Bristol FS cab-ride - Southern Vectis Bristol 570 (YDL 315)

[@robertmatthews8302]

Thanks John, Another good video. Brings back some old memories when I was test driving my repairs at CMS Whitehaven Depot.(in early to mid 1970's)

[@johng.lidstone2236]

Thank you, Alex kindly filmed it as it was me driving!

[@thisiszaphod]

Thoroughly enjoyed that. Kudos to the driver, and all involved.

[@johng.lidstone2236]

thisiszaphodbeeblebr How nice of you to say, thank you! As I mentioned below, I last drove Lodekkas in 1979/80 and I had no 'practice run' before this and the other video posted with it. Best wishes.

[@johng.lidstone2236]

thank you, the driver was me (filmed by a lady for me). Very nice of Nigel and Alex from IoW and Derek Priddle, who owns the bus, to make it possible.

[@289chevimpala]

Nicely driven old son! I thought the route was vaguely familiar. I used to drive these out of Basildon garage in the early 1970's. You know you'd done a days work after driving these brutes for a day! Stick shift and no power steering!

[@johng.lidstone2236]

thank you most kindly. Stick shift and crash gearbox.

[@leighnassau1158]

Double de clutch ?

[@289chevimpala]

@@leighnassau1158 Every gear change! and 5th gear on the "wrong" side of neutral. You had to go through 4th gear to get to neutral!

[@busdrivernick]

Great video thoroughly enjoyed the ride 🚍👍🏻

[@davidrobinson6204]

Remember the great sound of going to & from school on a Bristol Lodekka (Lincolnshire Roadcar)Who is the driver? Very professional

[@johng.lidstone2236]

That's a kind comment. I am the driver in the video - I first drove Lodekkas in 1978 and I hadn't driven one for many years before the kind opportunity to drive this one.

[@kevvywevvywoo]

you got the double declutching right first time, I could hear the squeaky clutch pedal!

[@michaelgoulding6609]

to me,these look like a bus,& it was a pleasure to be on one,the new buses that are out now,well they do the job,but thats about it,they don,t even look like a bus,just horrible,i would leave the car at home if they still used these.

[@2780john]

Top class driver. Unusually quick upchanges, too. On sister SV 573 they are MUCH slower! Maybe 570 is a very rare example of a Lodekka with a functioning clutch stop!

[@johng.lidstone2236]

***** Thank you John, very kind of you to say, especially as I last drove Lodekkas in the summers of 1979 and 1980 and that's a year or two ago now. Yes 570 has a functioning clutch stop, something Eastern National Bristols I drove didn't have. Best wishes!

[@johng.lidstone2236]

Thank you kindly - I was the driver! Yes, working clutch stop which was sweet. I hadn't driven a Lodekka since 1979, so as this was 2015, I don't think I did too badly.

[@IrishvintageTVRadio]

​@John G. Lidstone Finding someone who knows what a clutch stop is hard these days. The TD4 in our museums' clutch stop is wore out threw lack of understanding.....