This is a delight. That glorious sound and a driver who really respects and understands the vehicle, no "performing" for the audience, or showing off - experience shines.
Nice drive, sounds great !!! . When I was growing up we mainly had the direct air shift in the leopards and the Atlanteans, just before the government got rid of them, we started to get the Atlanteans with this type of shifter. When I was a kid I was more captivated in how the pneumatic type worked,, I always wanted one.. and now I rebuild them many many years later it's wonderful, to see they are still going, all the hard work that goes into them .
I used to love riding on these buses in Colchester back in the 70's when I was primary school age. I used to wonder how the driver changed gear without a clutch.The sound is unique and evokes great memorise too. I also used to wonder why the indicator control was so big and red! I was an odd child lol 😂
Remember traveling on these on the 150 Newport to Merthyr service run my rhymney valley usually a re or if unlucky a leopard great sounds is the bus climbing out of ventnor isle of wight ,?
im no expert (!) but his driving and steering looked totally fine to me considering no power assist, and trying to get a very long bus round some quite tight bends there. Smooth driving and nice and easy on the gear box too. The only weird thing is should the left wiper be dragging over the central dividing strip on the windscreen? It can't do it much good.
If you look below the gear selector early on from the start you'll see a black rimmed tachograph showing the speed, has to be fitted to public service vehicles.
Had a swine of a job to get it working on mine - some electrical jiggery-pokery fixed it in the end but I suspect there are more REs in preservation without a working speedo than working ones!
RE mk 1 flat front top left corner off drivers side window is curved like the mw,s pull lever hand brake not the little dash board mounted gas hand brake, it most be a very early RE bus green paint in the driver's cabin not the cream kind off formica and the shorter flat windscreen old still wipers, remember seeing these in the 60,s in Gloucester when our family went over to Gloucester from Stroud in the car. a very early RE bus but it,s still has that re sound, i lived in Stroud at the time i was only a small kid at the time, in Seroud we had the older mw buses so bid Gloucester but they had these early type off RE buses, i youst to refer the Gloucester RE,s as Gloucester buses because they were mainly in Gloucester
Great video , nice bus, nìce driver ,but the steering technique is APPALLING.. I subscribe anyway keep it up just learn for your mistakes have a great day.
Hi there my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't you and your teammates can still do those Rebuilding and Repainting each of those nice fresh shiny Volvo D10A, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200, and Cummins M11, Loud 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV’s Modernisation the inside of Most of the Alexander RV Buses so that the Alexander Bus Builders will be have the interesting Opportunities in Rebuilding most of the Alexander RV’s into a insidable modernisation of the Low Floor Alexander RV Buses Pretty Please, Repaint most of them to a Grey Green Pattern Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 179, 210, 275, 125, 168, 173, 24, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 228 each of The Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11, Volvo D10A and Gardner LG1200, Loud 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Cummins M11 and those Gardner LG1200 Loud 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses to those East London and North London and that especially is including the London Bus such as those London Bus Routes such as for example the 296, 179, 341, 41, N29 and that also willing to be including each of the North London Bus Route Number 221 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Please? could you please Repaint most likely be able to Repaint most of them into the Exact grey-green bus Colour and put each of the North London and another each of the East London Bus Routes which are each of the 341, 179, N41, 34, N29, 149, 221, N73, 86, 30, 296, 147, 41, 262, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately need Are those types of the pattern colour buses to be brought back again in London Please? Do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and living in those areas such as East London, pretty please. It will be Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them being Repainted into the exact Grey Green Pattern Colours I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200 and Cummins M11 Loud 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your help, time and support.
This is a delight. That glorious sound and a driver who really respects and understands the vehicle, no "performing" for the audience, or showing off - experience shines.
Bravissima
Love the gear change done correctly.
A pleasure to watch a professional at work.
Fantastic driver, beautiful gear changes. What a delight to watch.
A joy to watch a true master of his craft behind the wheel, well done mate!
Thank you for your kind comments Christopher :)
Nice drive, sounds great !!! . When I was growing up we mainly had the direct air shift in the leopards and the Atlanteans, just before the government got rid of them, we started to get the Atlanteans with this type of shifter. When I was a kid I was more captivated in how the pneumatic type worked,, I always wanted one.. and now I rebuild them many many years later it's wonderful, to see they are still going, all the hard work that goes into them .
