Ep15: AEC Routemaster London Bus Restoration - Repainting The Cab
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.พ. 2022
- What does it take to restore a vintage London double-decker bus and keep it on the road?
Built in the 1960's our AEC Routemaster double decker buses need constant attention, so if you want to find out what it takes to keep a London Routemaster bus on the road then make sure you check-out all our London Bus maintenance and restoration videos here on TH-cam...
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!
In this episode we give the drivers cab some much needed attention as it looks like this part of the bus has not seen a paint brush for over 30 years.
Also don't forget to check-out all our AEC Routemaster London bus restoration videos in this playlist...
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As an American living in London for a few years in the late 70s, I couldn't afford the Tube and travelled mostly by bus. Anyway, there was no other practical way to get from Waterloo, where I lived, to where I worked in Bermondsey. Riding the buses gave me a perspective on London and its geography that riding the Tube all the time never could have. I love the vintage double-deckers, and always grabbed the upstairs front seat whenever I could!
really enjoyed the Routemaster Restoration videos, i used to to live in the Finsbury Park area and well remember RM's and RT's on routes 4,19, 106, 259,279,253,29,141 and 171.. keep up the great work, well done.
Yes i used to drive them mainly 253
Just love the route master and travelling on the last 253
Another great vid, good to see Alan getting some decent camera time again 👍
I've really enjoyed this series on RM 1214, she looks great well done everyone that has worked on it great job...
This was another Fantastic update on Rm1214! She has a cab I'd love drive in! She looks Fantastic well done to Big Al& yourself!
Thank you John. 👍
I've never been so entertained by watcing paint dry! Another quality Video.
Thanks Rob!!
Alan's a natural! Top class work again folks
Excellent!! Keep up the great work!!
The time spent in an RM/RML cab I loved doing crew bus on rest days or if I got moved up if a driver went sick ,just driving my rear gunner getting the flack only noise was the engine or talk back on the two way radio system group calls , the odd one to one and all calls from centre comm driving the 9 or 94 glad I can say I drove an icon ,nice work all the best
Another great Video Dave and to Big Al who made the outtakes even more hilarious this time. I was going to ask about the transfers .. hope you will show them being fitted inside the cab. Looking forward to the next video .. oh and forgot to mention it was nice to see Jess with her pig! 🐾 🐖🐾 too!
Thanks Dave.
Looked like a painstaking task but well worth it. The hard stuff is the most rewarding.
Now it will be all the more pleasure to drive than it is already!
Thanks you James, it was but as you say well worth the effort.
Great videos it so good your showing people how to do video restoration and they are good to watch after doing my job search
The outtakes 😂
I saw the bus on the Ipcres File over last weekend and watched it intently. Just one little problem, the conductor had the wrong type of ticket machine. Living in Kent and working in London, I can remember the machines for London and Kent. The machine used in the clip was one used in the provinces not London. The bus looked really great though. Take a look. I used Route 37 between Dulwich and Brixton regularly using RML buses 1966 JJD 4nnD vintage etc. I love all of your episodes, brings back memories, keep them coming.
Brilliant 👍
Keep up the good work
Been watching for a while now, great video!! Particularly enjoyed the POV parts, would love to see more as you continue restoring these vintage beauties. Have a great day! 🙂
More to come in 2 weeks, thank you.
Another very interesting video.
You done a great job Big Al. Nice to meet someone with the same nick name as me.
Keep up the good work gents. Looking forward to your next film. 👍
Was Gregg's open then lol. Love the bloopers absolutely funny
Thanks James. Yes fortunately Greggs was open 👍
@@Routemaster4Hire excellent
As usual a really great video. The explanation of what had to be undertaken was great. It would have been very helpful to explain how you managed to get the driver’s window out of the cab and telling us what tools were used to execute the job. Again it would have been beneficial if the glazier explained how he reinserted the window again showing what tools were used. Really look forward to your videos. A lot of interested viewers who are not mechanics would appreciate a better explanation of all the tasks you undertake.
Hi Ian, excellent constructive comments, thank you. Will take these onboard going forward. To answer your queries, the old rubber was simply cut with out with a stanly knife, once you have cut enough rubber away the glass simply slides out. I'm not sure what tools the glazer used when the glass was refitted, but next time we book him I will make sure he explains what he is doing.
Another great video the work you put into the Routemasters is amazing credit to you all they just look stunning
Thank you very much.
love the out takes :)
Thanks Paul.
Another great video, thanks to all of you! Could you show us the completed cab with an explanation of all the controls sometime? I'm building a model of the Routemaster and I'd love to know what all the various little things in the cab are for.
Great suggestion, will do an update soon.
Fantasic video as always, the production and editing really bring it to life. Especially liking the addition of the first person gopro!
Glad you enjoyed it and noticed the new camera angle, this was the first time we had done this and you will be seeing much more of it in future videos.
Another great video lads , that cab looks great. Ye are always in such good form and enjoy the work ye do as well .
