London Bus Restoration | Silvering The Underside of a Bristol LH London Bus.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 2021
- What does it take to keep a vintage London bus on the road?
In this episode we silver the underside of Tim's Bristol LH, this ex-London bus was built in 1977 and worked the streets of London as BL88.
Filmed in the UK at the Routemaster 4 Hire HQ in Wrexham, North Wales we are passionate about London buses and with 7 vintage buses in the fleet we defiantly have our work cut out!
To find out what it takes to keep a London bus on the road then make sure you check-out all our maintenance and restoration videos here on TH-cam...
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Drove one of these back in the 90’s at a bus rally at North Weald BL 90 something, on a driver experience session. Did a circuit of the track and the instructor asked if I had driven a bus before, I replied no never, he then told me to go around again. Never forget the experience. Presume Graham is the son of the late Geoff Rixon who was owner, or part owner of RM254.
Great job on the bus. The funny old guy is the star of the show. :D
My next trip is back to the UK for a holiday (HA - when it warm up over there) - I hope to hire one of these buses and a driver for a few days and be driven around. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.
Thank you for entertaining me, you lot must be slipping no tea 🍵🍵 breaks 😅😂😂 in this video, keep up the good work 👍👍👍👍
I remember when they replaced the RFs on the 290 Hammersmith to Richmond in 75 I think to me they looked modern and smart in the LT red/white livery and yellow doors based at R garage I was 8 then
I thought goodness me what will all that needling achieve? Then I saw the finished work! Underside looks incredible.
Another great vid, that number 216 has been with me all my life! Dad bought me a book as a kid, only bus in it was route 216, 216 is in my driving licence number, I then drove the 216 route here in Liverpool for 12 years and lived in a house that was 216! Keep up the good work. 👍
Having had the good fortune of both mechanical apptitude and a very talented dad to teach me, it's extraordinary to see a young man working on these buses, these days. Skilled labor is a rare commodity now, at any age. Cheers from the house of the Mouse.
Thank you.
Bristol buses were always a part of my youth RE's & VRT's Crosville & PMT. Looking forward to this.
Cool to see you covering more than just Routemasters, especially to a bus newbie like me! As a Bristolian it's always nice to see a Bristol, we don't see too many around here now sadly.
I like the Bristol LH bus .
This bus reminds me of my school bus.
My school bus was a volvo B10M.
B stands for bus 10 is the model and m stands for a mid mounted engine.
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I remember back in the late 60’s getting a Bristol Midland Red from Birmingham to London, I am sure no cars overtook us on the motorway, we spent virtually the whole time in the outside lane, great experience, love the sound of the big diesels.
Beautiful bus
Love that bus
What a stunning job
Looks fabulous guys
Great to see Tim’s bus in addition to the RT and RMs. The big red buses are so iconic that they overshadow their Green Line sisters. The RMC’s run by Green Line were very interesting - being coach spec ie built for distance work and greater passenger comfort. London Bus Museum has one in red livery. Great for wedding/publicity work, I would guess, but lacks the iconic open platform.
Great video. Met Graham at the Brooklands event earlier this month. Really nice chap. Surprised he didn’t have a cig in his hand!
That's a brilliant job and great presenting Tim, so much better than that other bloke! Looking forward to the next video.
Outtakes are bloody hilarious! Always awalys have me in stitches. Great craftsmanship in the work you do keeping the bus heritage healthy.
Hats off for this effort
The underside looks fantastic, as always the worse job but most important is the prep!A credit to you all!🙂👍❤
Thank you for creating this totally entertaining and interesting channel.I really enjoyed so many of the videos. Great that people are keeping these fabulous vehicles going
Thank you very much Martin.
I remember the bL88 buses from the past James Herriot's days
Hi, interesting video! Loads of hard work. I like Bristol busses and have driven a fair few examples of the type, when I worked for the Eastern National bus company. Kind regards Dave Barnes.
Another great video. Tim … what a stunning little bus BL88 is; even with BL93’s number plate!
