We used to have double deck, open top buses in New York City, back in the 1950's. There was a terrible accident when one drove under an elevated rail line, so the city banned them. I think the ban has been lifted, though. I can remember riding on the top deck as a kid. Loads of fun. I don't know who made them, though. Maybe White, Mack, or ACF Brill.
I love the sound of that engine. It's iconic. I also love the distinctive upholstery fabrics. What lovely buses they are! It must be a real handfull to drive those large buses on the narrow Welsh roads. I don't know how you got through some of those gaps between parked cars. Llangollen has certainly changed a lot since I was there 45 years ago.
I remember these were running on the 53 route fully laden getting up Blackheath Hill. RMs are the best of British, grew up with them, love them and miss them. The throaty roar of the AEC or Leylands were so much a part of the London scene with RTs and RFs of course.
Hi Dave, what a small world it is, I was heading down to Llangollen from the horse show pass on 1st September 2019 and was delighted to see an open top Routemaster heading up the hill in the opposite direction. Such a joyful site which I made sure I included the footage in the Moto log video I made of the ride. Roll the clock on 3 years, and whilst browsing my way through TH-cam I happen upon your channel and start watching my way through your videos with the penny suddenly dropping that it was your bus I had passed that day😁 I am absolutely blown away by your videos and the superb editing quality and story telling you do around the restorations. Your attention to detail and incredible skills set you and the guys display in restoring these beautiful machines is exceptional, an absolute pleasure to behold! Thank you for doing what you do and long may the restorations and videos continue. Cheers, Dave 👍🏻
I love that engine sound, brought back so many memories. When I lived in London I frequently travelled on Routemasters. The only other bus with a really iconic engine noise is the LT RTW's - brilliant.
I remember a school trip to the "eisteddfod" at Llangollen, we had a clapped out 41 seat Duple bodied Bedford coach which by the time we reached the top of the Horseshoe was literally gasping for breath!! Unlike this lovely vehicle! 20 mph in third gear! Marvellous!
Great memories . My parents had a caravan in those parts , and I've spent many a weekend in the late seventies /early eighties driving around those roads . Been in Oz for 35 years , so this was wonderful to follow . The whole Routemaster series is marvellous . Well done lads !
The familiar surroundings of an RM cab. A nice place to be on a nice day. AEC engine sounding nice, you can pick up the slightly gruffer note of the 690.
Brilliant....clearly driven by someone who has a love for the vehicle and the skill to do it properly !! ( as a retired instructor on RML's and other LT vehicles I can say that ;-). But when did they get that nicely upholstered driver seat... I only remember the sweat making leather cloth ones !!
Thank you Adrian. Glad to get a seal of approval from a former LT instructor. Yes the seat was reupholstered by a previous owner, it’s probably the most comfortable in the fleet albeit totally unoriginal.
Great video and what a great bus. Horse Shoe pass, no problem. I've seen modern HGVs struggle up here. Brilliant mate. I love the soundtrack of the engine. Will definitely do this tour in 2021.👍
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 those nice fresh shiny Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200, and Cummins M11, 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 168, 179, 210, 275, 125, 173, 24, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 226 of Those Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11, and Gardner LG1200, 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Gardner 6LXC and those Gardner LG1200 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 N41, 341, N29, 86, 221 and will also be including the North London Bus Route Number 121 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Pretty Please? could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are 341, 179, N41, 34, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 296, 262, 147, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately needed Are those types of colour buses to be brought back again Please? Please do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and living in those areas such as East London. because it will be Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour. I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200 and Cummins M11 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.
Hi There my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't most of you and your teammates can still do those Rebuilding and Repainting those nice fresh shiny Gardner 6LXB, Leyland 680, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11 and Gardner 6LXC 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 210, 275, 20, 125, 173, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 207 of Those Gardner 6LXB, Leyland 680, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Cummins L10, Gardner 6LXC and those Leyland 680 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH 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 instance the 30, 121, N29 and 123 and will also be include the North London and also would be including the East London Bus Route like for example the 221 Bus Route Number 86 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Pretty Please? could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately needed Are those types of colour buses to be brought back again Please? do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and will also include Living in those areas such as in East London Pretty Please? because it will be going to be one of each of the Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour. I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXB, Leyland 680, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11 and Gardner 6LXC 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.
