SRF116: 1987 NORTH SYDNEY & WILLOUGHBY BUS DEPOTS 

at 6.57 my late father in law, Roy McDonald hoves into view to speak to a driver. Roy was the union delegate for Willoughby Depot.

Awesome video seeing the old buses 🚎 Thanks 👍

Wow,, this was fantastic to see,,, thank you very much for sharing.. yes it does bring back great memories for me. We had the leopard and the Atlanteans in primary school. What a great piece of history, I thought they were ahead of there time with the pneumatic gear shifters nd gearbox , I was always amazed on how it all worked. It's a shame we don't have them in Queensland anymore, very lucky to see one every 10 yrs or so ,, well I'm lucky enough to , I restore and remake some parts of the pneumatic gear shifters off these old buses, great little hobby.. if you get a chance I've posted a few videos of them, still in the process just need more time to complete., thanks again.

I can’t deny it, that was cool.

But despite the coincidence Brad another fantastic clip and i look forward to seeing the next ones

I didn’t know that the NSW Government were still running the old Leyland buses well into the 1980’s.

As an ex Gov driver getting the wipers on a mark 2 to work was a talent too fast or too slow was the usual result as they were air operated .

That was PHENOMENAL!! Do you have footage from the leopard's last year 1989?

I remember an homeless man and a little dog sleeping rough down the vacant section of North Sydney depo during the 70s , I felt sorry for them so I gave him about $5000 , I was only 7 years old and it was monopoly money

You do realise although this is more or less Coincidence that you filmed this clip on the day that was my 7th Birthday Brad

Sonny, what kind of camera 🎥 were u using to shoot this in '87?

Leyland best

Leyland Leopard take offs. 3:29, 3:45, 7:27 & 8:15.