Ep8: Restoring a 70 Year Old London Double Decker Bus | Refitting The Support Beam
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ค. 2024
- In this episode we continue working on our latest restoration project - RT2629 is London double decker bus built in 1951. Looks like we have our work cut out restoring this 70 year old London Bus!
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The camera on the floor with the bus going over it was a VERY cool shot.
Entirely so! Thank-you!
I used to travel to school every day on two services operated by RTs in South-East London in the early 1970s, the 228 and the 21. My abiding memories are of how the 21 used to boil over at the top of Eltham Hill after a long, slow, very overloaded drag on a hot day, and also how the conductor would rap twice on the scuttle on the top deck with his blind-changing key at bus stops if he was at the front collecting fares rather than ringing the bell. My Uncle Brian was a London Transport bus conductor and I used to think he had the best job ever.
Brilliant work!
As good as, if not better than, what Aldenham sent out all those years ago.
Proper engineering at its best.
Any video with a black Lab in it, is a great video .😂👍
Thank-you!
Nice to see Tim presenting the entire video! The mind boggles how much he knows! Well done everyone!
i reckon young Tim is well worth his £50 per week pay.
Another Great watch......you are truly perfectionists 👍
Fantastic, thought you would paint the cross beam steel section 😃 Spoke to soon, apologies, I’ll go and make the tea 🤣
Great video yet again can only imagine what it was like at overhaul time at Aldenham with all these parts needed replacing when the chassis and body were separated and the bodies on jigs
Great video.speedy recovery Dave
Wotton and wasted away.. Priceless. :-)
Love the videos you put out ❤️ Both me and my wife have struggled with our mental health over the last few years which has meant our MCW Metrobus has fallen into a bit of disrepair, but after watching this video she's started tinkering with it again for the first time in long time! So thank you for inspiring her/us to get back at it! 😁
Thank you for sharing this, I am so glad that what we are doing with these videos have helped to kick start your own restoration project. Keep going and keep us posted on how you are getting on. All the best from all the team here at RM4H. 💕
No apologies required for the video Tim. In fact this latest instalment came across as very polished and professional. Hope David recovers ok though, no offence David, you might just be demoted to cameraman 😂. Keep up the good work on the RT. It will no doubt be a cracking thing once finished, though I appreciate, that’s some considerable way off.
You sure are some workers to change that bus over and what a job that is video is good pipes sur are out sure old too ive always loved busses be careful hard job😊
Well THIS was a special day. A great new video from you this evening, and a real surprise and very real pleasure to meet you earlier today outside Slough railway station. Thanks for the video and thanks for taking to the time to chat earlier.
Get well soon Dave
Keep up the good work lads
I have very fond memories of these particular buses, red route 51 and route 229 in Kent and the green route 477 through to Dartford. Love the engine sound and when we reached Sidcup the drivers would change just before Foots Cray garage at the bottom of Sidcup hill and the passengers to Orpington virtually had the bus to themselves whilst awaiting new driver, great days. Thanks for these video's.
brilliant
Love an RT....can't wait to see it cross Llangollen bridge with a bag of chips!
I LOVE THE DESIGN OF THAT BUS STUFF WAS MADE SO MUCH DETTER BACK THEN
Brilliant video peeps. Absolutely stunning. Tell David to get well soon
Hadnt realised this was one of the buses that Roy Gould had had, eventually making its way to Romney Marsh, good to see it getting back onto the road. I might have seen it when it was a Trainer in Streatham in 1979 (might even have a pic on a hidden transparency). I note in 1953 it was used on the Coronation tour route in London, might be possible to get it into the lettering blinds and livery for its 70th year from that though that would be body 5896 Park Royal from 1951, the body here presumably is 6750 (still a 3RT8 classification) from Weymann (though PRV/Weymann was essentially the same company by the time these were built)
Another great Video, love those old RTs, hope Dave is soon up and about. Best Wishes.
Great little film again Gents.
There more to these just jobs than meets the eye.
Looking forward to your next film.
Keep up the good work lads and don't forget the TEA.
Yay. Can’t wait to watch this after work this evening.
Oh man that's coming along. Love those slightly flatter split wheel rims.
The rear differential housing looks elaborate.
Another great video to watch in this RT restoration series. It's great to see that the bus started up easily enough, and that AEC engine sound is the sound of a proper bus. Most enjoyable, and many thanks for showing us your well earned hard work.
Hi,a great video.i hope David is OK soon.cheers.Roly 🇬🇧.PS.I am surprised at the amount of wood in the bus.
Well done team..... onwards and upwards....so to speak !
I'm amazed at how much wood is supporting the bus and at the same time wondering why they stopped using wood in vehicles generally. As a bit of a woodworker I might be slightly biased. 🙄
Great program. I love the old London RT's and RM"s. Please keep the great shows comming.
nice one
Another excellent video guys still very enjoyable as always. Keep up the great work that you are all doing. It was nice to hear The sound of the engine at the end of the video.