Hi There my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't you Rebuild a nice fresh shiny Scania N113, Gardner LG1200, Gardner 6LXCT, Gardner 6LXC and Volvo TD102KF 3 speed Voith DIWA Northern Counties Palatine 1’s and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colour's just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the East London bus route's such as 125, 141, 210, 20, 173, 179, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 176 of Those Scania N113, Gardner LG1200, Gardner 6LXCT, Gardner 6LXC and Volvo TD102KF 3 speed Voith DIWA Northern Counties Palatine 1 Buses Pretty Please could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour’s and put them on those London Bus Routes witch are the 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, 41, 56 and N26 for all of us because it would be a Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour's and I'am a Big Fan of all of those Scania N113, Gardner LG1200, Gardner 6LXCT, Gardner 6LXC and Volvo TD102KF 3 speed Voith DIWA Northern Counties Palatine 1 Buses Please?
Gleaming beautiful buses in the collection, have you my favourite the RT class please?, they were my loves in the late 50’s up to the late 70’s, can you get a 1962 RMC in original condition for the collection please?.
@@Routemaster4Hire Looking forward to the RT restoration, loved those buses in the early 1960’s at Brentwood in Essex, we had them on Country Area 339’s, Central Area 247’s and 287’s and (Green Line 721’s, at Aldgate, would see Trolleybuses).
the open top bus those were the days coming down stairs with twigs stuck in your hair and butterflies and wasps stuck to your teeth and shivering from the wind chill
Nice to have a bus ride again with the sound of the diesel engine, did the Routmaster have a auto transmission on some of their buses,? I see this bus seems to be a manual, thanks for an enjoyable video...
Hi Bill, yes RM's did have full auto when new, however RM1783's auto was removed by a previous owner so we have to drive this bus semi-automatic. Not sure why it was removed but assume the auto selector drive from the gearbox was faulty and as parts for these are no longer available it was removed.
I prefer it semi auto. Adelaide in Australia had rear engine AEC Swifts with 760 engines (enlarged version of this bus engine) hooked to ZF 2 speed autos. They had to be heard to be believed.
Excellent video I really enjoyed listening to the noise of the Engine throughout the video. When you purchased the bus was it already a open topper or did you have to convert it?
Everybody gets something different from these videos I come away thinking love the shine on the bonnet and wondering how many cows died making the bikers leathers I know ,sad!
looks like you are changing gear as per a semi-automatic gearbox. this is wrong for a route master as it has a pre select gear box. you select the gear then press the third pedal which changes the gear and release the third pedal this engages the selected gear. /my can now select the next gear you think you will need
I think you are confusing the RT which had a pre-select with the RM, admittedly this one had been slightly modified according to a reply earlier in the thread, and had to be driven as a "Semi auto". The RM as built for LT service had a 4 speed auto/ semi auto box.
Hi, There my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't all of you and your teammates could still be Rebuilding and Repainting a nice fresh shiny Volvo D10M, Gardner 6LXC that also will include most of the Scania N113 3 Speed Voith DIWA Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and this will also be including the Gardner 6LXB and Gardner LG1200 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the East London bus routes such as 168, 141, 275, 167, 20, 210, 179, 173, 313 and also the bus route 103 if you guys would like to Rebuild about 198 of Those Volvo D10M, Gardner 6LXC and the Scania N113 3 Speed Voith DIWA Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and that will also be including some of the Gardner 6LXB and Gardner LG1200 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses Please? We desperately need your and your Teammates' help and support in Bringing back those grey-green 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses again because we are Bigger fans of the patterns of those interesting colours of these Buses to be brought back again for all of us Grey Green bus Lovers out there in North London and East London bus route lovers so Please can Really Really bringing them back again for all of us Grey Green Bus route lovers out there in North London and East London lovers Pretty Please? and can you and your teammates could you and your teammates also put most of them on the London Bus routes such as the London bus route 30, N29, N41, 147, 221 and that is including the East London Bus route 86 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers out there in North London and East London Pretty Please? Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are the 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 147, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us in North London and East London Grey Green Bus Lovers out there because it would be a Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colours. I am a Big Fan of all of those Volvo D10M, Gardner 6LXC, Scania N113 3 Speed Voith DIWA Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and that will also include those Gardner 6LXB and Gardner LG1200 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.
