In this case, he did at least let the oil pressure build up before he umm, cleared its throat. I work at first bristol, and back in 1995 we had 150 bristol VR, and 75 olympians all with Gardner LXB engines....all of which were abused daily. They very rarely went bang... Now, axles and gearboxes are annother matter!
She sounds so beautiful, the VR was one of the best sounding beasts around. I used to own a VRT, ex Plymouth/Isle of Wight bus, and she sounded amazing. One thing....I hate hearing a cold engine reved!
Yes, the white smoke is only unburnt fuel becuase of the cold engine. You waited at least a minute before revving it to help it on its way, good stuff. Sounds lovely.
Love the sound of a Gardner engine
Love that idle sound
In this case, he did at least let the oil pressure build up before he umm, cleared its throat. I work at first bristol, and back in 1995 we had 150 bristol VR, and 75 olympians all with Gardner LXB engines....all of which were abused daily. They very rarely went bang...
Now, axles and gearboxes are annother matter!
Thats a loveley noise!!!
I do miss my bus rides on the VR!!!
Gardner power! listen to that noise! nice bit of typical gardner clag as well
clag clag Woo. clag. woo. clag. woo. clag clag woo. beautiful sound
She sounds so beautiful, the VR was one of the best sounding beasts around. I used to own a VRT, ex Plymouth/Isle of Wight bus, and she sounded amazing.
One thing....I hate hearing a cold engine reved!
Yes, the white smoke is only unburnt fuel becuase of the cold engine. You waited at least a minute before revving it to help it on its way, good stuff. Sounds lovely.
Gosh, I love the sound of big diesel engines.
Gardner 6LXB - probably the best sounding diesel ever put in a British bus
Don't Big, Old Diesel's Sound Fantastic!
Hi rob why not bring her out in the streets if Brighton
@symesjwall The old gardners were always the first to start, so much better than any leyland engine in every aspect
i probably drove her at someponit