1921 Leyland G7 "Charabus" Start up and engine run.

This is a short video showing the Shuttleworth Collection's 1921 Leyland G7 "Charabus" being started and its engine running. The Charabus is one of three vintage busses in the Shuttleworth collection, which all provide rides to the public on special event and air show days. For more details visit www.shuttleworth.org
If you have enjoyed this video, why not watch my other videos about Shuttleworth's Edwardian busses and commercial vehicles? Also, please subscribe as all KZbin income will be used to help with the operation and upkeep of Shuttleworth’s historic collection of vehicles.
More videos are planned.

[@nitishk9]

I'm wondering, if all the diesel engines really got banned, would heavy commercial vehicles then have big petrol engines again like the inline-6 cylinder engine in the Green Goddess and the 6.5 litre inline-8 cylinder Rolls-Royce B81 Griffon engine, apart from all the petrol-electric hybrid and all electric drivetrains. A 6.6 litre 4-cylinder petrol engine built with the latest technology would have some very exciting and interesting dynamics.

[@mangalchandsingalkar1210]

In my childhood, I seen such handle rotation for starting a engine, though self start was in practice, might be if there is discharge of battery, then engine can be started।

[@recycleman975]

still runs !!! a 2021 won't run after 100+ years

[@Steve1766]

yeah

[@russtaylor2122]

Couldn't hear the engine because of the volcano erupting in the background...?

[@PPPE1957]

Sorry about the wind noise in this video. I intend to make another video in the next week or two, on a day with no wind!

[@russtaylor2122]

@@PPPE1957 Only having a laugh... Just me being super-picky because of my anonymity! ; ) Thanks, i'd like to hear the lovely old thing without the wind noise!

[@PPPE1957]

@@russtaylor2122 Appreciate your interest in the busses (have you seen my other videos?). The plan is to make many more bus videos in the coming year so you might like to subscribe👍👍

[@pamaran916]

ഇത് ഇറങ്ങുബോൾ എന്റ നാട്ടിൽ വർഗ്ഗീയ ലഹള ആയിരുന്നു.

[@princevazhakalam1664]

എന്ന്?എവിടെ?

[@pamaran916]

@@princevazhakalam1664 മലപ്പുറം

[@jayapratapreddy1082]

oLd is gold

[@maurolima6895]

Esse vovô não aguenta com a manivela! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@neumoi3324]

Would've been fun if it had been taken for a short run around the field.

[@PPPE1957]

Hi Neumoi, I plan to make some more videos about the Charabus which will include bus runs later this year. The Charabus is currently being serviced. My other videos do have some footage of the collections busses being driven.

[@malcolmmarzo2461]

Video would have been improved by wind suppression device or feature enabling. Wind noise overrode the engine sound. Also longer time to view engine and look at interior while driving.

[@PPPE1957]

Hi Malcolm, thanks for your comments which I agree with. I know that the sound quality is compromised by the wind noise and I plan to make further Charabus videos later this year (without wind noise) once it has completed its annual service which it is currently undergoing. I will also show interior shots while driving.

[@ВладимирК-и1ю]

По форме очень напоминает с кого на ЗИЛе содрали ! Похож!

[@СергійШамін]

👍👍👍

[@carlranns6658]

You'll get points on your licence if you drive with those tyres - no tread at atll

[@joostderidder]

1921 ??? and no electric starter?

[@PPPE1957]

When the bus was manufactured, it only had a magneto to provide the power for the spark plugs. It does not have a dynamo or a battery so fitting an electric start was not feasible, especially as the hand-crank system works reasonably well.

[@joostderidder]

@@PPPE1957 thanks for the explanation. That explains it. But is this a 1921-built bus? It seems more "pre-war" to me due to the "full-tyres" but also the design. Sorry for asking ... I'm really confused.

