brasil esse tipo foi apelidado de papa filas

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  @cidertom51405 ай бұрын

  Engine idle too high

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  @cidertom51405 ай бұрын

  Fantastic !!!

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  @rotheryberlin77725 ай бұрын

  Mit 1986 bin ich vor 35 Jahren gelegentlich im 34 Nachtwagen gefahren . Das waren noch Zeiten 😊

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  @VictorSiu-it2ed5 ай бұрын

  The Benz OH405 engine pulled by the Benz genuine automatic gearbox is just perfect, and it’s acoustic is pretty similar those KMB purchased between 1983 - 84

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  @davidbarnes75 ай бұрын

  I've driven it, nice bus

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  @Dunbardoddy5 ай бұрын

  The Ailsa Truck and Bus Company - Scottish built Volvo's had double headlights making them a wee bit more distinguished from their single headlighted Swedish partners. Around the same time (1960s) the Ailsa double decker bus chassis was introduced which unusually for a flat floored double decker was front engined. These excellent bus chassis' sold in thousands to bus operators all over the UK and were well known for giving excess of 20yrs service they were so well made. Ailsa trucks were such a success they soon grew out of their Barrhead base and moved to a massive new assembly plant in Irvine, North Ayrshire. Another successful venture for Jim McKelvie. Ailsa Trucks soon became Volvo Truck & Bus UK of which Jim McKelvie became a member of the board of directors.

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  @richardkeen69656 ай бұрын

  My Dad loved driving the MD .. he worked at New Cross and drove the MD on routes 53 and 141, he took me out a few time on one as well

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  @chrisround9416 ай бұрын

  Oh the memories, it takes me back to my childhood in Sheffield. In the holidays I would spend the day on these wonderful vehicles

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  @ERIC-656 ай бұрын

  Are the spark plugs feeding into the P.A. ?

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  @johng.lidstone22366 ай бұрын

  No spark plugs on a diesel engine.

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  @ERIC-656 ай бұрын

  @@johng.lidstone2236 So, why is that bus so melodic then ?