Proper gear changes 👍 non of this slam it in from gear to gear. Good man 😀. Love the sound. Nice old buses those RE’s
I used to love riding on these buses in Colchester back in the 70's when I was primary school age. I used to wonder how the driver changed gear without a clutch.The sound is unique and evokes great memorise too. I also used to wonder why the indicator control was so big and red! I was an odd child lol 😂
Superb, enjoyed every minute of this
Remember traveling on these on the 150 Newport to Merthyr service run my rhymney valley usually a re or if unlucky a leopard great sounds is the bus climbing out of ventnor isle of wight ,?
Well done and nice scenery from Beer to Seaton South Devon.
Beautiful!
Thank-you!
im no expert (!) but his driving and steering looked totally fine to me considering no power assist, and trying to get a very long bus round some quite tight bends there. Smooth driving and nice and easy on the gear box too. The only weird thing is should the left wiper be dragging over the central dividing strip on the windscreen? It can't do it much good.
Superb driving
Does the Speedo not work? Lovely bus though brought back some memories from my childhood 🥰
If you look below the gear selector early on from the start you'll see a black rimmed tachograph showing the speed, has to be fitted to public service vehicles.
I'm glad my RE isn't the only one without a working speedo...
There's a tacho just by my left knee cap
Had a swine of a job to get it working on mine - some electrical jiggery-pokery fixed it in the end but I suspect there are more REs in preservation without a working speedo than working ones!
Gardener powered?
souds like it!
I love buses
From Beer to Seaton in a Devon drizzle!
Half automatische versnelling / semi-automatic transmission ?
Takes me back a few years! Felt a bit sorry for the handbrake pawl though!
RE mk 1 flat front top left corner off drivers side window is curved like the mw,s pull lever hand brake not the little dash board mounted gas hand brake, it most be a very early RE bus green paint in the driver's cabin not the cream kind off formica and the shorter flat windscreen old still wipers, remember seeing these in the 60,s in Gloucester when our family went over to Gloucester from Stroud in the car. a very early RE bus but it,s still has that re sound, i lived in Stroud at the time i was only a small kid at the time, in Seroud we had the older mw buses so bid Gloucester but they had these early type off RE buses, i youst to refer the Gloucester RE,s as Gloucester buses because they were mainly in Gloucester
Thanks for those kind words, Mike. All I can see are the mistakes I made.☹️
Can't rush a Pneumocyclic gearbox, great things to drive, a Bugger without Power Steering
Great video , nice bus, nìce driver ,but the steering technique is APPALLING.. I subscribe anyway keep it up just learn for your mistakes have a great day.
What's wrong with his steering?
No power steering on those REs, with Alford and Alder front axles and low geared steering boxes to compensate
Hi there my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't you and your teammates can still do those Rebuilding and Repainting each of those nice fresh shiny Volvo D10A, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200, and Cummins M11, Loud 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV’s Modernisation the inside of Most of the Alexander RV Buses so that the Alexander Bus Builders will be have the interesting Opportunities in Rebuilding most of the Alexander RV’s into a insidable modernisation of the Low Floor Alexander RV Buses Pretty Please, Repaint most of them to a Grey Green Pattern Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 179, 210, 275, 125, 168, 173, 24, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 228 each of The Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11, Volvo D10A and Gardner LG1200, Loud 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Cummins M11 and those Gardner LG1200 Loud 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses to those East London and North London and that especially is including the London Bus such as those London Bus Routes such as for example the 296, 179, 341, 41, N29 and that also willing to be including each of the North London Bus Route Number 221 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Please? could you please Repaint most likely be able to Repaint most of them into the Exact grey-green bus Colour and put each of the North London and another each of the East London Bus Routes which are each of the 341, 179, N41, 34, N29, 149, 221, N73, 86, 30, 296, 147, 41, 262, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately need Are those types of the pattern colour buses to be brought back again in London Please? Do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and living in those areas such as East London, pretty please. It will be Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them being Repainted into the exact Grey Green Pattern Colours I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200 and Cummins M11 Loud 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your help, time and support.