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I may have rode on this very bus back in the day very noisy that engine was a lot louder than the antaleans of the day but the guy had a much better ride

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That was the bus Volvo used when they were creating the Alslia

Good to see a driver who knows how to change gear properly with an SCG gearbox too. Top marks :)

Very very interesting indeed to see and hear this on the move. Thanks for sharing. Hugely enjoyed watching this.

Volvo ??

Never heard of a Wulfrunian Bus Model, definitely heard of Ailsa, obviously, though I don't recall ever riding on one, as yet! XxXx XxXx

I actually drove this bus in service in 1971, on service 427 Wakefield Bradford. This bus started out life at County Motors, Lepton. County motors was jointly owned by West Riding, Yorkshire Woollen and Yorkshire Traction. This was one of the better ones with a top speed of 42 mph, the others managed 35 mph.

The most vivid memory of that was driving it at the Black Country Living Museum when I had to use it to take a museum visitor back to the car park after he’d had an angina attack. The steering is very, very heavy when turning it round in a tight spot where I had to reverse it. Makes one thankful for the lighter steering of modern buses.

Ah, the good old, days, haven't been to Blackpool for years love these trams,

Love the sound of the old trams, brings back good memories 😍

yes

Hi, would you mind us linking to this in one of our weekly pieces we do flashing back through our history? kind regards Double TWO Shirts

Very nice indeed, the bus the Ailsa was based on

I had a ride in her from Dewsbury to Bradford and back around 1988. Tony, Derby - taped it

These have always been my favorite type of bus,i do wish the were still operating today..thanks for the memory...John

A Very good video here. It just shows that kettlethorpe hasn't really changed much in the last 15 years, I would have been just born at the time this was filmed. If only olympians still ruled the 110 service...

hi GuyWulfrunian i think the Ths bus GCK428W look a fantasic Leyland National MK 2 as i also remember these buses from the 70'S and 80's. All the best

'Hunting', the name for uneven tickover, was a characteristic of post-war Leyland engines, virtually uniquely. It was not a fault.

@tileajb1 Did you ever drive an RTL leyland? I loved the sound they made.When I was a kid I used to diliberately miss an RT to wait for an RTL to come along!

Ive noticed on volvo buses as well the steering wheel never in the centre.

This one was all filmed in 1996

(3:24) RCU 499S was scrapped in 1994 after major engine failure

have i just watched nearly 8 mins of buses!

what kinda transmissions do these things have?

It had not been used for about three weeks, but 622 has developed a fault so 621 may see a little more use

Looks like it has been withdrawn Paul has 621 due to the lack of Wayfarer.

I would like to visit the South Yorkshire bus museum in May as I have six days off at that point.

Great compilation, thanks for your efforts.

I've just GOT to get to this museum sometime this year

She's a powerful beast.

Love the bus, but why do they have to fit such annoying low air buzzers?

I'm just wondering Leyland made this underfloor engined single deckers in 1950's, with the same name of the popular rear-engined double deckers in 1980's oAo

@Rekku9 you don't. it's either semi- or fully auto, notice here the driver doesn't touch the gear 'stick' - presumably is in the 'drive' position

@GuyWulfrunian not all lynxs were auto`s some were manual (the mk1).

Very awesome looks very classic buses shown the video clips!!! Execellent!

I remember one of these on Woodseats Road running as a number 75 being stuck behind a failed Dennis Dominator. He'd pulled up so close to the DD that he couldn't pull out because the engine revs were not high enough to pull up the turbo, so we were just stuck there. He ended up revving the balls of it and then jamming it into first and we shot off like a rocket. How he didn't bugger the transmission I don't know...

It's a very typical Volvo feature..the steering is nice but the steering wheel tends to show to planets not yet discovered.

Stagecoach Strathtay (Dundee) Still have one or two of these in service.

any idea when the next one is due? I live about half an hour from the depot and I don't know where to look in regards to any open days :(

the engine is from a volvo FM7 truck.

5:37 - 6:29: classic VR sound right there :). Legendary buses.

I've driven an Ailsa, OSN 852Y, I enjoyed driving it, very very noisy and poor pulling power made it a liability on hills if you had to stop, I remember stopping on a hill fully laden, it was really really slow at pulling away, in fact I thought it wasn't going to pull at first!

How do yo get the box to switch between semi-auto and auto mode?

@lupsetlad: It's a 1986 Leyland Lynx MK1 single decker bus, doing 50mph.

Guy wulfrunian is low entry ?I'M brazilian .No speaking english .The techicniacal data of guy wulfranian ,please .The floor is 300 mm or 400 mm

Ah. Brings back all of those miles I travelled on routes 241 and 228. Was it really half a century ago?

where was the cavalcade?