My High School bus memories in one video , that clatter of a National engine….👍😜🇮🇲

Is the mk11 ex east yorkshire motor services (eyms).???

I've driven VRTs. I never did like the air throttle. Your driving reminds me of the "coming off" journey late at night.

Memories. The National was the bus used by the Barrow in Furness bus company. I remember travelling on them many times in the late 70s and early 80s

Out of town diff what a difference in pick up

Also TRY 121 H is under peservation up in leicester on the old leicester corparation livery.... Both these sound lovely....

Great job mate. Reminiscing about my school days in Crawley.

Drove a Leyland Lynx tipper with the 500 engine in the mid 80s, to be honest it always fired up staight away. Exhaust at the back of the cab sounded great, was this a bad engine or a victim of circumstances?

6:15 - 6:23 absolutely comical 😂😂

I don't know about 'unrefined' - sounds like a symphony to me. Yes, they make a racket - but what a glorious racket. Enjoyed the vid. I remember driving Leopards through villages at night and setting off car alarms with the thunderous crackling exhaust. The pish on the gearchange is addictive - as are of course the famous Leyland brake effects.

Listening to this is like music to my ears and has taken me back to my childhood taking the bus with my mum brilliant sound never forgotten

What a noise..... fantastic.

Beautiful sound

8:34 On headphones with eyes shut, that's pure Leyland National ASMR right there!

having gone to school on these buses 35-40 years ago, this explains why some were more vocal than others ...

round where i live our bus route had UVL 874 and 877 M on it sometimes

my favourite childhood buses,because of the turbos

I used to find Leyland Nationals so boring when they were common-place, in my childhood, especially because we had a local bus company running a variety of interesting Leyland Leopards, which I prefer. But these days I miss the Nationals too and love seeing these videos of restored ones. It's always the way, that you appreciate things more when they're mostly gone!

I've noticed, almost every time you start from a dead stop, you shift to 2nd and then to 1st. What for?

A 5 speed air shift too, that is awesome. Were those pneumocyclic?

Often travelled between Box and Stroud as a Cotswold Chine alumnus! Usually on a Saturday!

People say the Leyland 510 is clattery, but I remember as a child in the 80's going to school, always being pleased when a National turned up at the bus stop. The engines were smooth with no vibration, and the bus rode well, and they were fast. We always got there early with a National. They were so much better than the predecessor busses. Outside they were a bit vocal, but they sounded like they meant business, like a capable mechanical machine.

Absolutely gorgeous

That really does sound good. It was Atlanteans in Liverpool on family visiting, which really got me into the type.

I remember 5545 & 5546 when they were new in national bus green. These two buses had the electronic destination display. Never seemed to work right! They were based in Bath in those days.

A pity they didn't go ahead with their plans to offer the AEC AV691.

I remember always trying to get an RE or an Atlantean on school days, allowing the boring Olympians and Nationals to pass by, even though it would make me 10 minutes late at least. Something about the intrinsic music of these beasts soothed me and allowed me to complete my maths homework in stale smoky harmonious bouncy peace. When I was 17, I fell in love with a redhead at my bus stop who worked at Waterstones, so this regime soon fell into abeyance. Thereafter, neither Atlantean or Olympian; nor National or RE plying the Great North Road, were here or there.

I love the Leyland engine's growl, simply fantastic!

I'd love to be a passenger on one of these. From the video alone you can feel its power.

Haven’t driven a mk 1 or 2 since I were at Yorkshire Traction (Barnsley & Sheffield) back in the 90’s 2000’s. Would love to get a chance of a drive once again if anyone knows any owners. Still have my clean psv

Actually that's one of the quietest VRs I've seen, with hardly any squeaks or rattles or creaking from the springs! 😁

9:50 its cool seeing old and new buses together.

I love the sound of a Leyland National use to ride them everyday in the West Midlands with Chase Buses I think Chase Buses were the last company to use Nationals in 2007 😊

Has it got a glass screen behind the cab❓ So much less rattly than perspex on BOC. Totally forgot the signature Bristol brake squeak copied by my Grandma's mynah bird❤❤❤

That sound and gearbox just blows me away. Amazing.

That engine creates one of the sounds of my childhood. The X9 from Blaenrhondda to Pontypridd

wayfarer ticket machine 🤩 that takes me back

Reminiscient of the 2-stroke Detroit Diesel "Screaming Jimmys" but a bit more guttural and staccato, partly due to the multi-speed transmission vs. the GMC buses' hydraulic drive (basically a torque converter used by itself).

I could tell that was Stroud before even reading the description. Grew up in the 70s and 80s with these, Leyland Nationals and Bristol VRs, first with Bristol Omnibus then City of Gloucester/Stroud Valleys/Cheltenham and District before Stagecoach took over in 1993.

So who moved the bucket from under the engine bay

Drove these in service, 729 from Brighton to Tunbridge Wells.. Passenger Fares = £1.99 single, £2.00 return.. Always Full.. Great Days of National Transport.. New Stagecoach Autovomit Buses rattle like never before..

Either your roads are immaculate or that bus doesnt have a single squeaky or rattly panel on it, puts modern buses to shame, amazing oldtimer!

is that a blackpool Swift to the left?

Sounds epic

Am I the only one who thinks these magnificent Bristol RELL single deckers should always be painted in red? Obviously it’s because I grew up with red Ribble liveried ones but that green one in front just looks weird. Great video though and the best bus ever, the only one I’d put on par with it is the Leyland National but hey! Everyone’s mileage varies 🙂

love your enthusiasm running to get driving! Great video many thanks

Nice, that sound take me back

I used to drive JEMIMA all around South Wales whilst in preservation there, particularly at the Barry, Swsnsea and Bleanafon shows. Timeline 2007 to 2010. Loved the growl and the power!

Love The Smoke Screen

Did these things have 510 engines? They have that beautiful ticky whine to them....