We had Green BL’s at Amersham [MA] Garage … then later had 5 of the narrow BN class … was really sad to see them go. Would love to see BL88 at the Amersham & District Motorbus Society’s annual Amersham & Chesham Bus Running Day at beginning of October. And a Red LT bus is not out of place in the country Area … as we often had Central Red RT’s, RF’s and even into LCBS days SM’s … and as so few of these wonderful little buses have survived … seeing her out on the 359, 398 etc would be a most welcome sight
Hello guys thank you for another great video very enjoyable as always. It was good to see you all working on a different bus. I don’t really know much about that particular bus but still found it really interesting.. keep up the good work I look forward to the next video. Cheers for the really funny outtakes at the end.
Wow
Gram looked a bit like Marty Feldman, when he first appeared, looking over the sheet plastic.
Thanks for another great insight into the world of buses, roll on the next episode 👍
Glad you enjoyed it.
I'll love to be a bus driver!
Great videos by the way, unlike other restorations yours has no bull shit and shows the true difficulty of restoring old vehicles, I have four classic cars and know this to be only to true.
Nice video
Stotty Boxes were a common bus in the north east up until the mid 90’s. I did my failed PCV course on one in ‘93 with Northumbria. Passed since though
As a kid I used to catch this bus from Hampton Court to Hammersmith.
what a great hobby you have and making money out of it (I hope). Don't think we have that in the Netherlands, restaurating buses at that level. Nice video
Yes we are very lucky getting paid to do our hobby. Although sometimes it doesn't always feel that way!!
Lovely top notch restorations guys ! 👍
Love the videos, good stuff, if Tim ever gives up on buses I reckon he'd make a good ventriloquist, keep up the good work 👍
Youe channel deserves so many more subscibers! Best of luck mate.
A great job have been done. Good work I was very interested to see this work.
Nice looking bus 👍
Thanks 👍
A well as the club hammer a few Carver Cramps would have drawn those Plates together neatly?
Another great video. Will you be doing an mcw bus? 😀
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After Uxbridge lost their RFs in 1976, they gained 3 BLs (93, 94 & 95) in 1977 for the new 128 service. Character vehicles! Could shift as well.
Her sister worked with northumbria motor services OJD95R
Hi Guys,
Fabulous video, no wonder you all looked tired by the end of it, given hours spent and the sheer costs of just doing all that work - congratulations.
May I also ask a question - why has BL88 got the registration of BL93? Just wondering.....👍
Hi Peter, yes it has cost me a fair few pennies but it is all worth it in the end. When she worked for OK motor services her fleet number up there was 93 so the swapped registrations with BL93's reg. Most of there buses had the fleet number in the reg so it made sense at the time. I am in the process of getting her original reg back.
@@timhines6543 Thanks for the reply, good luck with DVLA! 👍
Great to see OJD 88R (9088) racking my brains why it changed from this registration to OJD 93R and OJD 93R becoming TAJ 295R (9093) Ex OK Motor Services Bishop Auckland
They all where a good vehicles 76R included all did cracking service for Ok ( travel) around County Durham till they where took out of service and sold to North East bus breakers 97/98
Anyone got the answer ?
It that an RT behind Tims bus are you going to do a restoration on that bus and add it to the fleet.
That is my other bus, watch this space is all I am going to say 😉
Needle gunning, masking, painting..... And a wisdom tooth! I guess it's true what they say, artists suffer for their work. Great job though, it looks terrific.
May I ask what the exact hempel hempadur paint was used for the chassis of this bus? I am working on a vintage bus that will need to have this doing in future. Thank you in advance.
Keep up the fantastic work and videos, love watching them. Have just watched the entire series for RM1214.
Can you tell us the set up with regard to the relationship between, Tim and Alan and yourself, due they work for you or is it a partnership type of arrangement. I ask this because Tim's two bussers are in your garage if it is yours?
Hi That is all good stuff. One thing i am curious about is you did not treat the rust before you painted over it. I have rebuilt a 1936 Riley Falcon and used phosphoric acid on the metal before painting to good effect. Paint whatever it is in my experience does not stop rust. Cheers John
Fantastic job and she looks good as new now. I'm always on awe of anyone who can restore old vehicles of any sort, and get them doing what they were designed to do again.