Hi There my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't all of you and your teammates could still be Rebuilding and Repainting a nice fresh shiny Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10A, Scania N230UD, Gardner 6LXB and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colour's just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the East London bus route's such as 168, 141, 20, 210, 24, 173, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 188 of Those Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10A, Scania N230UD, Gardner 6LXB and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses Please? We desperately Need your and your Teammates' help and support in Bringing back those grey-green 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses again because we are Bigger fans of the patterns of those interesting colours of these Buses to be brought back again for all of us Grey Green bus Lovers out there in North London and East London bus route lovers so Please can Really Really bringing them back again for all of us Grey Green Bus route lovers out there in North London and East London lovers Pretty Please? and can you and your teammates could you and your teammates also put most of them on the London Bus routes such as the London bus route 123, N41, 86, 221 and that is including the North London Bus route 41 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers out there in North London and East London Pretty Please? Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are the 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, 41, 56 and N26 for all of us in North London and East London Grey Green Bus Lovers out there because it would be a Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colours. I am a Big Fan of all of those Volvo TD102KF, Volvo D10A, Scania N230UD, Gardner 6LXB and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support?
We used to have double deck, open top buses in New York City, back in
the 1950's. There was a terrible accident when one drove under an elevated
rail line, so the city banned them. I think the ban has been lifted, though.
I can remember riding on the top deck as a kid. Loads of fun. I don't know who made them, though. Maybe White, Mack, or ACF Brill.
I've loved the Routemasters since Dad took us to London in 1978. They are the best buses ever built. ❤❤❤
I love the sound of that engine. It's iconic. I also love the distinctive upholstery fabrics. What lovely buses they are! It must be a real handfull to drive those large buses on the narrow Welsh roads. I don't know how you got through some of those gaps between parked cars. Llangollen has certainly changed a lot since I was there 45 years ago.
I remember these were running on the 53 route fully laden getting up Blackheath Hill. RMs are the best of British, grew up with them, love them and miss them. The throaty roar of the AEC or Leylands were so much a part of the London scene with RTs and RFs of course.
ohhh yes good old Blackheath hill i feel so old now watching this yet actually remember travelling on them lol
Hi Dave, what a small world it is, I was heading down to Llangollen from the horse show pass on 1st September 2019 and was delighted to see an open top Routemaster heading up the hill in the opposite direction. Such a joyful site which I made sure I included the footage in the Moto log video I made of the ride. Roll the clock on 3 years, and whilst browsing my way through TH-cam I happen upon your channel and start watching my way through your videos with the penny suddenly dropping that it was your bus I had passed that day😁 I am absolutely blown away by your videos and the superb editing quality and story telling you do around the restorations. Your attention to detail and incredible skills set you and the guys display in restoring these beautiful machines is exceptional, an absolute pleasure to behold! Thank you for doing what you do and long may the restorations and videos continue. Cheers, Dave 👍🏻
I love that engine sound, brought back so many memories. When I lived in London I frequently travelled on Routemasters. The only other bus with a really iconic engine noise is the LT RTW's - brilliant.
The Bedford OB and the Guy Arab also have distinctive engine and gearbox sounds.
I remember a school trip to the "eisteddfod" at Llangollen, we had a clapped out 41 seat Duple bodied Bedford coach which by the time we reached the top of the Horseshoe was literally gasping for breath!! Unlike this lovely vehicle! 20 mph in third gear! Marvellous!
One more comment, that scenery is absolutely amazing. Stunning even! If I was there on that bus, I would be in seventh heaven!
Anything of this nature is right up my street! What better way to explore the scenery, than on the top deck of an open top bus!
