Bonus (400 subscribers):- Leyland Leopard FEV115Y - an old old video I found.

[@bencurtisutube]

You can nearly smell that interior 😊

[@richardwalker_]

That humid, musty Plaxton moquette….

[@MARTINGREEN-j2k]

I went to school on this very bus in the late eighties, for some reason seem to remember a lot of the registrations of the hedingham buses.

[@richardwalker_]

That one is still about, too, albeit sold on now. Odd what sticks in the mind. The first coach I owned was one I used to go to school on, many years before.

[@truckerlee5975]

It always puzzles me that on most bus vlogs the centre badge on the steering wheel always seems to be missing.

[@richardwalker_]

They’re not held in by much, so people tend to take them as souvenirs. Not being there means they can’t be taken….

[@BTTT-c9q]

Love the sound of the engine!!

[@richardwalker_]

I agree; it’s a particularly pleasing one, that. It’s moved in now, but still about.

[@BTTT-c9q]

@@richardwalker_ moved in ?

[@richardwalker_]

@@BTTT-c9q *on !

[@1973ts]

What a fine sounding Leopard!

[@richardwalker_]

You can’t beat a good one in full voice.

[@anthonyhowells4560]

It puzzed me why they called it a Leppard when its a bus!

[@richardwalker_]

Leyland naming convention. All named after animals. The Leopard chassis was available in different lengths and different power/speed ratings for different applications - both bus and coach.

[@richardwalker_]

…and this one is certainly a coach!

[@rongeremy6970]

Very nice, i restore the gear shifters off them..

[@richardwalker_]

Ah, nice, that’s a fairly niche market; have you ever tackled any of them with the split switch?

[@rongeremy6970]

@@richardwalker_ definitely,, I have, a 5 speed one, but it was taken off before I got it to restore . the switch was kept on the bus , as the guy was waiting for me to send a reconditioned one to him so he just reconnected the switch to the gear shifter and off he went happy as could be..

[@richardwalker_]

I’ve had the later electric sort (right hand change) apart, and the earlier (column mounted) ones apart. The right hand change are extremely greasy inside, but a work of art.

[@rongeremy6970]

@@richardwalker_ very nice!! I had a chance to get a couple of the electric types but didn't get around to them , as I just specialise in the pneumatic selectors . They can be very messy and very seized. Most definitely a work of art, especially making parts for them. Just before they got rid of all of the Leyland buses here we had a few of the electric/pneumo shifts getting around, but much prefer the direct are system. Sad they are gone, , such a fantastic bus/s

[@adamcrane3571]

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[@adamcrane3571]

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