Video about DAX 610C - Bristol MW with ECW Body. New to Red & White buses, Gloucestershire. Now preserved by Dave and Alex Potts, and is a part of the Transport Museum Wythall collection.
Now I loved the MW’s, they were regulars on the 265’s with Eastern National at Brentwood, would see them from the fields at Ingrave while the buses were on their merry way via Herongate to West Horndon.
Seriously fab resto ,like she just driven out of ECW,s workshop,and at last the right wheels and tyres, Red &White Spaceship Drivers had it easy , one extra cylinder with eighteen more Patricroft Ponies on tap. Regarding Spaceship gearboxes, they are not constant mesh , but synchromesh yes cats and kittens ,ask Alan Townsin Author of the 'Bristol Story Part One'. Spaceship gearboxes are four speed with overdrive fifth on a dog leg. Synchro fitted on second ,third and direct fourth, first is crash or constant mesh ,like anAustin A40. Driving a Bristol Omnibus Spaceship on service on and around Stroud,s rough, steep ,and tortuous roads is an experience never to be repeated.Stroud Depot had a fair stud of Spaceships exactly the same as yours, but with one difference ,yes cats &kittens poor old Stroud Depot had 5LW Spaceships with,a five pot Gardner and ninety four wheezy shagged out Patricroft Ponies,most fit for the knackers yard . To be a top notch 5LW Spaceship Driver in Stroud,you had to master the hill start with least drama. Coaxing a 5LW Spaceship up a steep hill loaded with grumbling shoppers or bolshy noisy school kids is an art worthy of Monet or Matisse. Box in first gear holding the Spaceship on the hand brake,gently feed in the clutch and when it bites , hand brake off and floor the throttle, soon see if you got it right by the size of the blue cloud of exhaust smoke gassing some poor sod overtaking one,s Spaceship in an Austin 1300,the said smoke cloud known in Gardner Circles as a 'Patricroft Fog'. One glimmer of hope,and yes there is a God for Stroud Depot had 6LW Spaceships five of them, three Dual Purpose,and two ex Greyhound. If rostered on a 426 Stroud to France Lynch run or 429 to Michinhampton, you prayed like f--k that the depot gaffer will give you a 6LW Spaceship.
How good to see the gear stick and someone who knows how to use it , the crash box use to sort out the drivers . What a quality machine Bristol and Eastern Coach Work what a combination.
There were a lot of these in Stroud in the 60s and 70s and the early ones with the straight back with the lights above the windows inside and the diamond-shaped lights down the canter of the ceiling the one in the video is the more new one,s with the lights which were staggered down the ceiling the same as the REs lights there were a lot of variants of mws in Stroud at the time some had 5 cylinders and some had 6 cylinders some of them had a straighter front we had these long with the REs in the 60s and 70s
@@robertp.wainman4094 no it was not semi automatic, it had a clutch. It also had coach seats originally, but was converted to a service bus, all seats were changed.
@@seansands424 I know , Stroud Depot was Spaceship City , 5HLW Spaceships were the long suffering maid of all work. A plume of light blue smoke belching from the arse end of a crawling Spaceship, told even the most myopic that poor Gardner 5HLW is being flogged to death up a very steep hill.
There were a lot of these in Stroud in the 60s and 70s and the early ones with the straight back with the lights above the windows inside and the diamond-shaped lights down the canter of the ceiling the one in the video is the more now one with the lights which were staggered down the ceiling the same as the REs lights there were a lot of variants of mws in Stroud at the time some had 5 cylinders and some had 6 cylinders some of them had a straighter front we had these long with the REs in the 60s and 70s
What a beautiful bus. I can't believe it's over 50 years old and still running. Most buses these days last for a maximum of about 30 years at a push. But this is magnificent. It does sound like it's struggling to accelerate especially when it gets to about 30MPH but i suppose that would be perfectly normal for a large vehicle that is over 50 years old. Ther was no ABS brakes or power steering on these back in 1950s/1960s.
Much as I am not comfortable asking the depot why they stopped running the London Suburban Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW’s on routes N26, 30, 121, 230, 271, 349, N279 And 158 why can’t we make the same make of the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Buses but Modernise the insides of these Buses. Also, make it low floor up and down and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more so there will be more space for the wheelchair users. By the way, if you could remake and Modernise these vehicles could they also make them into a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Version’s that if it will be possible and Modernise the insides of these Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW’s make it low floor up and down and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more so there will be more space and even a London Suburban Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more. Why couldn’t we have those London Suburban Buse's Pale red on the top roof Pale red again on the top middle Milk Chocolate brown in the middle Creamy white on the Bottom Middle and Milk Chocolate Brown on the Bottom on most of those kinds of those Particular Double Decker Vehicles? Could you put the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox in the Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and also put the Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox in the Volvo TD102KF Engine East Lancs Olympus and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more and also turn most of them to a London Suburban Buses. By the way, could you also make the routes N26, 349, 121, N279 and 271 into London Suburban Buses and have a mixture of a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Version. Could they also transfer the Arriva Bus Depots from Hackney to Stagecoach company so they can replace all the Arriva buses and all of them can go to Birmingham and Leeds? They can be replaced by Stagecoach Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox Volvo TD102KF Engine East Lancs Olympus and also Extend the Middle body part of these Vehicles and that includes A Mixture of a Stagecoach Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox Volvo TD102KF, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LXCT Engine Northern Counties Palatine One and that Includes a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles A Little Bit More. Can Arriva London Bus Company Replace Most of their Wight Buses so they can also transfer them to Birmingham and Also Manchester so they can be replaced by Loud 3-Speed ZF Ecomat Gearboxes Volvo D10A Engine East Lancs Olympus and also Extend the Middle body part of these Vehicles A Little Bit More Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Much. Oh buy the way could the bus Factory Companies also Make More of Those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel engine Olympian ECW Vehicles And that also includes Those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC And also Extend the Middle Body part of those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Vehicles and the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and that also includes The Loud 3-Speed ZF Ecomat Gearboxes Volvo D10A Engine East Lancs Olympus A Little Bit More And Paint Those 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and also those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel engine Olympian ECW Vehicles and that also includes The Northern Counties Palatine One with a Volvo TD102KF, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LXCT Diesel engines with a Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearboxes and The Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and also The Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles to the Grey Green Colours Just Like The Other Original Scania Grey Green on the Bus Route 313 and the 103, If all The Leyland Titan B15’s are Fully Red and even Mostly Red, could they also Repaint All of The Leyland Titan B15’s into Grey Green Colours Just Like The Other Original Scania Grey Green on the Bus Route 313 so they can Reuse them for Only Every 6 and a Half Months and also Reuse them on those Rail Replacement London Bus Routes if that will Be Alright for Only Just Every 6 and a Half Months and also Reuse Those Buses Only on the London Bus Routes witch are The 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, 41, N26 so Please make sure that the builders can do as they are told!!!!!!!!!! And please do something about these Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Important Professional Ideas Please Please Prime Minister and also Includes the Mayor of London.😉😉😉😉😉😄😄
