When on Top Sheet at Frost Hill, 177 was my mum's regular on the 24 route. She was a conductress for over 14 years and spent most of that on the Halifax/Leeds via Cleckheaton service.
Loved the Regents. As a kid in the 60s and 70s, I lived on those things, riding around Swansea - SWT had a huge fleet of them. Always loved the 'face' of the bus. Hope it still survives. Always wanted to own one, but living in Brunei so, unlikely any time soon lol. At the risk of sounding cruel, i did get a slight "Right said Fred...." atmosphere in the yard...!!
Lovely old buses, but was that smoke haze or just the lighting making it look that way? I hope it was just the light and not a complete disregard for his personal health on the part of the man directing the driver.
The smoke is from the engines that had been running when cold they use excess fuel to start which creates more smoke. Most bus depots were like this and worse till around 20 years ago.
Great driving skills from the driver. But, they have should have tried to move other buses & items out if the way FIRST!!!! to make it much easier Instead of make it as difficult & awkward as possible. Some people really don't have a. clue on how to do things they.😒😒😒😒🤨🤨🤨🤨. I love seeing such old vehicles buses cars , motorbikes & trams etc not only in full working order but, being used to take people on tours if nothing else. ( With the exception of the motorbikes) but, as there is a small fee to help in the cost ( maintenance & fuel ) then I don't see a problem with this) & it helps keep the upkeep & looking after them fora good many years after (HOPEFULLY!!!).
As you may notice the Panther needed pushing out of the way and we were trying to avoid taking it onto the downhill slope so that we could push it back in afterwards.
Anybody watching this should know that that cyclist fell over because he failed to un-clip his foot from the pedal. It's usually a beginner mistake (although i have never ridden with clips on my bike) but you can see him trying to get his foot off but tried pulling up instead of to the side. It's not really the van's fault here.
Probably seen the ex PVS tow truck many times going up and down the A1. There was an Atlantean like this that attended the Sandtoft Gathering 2 weeks ago was it this one?
@@andypreston1524 - yes Andy it was either 168bhp at 2,000rpm or 175bhp at 2,200rpm. The torque at both outputs was 475 lb/ft at 1,300rpm. Hope this helps
Sorry I wouldn't put myself in danger and undertake a moving vehicle on my bike so I don't see how it's vans fault also I thought undertaking was illegal
woollen797 I think the van driver is also 50% to blame. The cyclist did get a bit close, and should of given the van a little more space. However the van did cut the cyclist up, and you can even clearly see the van near enough go onto the curb of the cross-walk.