One geeky question: did London Transport have a special permission to use white on black number plates, after the white or yellow backed ones came in?
Hi Ed, when the buses were first introduced all UK plates were white on black, when the modern colours were introduced this only applied to new vehicles so the buses continued to use white on black.
May sound a silly question but when is a single deck bus a coach?
If that vehicle was originally on the 216 route to Hampton Station, then I must have travelled on it many times in the late 1970s! I remember that these buses disappeared after quite a short time, at least from my local routes (I lived in Hampton, then). I often wondered why this was. Can you enlighten me?
Please please please when filming someone using power tools can you turn dowwe the mike volume. Or put a disclaimed loud noise coming
Thanks
We had Bristol RE models in NZ, can anyone give any info on these models? There were two models the first looks similar to this one and then a newer more modern model with square headlights
other than the mess, have you not looked at sand blasting?
Hi
Wouldn't glass bead blasting be a little more efficient at cleaning the rust off??
Can you feel you hands after using that needle gun? Bet the hands where still throbbing hours after.
Im still shaking now!
why if this is 88,is it registered OJD93R?
why do you paint the underside with silver paint?
Possibly how it was originally? Would have thought it helps in spotting leaks as well.
Never use a screwdriver with a round shaft to mix paint, it does not mix properly, use a flat paddle. Try using small paint roller (not the foam cover type, the suitable fabric covers) - use it everywhere you can, and then only spray what you cannot roll. And get rid of the compressed air spray, use a small airless gun. You will be surprised how much quicker you cover with a good coat, far less over paint floating around - and how much less paint you will use = save money as well. Once you develop the technique - you will use the roller as often on everywhere you can. I can paint a bulldozer in a workshop with a roller, with zero overspray and therefore the other workers can still be doing work in the same general area and the finish is as good as if I had used an airless spray. Yes - some areas you will need to spray or brush - but generally overall, you will kick yourself for not using one earlier and saving expensive paint is always the added bonus. Remember, all that overspray falling to the ground etc - is your money in wasted paint. CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.
Dave! Why no mask & goggles whilst needle gunning?
please use hearing protection with those tools.
And an air-fed mask when using two-pack paints.
Paint spraying, no mask, needle gunning no mask, no ear defenders. (On rear girder) Going to regret that health wise in a few years. HSE would poop a brick.
I can't get my head around this, OK Travel owned both OJD 88R & OJD 93R, they re-registered OJD 93R to TAJ 295R, then they go and re-register OJD 88R to OJD 93R, Why on God's earth would they do that?
Presumably to sell OJD88R as a "Cherished Number"
260 hours of prep work.....that was hard to watch.....you might have just powerwashed the whole underside with degreaser and then dry ice blasted the undersides to get to base metal .....shrouding the whole bus in plastic two or 3 times seems a bit much....but if you have a big budget you can do it however pleases you of course
Much as I am not comfortable asking the depot why they stopped running the London Suburban Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW’s on routes N26, 30, 121, 230, 271, 349, N279 And 158 why can’t we make the same make of the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Buses but Modernise the insides of these Buses. Also, make it low floor up and down and extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more so there will be more space for the wheelchair users. By the way, if you could remake and Modernise these vehicles could they also make them into a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Version’s that if it will be possible and to Modernise the insides of these Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW’s make it low floor up and down and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more so there will be more space and even a London Suburban Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more. Why couldn’t we have those London Suburban Buse's Pale red on the top roof Pale red again on the top middle Milk Chocolate brown on the middle Creamy white on the Bottom Middle and Milk Chocolate Brown on the Bottom on most of that kind of those Particular Double Decker Vehicles? 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And please do something about these Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Important Professional Ideas Please Please Prime Minister and also Includes the Mayor of London.😉😉😅😅😅😅😀😃😀😅😀😃😅😀😃😀😀😃👏👏👏👏👍👏👏👏👏👍👏👏
Breathing in rust metal particles can not be good for ones health. Where are your masks?