[@joostderidder]

@@PPPE1957 thanks for all your explanation. I'm still confused ... I didn't know that "full-rubber tyres" were still in use after WW1

[@PPPE1957]

I am no expert on tyre technology, but certainly busses manufactured in the early 20’s were fitted with solid tyres. This may have been a cost based decision or that pneumatic tyres were not yet reliable enough to be fitted to heavy vehicles. However it is likely that pneumatic tyres will have later been fitted during the busses service life as a simple upgrade. Perhaps someone can shed more light on this matter?

[@joostderidder]

@@PPPE1957 I've looked it up. Makes sense! For car-tyres (and bicycle-tyres) of those days, no metal wires were used as a "frame" or "canvas" inside the rubber. Only woven fabric. So I suppose that those early inflatable tyres did not work on heavy loads. This is only changing in the 20ies, when a "metal-wire frame" became the norm.

[@warnadisedet101]

😨😆😨😆😆

[@kkteutsch6416]

But sure it's a gasoline engine....

[@josedelmarmattos182]

Só isso, eu queria ver o motor funcionando com o capô aberto, e também andando 🤔🤔🇧🇷

[@PPPE1957]

I will be making more videos of the Charabus where you will see the engine running and the bus being driven. Please subscribe to my channel if you want to keep up to date👍👍

[@silviodelacruz450]

Gostei desse onibus, vou me inscrito.

[@leomarpereira7068]

nunca vi um carro dese de verdade na minha frente eu sou de 1956 nunca vi no mundo tem muitas coisas antigas lindas que bem poucas pessoas viram e verem

[@kkteutsch6416]

Sou de 1954 e tive a oportunidade de ver - e viajar - em alguns veiculos antigos que, infelizmente nao existem mais por aqui - meus irmaos mesmo tiveram alguns e pais de amigos tambem, nem em maos de colecionadores se encontra mais...

[@Circumsquare]

Superb... I love it

[@نجاحعزيز-ه6ب]

A wonderful masterpiece... I have a question, was it tiring to start the engine at the time?

[@ajayreddytiyyaguravlogs6879]

Very nice video sharing my friend

[@DeanJuvenal]

Some ether quick start spray would be v useful.

[@ledauphindebourbon6956]

6 Liter - 5 hp ?! ?!

[@PPPE1957]

Apologies, my description is not clear! The Charabus has an S5, 6.6 litre Leyland engine rated at 36hp. I hope that clears up the misunderstanding.

[@ledauphindebourbon6956]

@@PPPE1957 Nice. May I suggest that you test the bus. There's rumour that, well, these things, earliest, have been better made to pull then to run at speed. Meaning they are better in that than nowadays cars, So perhaps a full bus up the hill will make either of these points win.

[@zoltanszokev.zoltan9065]

1911

[@vincenzomigliazza1468]

Ma dove si trovano? Questi mezzi 👍👍👍👍

[@PPPE1957]

All of the busses featured in my videos are based in the UK at Old Warden aerodrome near Biggleswade.

[@Steve1766]

real bus a new bus made today won't last like this

[@edipitung9423]

LEYLAND dulu di DAERAH KHUSUS IBUKOTA JAKARTA terkenal dengan BIS TINGKATNYA

[@PPPE1957]

Have you seen my other video about the Shuttleworth collection’s Wellingborough Leyland double decker bus? I hope you will find it interesting.

[@bobmcl2406]

I thought these were called "charabancs", which originated in French. It roughly means "carriage with benches".

[@PPPE1957]

You are correct about the origin of the word charabancs which was a name given to open top busses. The Charabus is a hybrid carriage which can either operate as a fully enclosed bus or when the canvas roof is retracted and the side windows removed as a charabanc, a clever play on words.

[@rodriguescustodio4582]

Pena que não mostraram, o painel De instrumentos.

[@5smix280]

👍👌👌👌

[@tatra-danielkaras]

PERFEKT VIDEO

[@williamacosta8361]

Interesante, lo que no pude apreciar es si la traccion es con cardan o a cadena como las motos

[@PPPE1957]

The engine drive to the rear wheels is via a drive shaft and not a chain drive.

[@иванклевков]

Super!!!

[@riddikrizeborod]

Телега с мотором.

[@silviodelacruz450]

Да друг