WHY? do people talk when they should be listening after all it was an enthusiast's rally, but the faithful Gardner engine made herself heard above some of the ignorent passengers, the bus was driven well.
@@captainscutter Your right Mike I've listened to her again, I'm either loosing it or those noisy passengers or proberly both, but I like the way she was driven with respect, Eastern county buses used to have undercover inspectors travelling on the REs and VRs to make sure the drivers weren't pushing the gears through to fast and stretching the bands in the gearbox, if driven like the driver in the video thy would last and be reliable for years, thank you Mike for putting me right and posting these great videos, ps the 680 Leyland wasn't a bad engine at all but the Gardner was the gaffers engine out the two.
@@paulwilson3083 .... Thankyou for your comments... that was me driving ! I am very lucky that some owners trust me to drive their pride and joy. Southdown used to have driving instructors out to check the driving in the late 70s and early 80s. The Gardner is a superb engine...but always like the power and noise of the Leyland 0.680
@@captainscutter Believe me Mike those bus owners wouldn't let you near the steering wheel if they thought you weren't at the high standard required to drive them, I shudder when I watch young drivers of today, if they started with under powered Gardner engines and David Brown gearboxes they would learn how to read the road ahead and keep them rolling instead of living on the brakes especially when going down dips when they've got to get up the other side, there a shambles, modern vehicles in themselves have lowered the standards of drivers, I just can't get drivers with the right skills anymore, thank you so much for posting these great videos Mike, kindest regards. Paul.
Stunning noise from the 680
Stunning noise from the 680 and very well driven
Superb. Just Superb.
WHY? do people talk when they should be listening after all it was an enthusiast's rally, but the faithful Gardner engine made herself heard above some of the ignorent passengers, the bus was driven well.
It is a Leyland 0.680 engine Paul
@@captainscutter Your right Mike I've listened to her again, I'm either loosing it or those noisy passengers or proberly both, but I like the way she was driven with respect, Eastern county buses used to have undercover inspectors travelling on the REs and VRs to make sure the drivers weren't pushing the gears through to fast and stretching the bands in the gearbox, if driven like the driver in the video thy would last and be reliable for years, thank you Mike for putting me right and posting these great videos, ps the 680 Leyland wasn't a bad engine at all but the Gardner was the gaffers engine out the two.
@@paulwilson3083 .... Thankyou for your comments... that was me driving ! I am very lucky that some owners trust me to drive their pride and joy. Southdown used to have driving instructors out to check the driving in the late 70s and early 80s. The Gardner is a superb engine...but always like the power and noise of the Leyland 0.680
@@captainscutter Believe me Mike those bus owners wouldn't let you near the steering wheel if they thought you weren't at the high standard required to drive them, I shudder when I watch young drivers of today, if they started with under powered Gardner engines and David Brown gearboxes they would learn how to read the road ahead and keep them rolling instead of living on the brakes especially when going down dips when they've got to get up the other side, there a shambles, modern vehicles in themselves have lowered the standards of drivers, I just can't get drivers with the right skills anymore, thank you so much for posting these great videos Mike, kindest regards. Paul.