40 Years in the Making: A Son's Journey to Drive His Father's Bus

[@kieranstravels]

What a lovely story Maxson - Stephen is a great guy!

[@glitchFan2428]

Indeed he is! I really enjoyed working with him to make this video 😁

[@Rheilffordd]

Just caught this video being released, and it was enjoyable viewing! What a wonderful story to share with this gentleman finally having a drive of his late father’s bus! More of this content please!! 😁

[@glitchFan2428]

Glad you enjoyed it! I love making these kind of videos too, and it often takes a lot of time but the end result imo is worth it :)

[@seanhedley8028]

What a great story , getting to drive your Dad’s motor must have been really special 👍

[@glitchFan2428]

I'm sure it was for Stephen!

[@ghunt9146]

Feel chuffed for you. Great memories & experience.

[@glitchFan2428]

I certainly enjoyed making this film 😀

[@JonPaulTeasdale]

Great watching it Stephen. Really enjoyed it. Great work to the video editor as well. I'll get my PSV one day.

[@alistairshaw3206]

Great video. I learned to drive on a PD3 myself, but one with a crash box. I drove an all Leyland fleet when I started. Now I drive a VDL Bova!

[@glitchFan2428]

Thank you, I hope it brought back some nice memories! We've certainly come a long way in terms of driver comfort

[@paultaylor7082]

Love the Leylands with front engine and front door entrance. This type of bus, with this layout, was, for some reason, never adopted by Manchester's buses, all their front engined buses had rear entrance, only some of the old Crossleys had doors at the rear, the rest were open platforms. Bolton, Wigan, Salford, Oldham and others in Greater Manchester had the same layout as this Wigan bus

[@glitchFan2428]

Definitely makes the Manchester ones unique then 😁

[@minimaxi802]

London Transport would not have any front entrance Routemasters except for a very small number sticking firmly to rear entrance.

[@waynetetley584]

Brilliant story, well done 😊

[@glitchFan2428]

Thank you! 🙂

[@SunRayForestTransport]

Wonderful indeed! Thanks for sharing

[@glitchFan2428]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@resketless]

Quite a journey to repair and able to ride the perserve bus that left by grandfather

[@stephenowen938]

Hi, the Manchester Museum of Transport look after the vehicle is owned by Tfgm, my Dad drove the vehicle in Wigan Corporation days and with GMT, so that’s the connection

[@alanoliver2197]

These use to go up castle hill hindley as numbers 3a and 3 b one used go up ladies lane and terminate at Hindley station the other turned at wakes pub or hollins rd great bus listen to that gearbox .

[@glitchFan2428]

I like how buses have their own distinct sounds that you can still remember decades later. I was born in the late 90s and still remember the sounds of a ZF or Voith Automatic

[@SteveMillar-t3f]

I’ve never been all that fond driving a bus, I driven buses d/d and single deck but they haver really interested me I am more coaches I have driven leyland half cabs coaches with crash gear boxes up to the Volvos, the best ones I liked was the Dennis and Bedford.

[@glitchFan2428]

Seems like you've had an enjoyable time with the coaches 👍

[@alanoliver2197]

Another comment what were the two green marker light at the front for?They were there so you knew it was a corporation bus not a Ribble or LUT .

[@glitchFan2428]

Interesting fact, I never knew that

[@minimaxi802]

I'm from Wigan and remember the corporation buses, all Leylands and after 1955 bodied in town by Massey and Northern Counties: Double deckers 1950-1972 PD2 rear entrance JP8300-8329, AEK501-512, CEK837-841, DEK105-113, DJP751-759, PD3 front entrance EJP501-510, GJP8-19, HEK705-707, HJP1-11, PD2 front entrance JJP502-509, KEK739-750, AEK1-10B, DEK2-3D, DEK4-7E, FEK1-9F Atlantean dual door (short) FJP566G, GJP2-10G, (long) KJP20-31J, NEK1-10K. Single deckers 1952-1970 Leyland Royal Tiger, JP9061-9064, AEK513-516, BJP364, Leyland Tiger Cub DEK534-535, JJP501, Leyland Panther Cub, DJP468E, EEK1F, Leyland Panther, HJP950-961H. By 1978 when all the other ex Wigan buses were in GMT orange and white, this one, HEK705 remained in corporation livery.

[@glitchFan2428]

That's a very detailed memory there 👍