Thanks 👍
Brilliant video of rm1214 haven't seen her since 2019
point of view cam was good idea and loved the content, aside from the intro/outro music. Either you love it or hate it i guess. Alan was an excellent presenter. Maybe go for more out takes the video next time lol. I am sure i would be worse...
Love your videos, and what a great team and fleet 👍
Great stuff. You'll have to show us the completed cab with all the signage etc.
Will do a follow up soon.
Great vid as always Dave, nice work by Alan too, cab looks good 👍 love the outtakes as always 👌
Glad you like them.
Big al nearly had that steering Colum up his rear end lol
I think he may have enjoyed that!!
Reminder set. See you next Sunday at 6!
Another great video. 1214 certainly looks completed now, a real asset to your fleet. 👍
Indeed she is, thanks Michael
Great vids
Brilliant, the full video was good too…..
Glad you liked it!
Good video 👍👍👍👍
Brilliant video lads! And I hope Greggs was both open, and able to supply all you could need!
I love those out-takes! How long do you have to practice them? 🙂
Thanks Chris, yes there were some left!!
It's amazing how many people are ignorant of the fact Routemaster buses were in service all over the UK, not just in London.
Only 2 other operators from new, Northern General and British Airways, both with unique versions (FRM and RMA respectively). It wasn't until much later on when they were being sold out of LT service that they went all over the country.
Great video, quick question. Why wasn't the drivers seat re upholstered?
Error around 8:36 the sander had broken, had to do it by hand, later saw Dave using a sander, but well done anyways, as done a really nice job of that cab ☑️.
No not the sander but the sandblasting machine, a different piece of kit.
@@yogibear5995 Better than hand rubbing, that cab looked impressive, secret was of course the preparation, regards from a very wet and windy north London 😃.
👍
Looking forward to Saturday
Don’t you mean Sunday Allan? 😉
@@Routemaster4Hire yes......
I am becoming a D. O. F......... daft old fool...... 😀😂🤣😂
Lol
Great video! I always wondering, what are the boxes do on the back wall of the cab (behind the seat)? :)
The 2 boxes above and behind the drivers seat house the gearbox control system in one and the bell/buzzer in the other.
@@Routemaster4Hire Thanks :)
really nice video. really great end result too.
one question, did the seat get any attention while it was out or was it well within standards and just put back after a basic clean? things like a good thorough cleaning, maybe with a carpet cleaner type machine. service the underside and mechanism and the like? some paint?
Hi James, the seat does need attention so it just had a good clean. We didn't have time to send it away to be re-trimmed.
@@Routemaster4Hire personally, with the drivers space being as isolated as it is, i think it would have to be more than a bit on the old and worn side to go to the trouble of redoing it.
and it looked pretty good outside of the needing to be cleaned.
Hello chaps, just wondering what the extra guage under the time card holder is. Excellent work as ever.
Think you'll find it's a tachograph which encompasses it's own speedometer and odometer. I think it's a requirement on buses that are hired.
Hi Alasdair, its a water temperature gauge. We have retrofitted these to all our buses and they have saved us from overheating an engine on 2 occasions now, so they are worth their weight in gold!!
Slippers only in the cab. 👨✈
Yep!!
What is the history of RM1214 😀
What about re covering the seat? Great video
Good point, it needs doing but we would have had to send it away which would have taken too long as we needed the bus back in service. This is on the list of jobs that still needs to be done so will be sorted at some point.
@@Routemaster4Hire fair enough. Did think it was a bit odd it wasn’t done. Looking for ward to the next video.
Will one of your buses be at the Brooklands London Bus Museum gathering in April?
Could you answer a question ?. What sorts of mileage do these buses do now compared to when they were in full time use for LT ?.
Have you any clue to how many miles this bus has covered ?.
You can be sure it's turned over it's six digit odometer at least once.
Good question, these buses were not fitted with an odometer so its impossible to say for sure. Plus don't forget at overhaul the engines would have been removed from the body and fitted to a different bus once repaired. That said it is estimated that these buses have each done over 1.5 million miles during their service life. Nowadays they only do 1000 - 1500 miles a year with us, so a fraction for what they used to do.
Is it a can of WD40 as lubricant for the window seal?
Yes apparently that's what you are supposed to use?
I was told it rots rubber. Basically a no no on rubber!
I think sillicone spray is a better choice.
@@jamesfrench7299I thought it might attack the rubber. What about tyre lubricant? The short tyre fitters use? Do you know if that's OK?
@@remjet2512 dunno. Not sure what that is.
Oh dear. The seat!!! You had the perfect chance to recover the seat but you didn't. Oh well.
We didn't have time to get the seat done, but it will be done very soon.
I thought saying it “hadn’t seen a brush” was a colloquialism. I didn’t think you would actually use a brush on automotive paint. Why not spray? Too much masking to do?
I think that's just your dirty mind!! You are right we don't spray as too much masking.
It'd be a massive hassle and no one really sees it.