Why is the plastic painted red. It was black when i drove them and bristols

A pity you're not in Belfast, would love to go on atrip in one of these. takes me back

Cowboy driver

In the early 1980's I used to have a Citroen GS1200 Club with a semi auto gearbox … Same deal, gearstick and an electro static clutch. Great little car 🙂 In essence, little different to a twin splitter Eaton box in an Articulated unit, such as ERF or Foden.

The semi auto gearbox. A haven for the drivers. A nightmare with the mechanics.

But most of the china motor bus driver would be switch the gear just like this.

I drove buses with Glasgow Corporation Transport for 18 months in 1973/74. Leyland Titans, Daimler CVG6's ( with pre-selecter gearbox), and Leyland Atlanteans. Some of the Atlanteans were fully auto, and many were semi-auto as here. The way of changing gear that you describe is how drivers were taught at the training school. In Glasgow, the timetables were tight, and the buses hard driven. So out on the routes, gearchanges were much faster. My standard practice was to move from gear to gear with one movement, no pause, but with a slight lifting of my foot on the accelerator to momentarily ease the load, and prevent a lurch as the next gear engaged. .

Sounded alright to me

I know it’s wrong, but that’s fantastic. It may not be how they were trained, but the reality is that an awful lot of drivers drove semi-automatics like that. That’s how the buses were driven day-in, day-out, in service by guys who just wanted their shift to be over, with no regard for the machines they had to drive. These buses were everywhere so it was no big deal if the odd gearbox went a bit wonky. In fact it could mean a good hour or so reading the paper till a replacement arrived! No doubt the purists will be having to facilitate a Victorian fainting couch upon viewing this video, but those buses pushed on through that tough treatment.

Hi Tommy, don’t suppose you know of any ex-citybus/ulsterbus vehicles for sale at the mo? Thanks in advance

Hi There my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't you and your teammates can still do those Rebuilding and Repainting those nice fresh shiny Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200, and Cummins M11, 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 168, 179, 210, 275, 125, 173, 24, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 226 of Those Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11, and Gardner LG1200, 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Gardner 6LXC and those Gardner LG1200 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses to those East London and North London and that especially is including the London Bus such as those London Bus Routes such as for example the N41, 341, N29, 86, 221 and will also be including the North London Bus Route Number 121 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Pretty Please? could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are 341, 179, N41, 34, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 296, 262, 147, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately needed Are those types of colour buses to be brought back again Please? Please do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and living in those areas such as East London. because it will be Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour. I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200 and Cummins M11 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.

Fun fact: The RE on its left (2554) was recently turned into a boat

Nicely done. I find that people over rev the engine as well. It makes matching the speeds a lot harder. I appreciate that some of these old girls need a bit more of a push, but the diesels of old had low down torque unlike the modern diesels that seem to be screaming just on tickover. First was just to get it rolling. No time at all and into second. Third was really the only long boot full if you were in a hurry. I do miss that sound though. No need for a rev counter or even maybe a speedo. You knew the speed of the shafts because you could hear them. 😆

The 4th gear sounds like a B9TL

Almost sounds like a ZF, so this is the preferred way of driving, lol. Nah, just kidding.

Wow. That is really fascinating. I have never seen it like this. Amazing transmission whine as well.

Brilliantly handled 😊

Lots of turning. How many turns is the steering lock to lock? Is it power assisted at all, or are you an athlete now? 🙂

Could you explain how to change down the gears eg going up a hill?

How's things going Tommy?

Yep, that looks very familiar. I started as a Bus Driver in 1978 and at my garage all the buses (about 450) had a Wilson gearbox. Some was fairly easy to drive, in others it was almost impossible to get the gear changes right. The 1965-66 Ikarus with a Aluminium body (Volvo B58 chassie, Volvo THD100D engine) was definitely the worst, no-one could drive them with smooth gear changes, not even the instructors in the Driving School. Cheers / B.

Yeah, that’s how I remember all (well most 😂) of the drivers doing it back in the day. Maximum acceleration, maximum (potential) damage 😂🤣

Nice!!

Superb.

You forgot to mention about keeping the gas on as moving out of the gear. Air boxes really liked to cling on to the gears.

As a bus driver for over 45 years, I make you right with the timing of the gear changing. Have you ever thought about steering the vehicle properly? I doubt that very much.

Aww yeah I miss those busses

My god that is so hard😂

I'm guessing is BXI 2570?

- or an Atlantean ?

Is that a leyland National?

very nice thanks

29 seconds. Ads are longer, what's the point? That aside, why do buses need so much steering input even when driving straight?

Brilliant! Thank you so much for posting!

I took out a Leyland Leopard on a test drive in the 70s and after driving various other buses I was amazed at the sheer power of these things. Braking was also phenomenal as it was equipped with a Retarder too. So it was great fun.

I'm glad she's been preserved.

Those sound awesome with the leyland in