Great memories . My parents had a caravan in those parts , and I've spent many a weekend in the late seventies /early eighties driving around those roads . Been in Oz for 35 years , so this was wonderful to follow . The whole Routemaster series is marvellous . Well done lads !
That engine was purring climbing that hill. It sounded wonderful and the countryside was beautiful.
These are great Buses to drive, the best bus ever made!
Absolutely addictive viewing
The familiar surroundings of an RM cab. A nice place to be on a nice day. AEC engine sounding nice, you can pick up the slightly gruffer note of the 690.
Brilliant....clearly driven by someone who has a love for the vehicle and the skill to do it properly !! ( as a retired instructor on RML's and other LT vehicles I can say that ;-). But when did they get that nicely upholstered driver seat... I only remember the sweat making leather cloth ones !!
Thank you Adrian. Glad to get a seal of approval from a former LT instructor. Yes the seat was reupholstered by a previous owner, it’s probably the most comfortable in the fleet albeit totally unoriginal.
Can listen to the sound of that engine for hours, just at beautiful.
Great video Dave (as usual). Absolutely magnificent scenery on that tour.
Great video and what a great bus. Horse Shoe pass, no problem. I've seen modern HGVs struggle up here. Brilliant mate. I love the soundtrack of the engine. Will definitely do this tour in 2021.👍
Beautiful sound..... Beautifully driven....pleasure to watch thanks for sharing 👍
The engine sound really good & this nice sound. I love the sound of the engine this the best engine on your bus
Great 👍 Video Cant wait to see you back in Prestatyn Dave Thanks Callum
Thanks Callum. Hopefully next year. 🤞
What a great area. I’m moving!
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 those nice fresh shiny Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200, and Cummins M11, 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 168, 179, 210, 275, 125, 173, 24, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 226 of Those Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11, and Gardner LG1200, 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Gardner 6LXC and those Gardner LG1200 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 N41, 341, N29, 86, 221 and will also be including the North London Bus Route Number 121 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Pretty Please? could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are 341, 179, N41, 34, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 296, 262, 147, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately needed Are those types of colour buses to be brought back again Please? Please do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and living in those areas such as East London. because it will be Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour. I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200 and Cummins M11 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.
Hi There my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't most of you and your teammates can still do those Rebuilding and Repainting those nice fresh shiny Gardner 6LXB, Leyland 680, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11 and Gardner 6LXC 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 210, 275, 20, 125, 173, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 207 of Those Gardner 6LXB, Leyland 680, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LX 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Cummins L10, Gardner 6LXC and those Leyland 680 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH 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 instance the 30, 121, N29 and 123 and will also be include the North London and also would be including the East London Bus Route like for example the 221 Bus Route Number 86 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Pretty Please? could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately needed Are those types of colour buses to be brought back again Please? do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and will also include Living in those areas such as in East London Pretty Please? because it will be going to be one of each of the Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour. I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXB, Leyland 680, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11 and Gardner 6LXC 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RH Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.
Hi There my name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't you Rebuild a nice fresh shiny Scania N113, Gardner LG1200, Gardner 6LXCT, Gardner 6LXC and Volvo TD102KF 3 speed Voith DIWA Northern Counties Palatine 1’s and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colour's just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the East London bus route's such as 125, 141, 210, 20, 173, 179, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 176 of Those Scania N113, Gardner LG1200, Gardner 6LXCT, Gardner 6LXC and Volvo TD102KF 3 speed Voith DIWA Northern Counties Palatine 1 Buses Pretty Please could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour’s and put them on those London Bus Routes witch are the 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, 41, 56 and N26 for all of us because it would be a Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour's and I'am a Big Fan of all of those Scania N113, Gardner LG1200, Gardner 6LXCT, Gardner 6LXC and Volvo TD102KF 3 speed Voith DIWA Northern Counties Palatine 1 Buses Please?
Nice.
Gleaming beautiful buses in the collection, have you my favourite the RT class please?, they were my loves in the late 50’s up to the late 70’s, can you get a 1962 RMC in original condition for the collection please?.
We sure do, make sure you watch our new video out this weekend.
