Tec-Ireland - Ex-Dublin Bus VanHool decker DF839

[@RJGMovie]

I remember them buses well. The seats used to shake like hell. Good video.

[@seanbonella]

i loved this bus, the 78 route in Ballyfermot going into town when i was a kid...great memories

[@markthebusman]

The distinctive 'whine' that Des mentions on the DF type Atlanteans I believe comes from the Plessey hydraulic pump which drives the radiator fan, the DAF engined Atlanteans had modified fan systems, as they did not have a shaft drive, Leyland O.600/O.680 engined ones did have a shaft drive (running across behind the engine). Sometimes the hydraulic units became stuck on (for whatever reason) which meant the fan made the whine all the time and in theory would never reach proper temperature. Mark

[@ClydebridgeStation]

The 46A was even featured in a pop song years ago!

[@ghmusic8116]

Strange one I remember as a teen VanHool AN68 "D630" (630 ZO) arriving in Clontarf Rd Depot much later on than its 1974 Reg Plate with the Later Vanhool "PDR Type" Fibreglass Moulded frontage..I found out Later it had in fact been Lying around Spa Road works it had an all welded Chassis I believe which was deemed unsuccessful It was The Last Vanhool bus after DF840 to be completed at Spa Road Inchicore works

[@dazfarrell]

Officially the 46A is the busiest route in Europe

[@eulero75]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@castlebar67]

ah well bus driver was i for 35 years that seems like an old metroliner here in the uk i didnt know van hool made buses more scania old leylands volvo man etc. bless

[@mrspivvy]

correct, the daf engine is based on the leyland. scania also used leyland designs way back

[@HORNEBEEDUBLO]

Does anyone remember if the DF class buses which retained Leyland Pneumocyclic gearboxes sounded much different to standard O.680 powered Atlanteans? I've seen DAF re-engined Leopards and to me they didn't sound different to the standard O.680 powered Leopard. I have also seen DAF repowered National MK1s and they sounded much like a O.680 powered National 2. From what I gather, the DAF 1160 engine is based on the Leyland O.680.

[@mjakes20]

Where exactly is the 46a there? These days it only travels through densely built up areas.

[@hz6761]

Rare 2 c an Atlantean fitted with a Voith

[@DavidJones-wx4im]

South Yorkshire PTE had Atlanteans with Voith gearboxes, 323 & 1681-1836.

[@hz6761]

David Jones​ Yep, as seen on several videos from DaveSpencer32, those Voith-Diwa-Atlanteans sounds interesting, like the mixture of Metropolitan + Metrobus + B10M 😛