Sad to hear Dave was off with Covid, hope he's back fighting fit very soon. Glad to hear he hadn't retired though! 😱
Really good episode without him, hope you had a good time making it 👍
Fabulous as ever. So glad that you restore these lovely buses which such care and attention to detail and excellent workmanship. It would be so easy just to bodge it up. As fellow car van motorcycle enthusiast i understand just how much time and effort you put in. Regards Graeme
And so , great work guys , RT is my favorite bus
Cannot wait , long time, always enjoy, your videos. many thanks.
Well done Tim. Dave I hope you fully recover mate, as always repairs have b been left in very capable hands.
Great work Tim and team, I liked those RT’s, had decent destination blinds, unlike today where they cut corners, no such think as a good London bus.
Great video, hope Dave is feeling better soon. Love seeing these old buses, certainly more character than the Enviros I'm used to driving!!
Wonder why there not protecting the wood as well
Love all you do, great work. Just surprised you didn’t treat the main beam like everything else and paint the wheels before fitting the tyres. It’s just the noise of that engine that brings back so much, if you had smelly vision😱
Top quality work 👍
I still can't believe how the live chat is still working after the stream😅
Great video, but I was also wondering why the wood parts of the beam were not protected.
Me too!
That may be down to the overhaul cycle operated by LT when they were in service. There is a good film about Aldenham overhaul depot on TH-cam, it shows the craftsmanship that went into overhauling the RT fleet, a staged of work that seems to be absent in modern bus operating. The quality of care and level of skill that these guys put into this fleet would match the high standards that used to be the rule in the heyday of London Transport.
Great to hear the unique sound of an RT again, there can't be too many around now as unmolested as they were when in service (almost 40 years for a pre war built chassis). Just a shame that modern buses are not built to the same standard or will have the same length of service. Maybe E bus builders will learn that quality pays in length of service.
Great content, much progress being made.👍
another great vid tim
Very informative Tim, as always. Why though, did you not paint the wood before assembly to the beam? Surely this would protect the timber from potential water penetration? My dad always used to put either a bit of tallow or grease on screws into wood where used in outside applications just so they don't rust and break off if ever had to be removed again. Good work. Keep going and "Get well soon" Dave.
Brilliant. Jess needs a bigger role!
Craftsmanship ,your work is superb ,is she going to be red or country area green,or even green line I must look up her history
Can't wait man, Btw 2nd 😎😎😎🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
I can still remember the London Transport garages stock number for RT diff oil. It was s5200A, and we would change the oil at the number 16 Rota inspection.
This oil certainly had an unpleasant smell to it, and if the bus had been driven very hard in service we would also find many broken pieces of the Crown wheel.
This of course meant that a reconditioned differential, would be required from our main store which was WH West Ham Greengate Street Plaistow.
It's very interesting to see the progress you are making, thanks for taking the time to show this work.
Kind regards.👍 Jonnie
Can I ask a stupid question but are you going to paint the wooden cross members? I thought that would stop them rotting out. I could be wrong so I am sorry no offence meant.
Enjoyable. Did you coat the wood with anything?
Very interesting again. As you say yourself, so much work will have to go into this RT before you have finished. I bet getting it off its wooden stand and starting it again was a very special moment though. Did it really start first time like that? Amazing. I was also surprised at the amount of wood in the support structure.
Many years ago when had more teeth and hair and worked for BT..telecoms...the trucks were all being spray from GPO green to the yellow..
But underneath they were all sprayed silver like your buses.
I always liked that..and seeing yours reminds me of those days..
I would too like to paint the same to my old LDV400..
So, was wondering..is it any special paint or just any old silver..
Maybe you'll reply...
Simon a Brit in Spain
Why didn't you get the holes laser cut too?
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Need the wood no protection paint or treatment ?
Great video Dave . Do you rember that old green line bus that was our school bus
Thanks Mark. Yes I do remember them, the School had 2 ex-London country single deckers.
Is that belt drives ?
No paint on the wooden parts of the cross beam?!? What's to stop it rotting?
Shame the star of the show wasnt there this week never mind more of Jess next week lol.
This only had three overhauls - 1959 1963 1967 and a recertifications in 1973 and 1975 (when the CoF rules changed along with LTE Policies). dont know how much work was done with it in preservation , with the NLTS and others, probably not as much given the metal and woodwork you are replacing
And how do I do the blinds can post a video about that
A Great Video Guy's, Great Progress Being Made On The Restoration Of RT 2629 & Started On The Button Well Done To You All.
How come you have the ex people’s bus outside your unit?
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Your complaining about 6 pound a liter, one pound is around $1.60 Canadian. One liter of the cheapest 5W-30 here in Toronto is almost $9cad, cheapest 80W80 gear oil is $12 liter. You're getting your specialized worm drive oil for less than I pay for regular Toyota Sienna motor oil.