@@Routemaster4Hire Looking forward to the RT restoration, loved those buses in the early 1960’s at Brentwood in Essex, we had them on Country Area 339’s, Central Area 247’s and 287’s and (Green Line 721’s, at Aldgate, would see Trolleybuses).
Smashing Vid, but an old Green Crosville low decker would have been more appropriate ❤
the open top bus those were the days coming down stairs with twigs stuck in your hair and butterflies and wasps stuck to your teeth and shivering from the wind chill
Nice to have a bus ride again with the sound of the diesel engine, did the Routmaster have a auto transmission on some of their buses,? I see this bus seems to be a manual, thanks for an enjoyable video...
Hi Bill, yes RM's did have full auto when new, however RM1783's auto was removed by a previous owner so we have to drive this bus semi-automatic. Not sure why it was removed but assume the auto selector drive from the gearbox was faulty and as parts for these are no longer available it was removed.
@@Routemaster4Hire Is semi auto still known as "pre select" thanks for your prompt repiy,
I prefer it semi auto. Adelaide in Australia had rear engine AEC Swifts with 760 engines (enlarged version of this bus engine) hooked to ZF 2 speed autos. They had to be heard to be believed.
Excellent video I really enjoyed listening to the noise of the Engine throughout the video. When you purchased the bus was it already a open topper or did you have to convert it?
Hi Lee. This bus was converted to open-top at Aldenham, so is one of only a few original London Transport open-tops still on the road.
Routemaster 4 Hire thank you for your reply. I’ll look forward to your next video.
Dear routemaster for high ill like routemaster rm peckham bus garage has all routemaster for bus 12, 63,36,36a,36b
Everybody gets something different from these videos
I come away thinking love the shine on the bonnet and wondering how many cows died making the bikers leathers
I know ,sad!
Really enjoyed the vid but you still haven’t told us how you got on with your previous engine rebuild. Is she a runner then?
Hi Gary. Part 2 of the engine rebuild video will be published in the next week, so watch this space...
I wish I could drive that bus
How do you hoovered do you hoover with henry
Poor baby must be freezing 😮
In reality, a lot less noisey on the upper deck than your sountrack suggests!
looks like you are changing gear as per a semi-automatic gearbox. this is wrong for a route master as it has a pre select gear box. you select the gear then press the third pedal which changes the gear
and release the third pedal this engages the selected gear. /my can now select the next gear you think you will need
I think you are confusing the RT which had a pre-select with the RM, admittedly this one had been slightly modified according to a reply earlier in the thread, and had to be driven as a "Semi auto". The RM as built for LT service had a 4 speed auto/ semi auto box.
Hi, There my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't all of you and your teammates could still be Rebuilding and Repainting a nice fresh shiny Volvo D10M, Gardner 6LXC that also will include most of the Scania N113 3 Speed Voith DIWA Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and this will also be including the Gardner 6LXB and Gardner LG1200 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the East London bus routes such as 168, 141, 275, 167, 20, 210, 179, 173, 313 and also the bus route 103 if you guys would like to Rebuild about 198 of Those Volvo D10M, Gardner 6LXC and the Scania N113 3 Speed Voith DIWA Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and that will also be including some of the Gardner 6LXB and Gardner LG1200 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses Please? We desperately need your and your Teammates' help and support in Bringing back those grey-green 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses again because we are Bigger fans of the patterns of those interesting colours of these Buses to be brought back again for all of us Grey Green bus Lovers out there in North London and East London bus route lovers so Please can Really Really bringing them back again for all of us Grey Green Bus route lovers out there in North London and East London lovers Pretty Please? and can you and your teammates could you and your teammates also put most of them on the London Bus routes such as the London bus route 30, N29, N41, 147, 221 and that is including the East London Bus route 86 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers out there in North London and East London Pretty Please? Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are the 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 147, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us in North London and East London Grey Green Bus Lovers out there because it would be a Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colours. I am a Big Fan of all of those Volvo D10M, Gardner 6LXC, Scania N113 3 Speed Voith DIWA Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses and that will also include those Gardner 6LXB and Gardner LG1200 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Enviro 400 MMC Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.
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