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Jake SCOC
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Hello and welcome to my channel. My name is Jake and I've been a bus enthusiast since the age of 4! I've worked in the industry since 1997 and I'm currently the owner of several old preserved buses and London Metrocab taxis.
I cover a variety of subjects in the videos from bus ownership to company and vehicle histories. Some people talk about but this channel is very hands on and my preserved buses feature heavily.
In 2011 I formed the Southern Counties Omnibus Collection with a group of like minded friends. We are now a registered charity and all the money raised from this channel goes directly into looking after old British buses.
Come with me on a journey back into the glory days of the bus and coach.
Thanks for looking, hope you enjoy the videos.
I cover a variety of subjects in the videos from bus ownership to company and vehicle histories. Some people talk about but this channel is very hands on and my preserved buses feature heavily.
In 2011 I formed the Southern Counties Omnibus Collection with a group of like minded friends. We are now a registered charity and all the money raised from this channel goes directly into looking after old British buses.
Come with me on a journey back into the glory days of the bus and coach.
Thanks for looking, hope you enjoy the videos.
Days Out: Keighley Bus Museum
Last week my Dad Joe and myself paid a visit to the excellent Keighley Bus Museum which is located at Riverside Technology Park off of Dalton Lane in Keighley West Yorkshire. It's all in an old industrial building that's allegedly haunted - combining my two interests buses and ghosts! Anyway, we had a great time looking at all the old Bradford, Leeds, West Yorkshire and Huddersfield buses. They had buses there to suit most tastes including Leyland PD Titans, Daimler CVG6s, Bristol VRs Daimler Fleetline, MCW Metrobuses and the obligatory Routemasters.
On the same day there was a model railway exhibition across the road being held by the the Aire Valley Railway Modellers Club with free vintage bus rides being held around the town.
#busvideo #doubledecker #oldbus #ukbuses #vintagebus #bristol #buspreservation #leylandbus #londontransport #keighley #busmuseum #bradford #leeds #daysout #daimler #trolleybus
On the same day there was a model railway exhibition across the road being held by the the Aire Valley Railway Modellers Club with free vintage bus rides being held around the town.
#busvideo #doubledecker #oldbus #ukbuses #vintagebus #bristol #buspreservation #leylandbus #londontransport #keighley #busmuseum #bradford #leeds #daysout #daimler #trolleybus
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Confessions Of A Bus Nut: Showing Off!
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Hello, Now this could be quite an emotive subject! Has the traditional bus rally or running day had it's day? Quite a few bus owners are getting a bit fed up with these sort of events and are choosing to have private runs in their vehicles or attend other types of shows. In this video I look at the reasons why. I hope you enjoy this video, if so please consider sharing and liking it and subscri...
Classic Bus Histories Episode 12: The MCW Metropolitan
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Hello and welcome to another episode of Classic Bus Histories. In this episode we look at the Scania Metropolitan out of which was born the MCW Metrobus. This was also the bus that helped Scania show the UK bus market that they were a force to be reckoned with. I must admit to only ever seeing one of these in the flesh but being strongly fixated on them as a kid. They just looked so well propor...
A-Z Of National Bus Company Subsidiaries : Cumberland
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Hello and in this episode we travel north towards Cumbria (or indeed Cumberland depending on your age!) to visit the potted history of Cumberland Motor Services Limited. Cumberland operated in a largely rural area but there was originally a lot of industries here, including coal mines. Cumberland was also the local operator for the vast Leyland National factory at Lillyhall in Workington. I hop...
Jake's Bus Bits Special. A Drive In Bristol VR PKE809M.
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Hi everyone. Well, I didn't intend on releasing a video until the weekend but I was up at the buses this evening and I thought I'd be spontaneous! In this video I show you around the cab of series 2 Bristol VR PKE809M known to Melissa and myself as Perkie. She was new to Maidstone and District in 1974 and is very original and such a lovely bus. I hope you like this extra video. If you do, pleas...
Confessions Of A Bus Nut: An Eventful Day!
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Hello. Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes planning a bus rally or running day? Well in this latest edition of Confessions Of A Bus Nut I take a look at just that. Last Sunday (July 14th 2024 for those of you watching on catch up or VHS) was the Thanet Vintage Bus Running Day which I organised with big help from Melissa. I'm pleased to say the day was a success and we raised j...
Classic Bus Histories Episode 11: Metro Scania
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Hello and welcome to episode 11 of Classic Bus Histories. In this one I look at the Metro Scania single decker bus. Now I must admit, it's probably not the first thing that springs to mind when talking about classic buses BUT it did play quite an important roll in the bus industry. This was quite a hard one to research so if I've missed anything or got anything not quite right, I apologise in a...
A-Z Of National Bus Company Subsidiaries: Crosville
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Hello and welcome to the latest video in the series of National Bus Company Subsidiaries. This episode is all about the much loved Crosville Motor Services. Crosville is definitely a company that means a lot of different things to different people. It operated city services, works services, town services, rural services as well as open top buses and long distance express routes. I hope you enjo...
Confessions Of A Bus Nut :A Lick Of Paint
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Hello, Those of you who follow the channel will have seen that I've been painting a couple of buses over the last few months. Bristol VR PKE809M and AEC Swift VJG187J. In this video I look at painting these two as well as buses in general (from a preservation point of view!). Remember, I'm no professional coach painter, just someone that has a go! I hope you find this video interesting. Please ...
Classic Bus Histories Special. The London Transport DMS Class Fleetline.
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Hello. Although I've covered the Daimler and Leyland Fleetlines in a previous episode, here is a bus that is worthy of an episode itself. The much misunderstood DMS. Originally introduced as The Londoner, they were meant to herald a new beginning for LT bringing One Man Operation (no sexual equality in those days - sorry!) to the capital. However, as history shows, they were soon thrown out of ...
A-Z Of National Bus Company Subsidiaries: Bristol
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Hello! Here's the third episode of the A-Z Of National Bus Company Subsidiaries. This episode looks not only at Bristol Omnibus but also the subsidiaries of Cheltenham and Gloucester and Badgerline. Please remember this is a potted history and there may be bits and pieces I've left out. If so, I totally apologise. I always love reading about your memories on the comments, did you work for or tr...
Confessions Of A Bus Nut: A Moving Story
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Hello 👋🏻 Hope you have had a great week. Here's the second episode of Confessions Of A Bus Nut, my very personal take on bus preservation, bus ownership and working in the industry. This week I look at all that goes on behind the scenes of moving old buses and coaches from one part of the country to another - admittedly not international but still longer than usual journeying. With modern cars ...
Classic Bus Histories Episode 10 : Bristol RE.
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Hello and welcome. In this, the tenth episode of Classic Bus Histories I look into the history of the might Bristol RE - without a doubt the most successful rear underfloor engined single decker to emerge from the 1960's. As with any bus with a history like the RE, I only touch on it over the 20 minutes so if there's anything I've left off or not featured I apologise in advance. If you enjoy th...
Confessions Of A Bus Nut: The Beginning
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Confessions Of A Bus Nut: The Beginning
A-Z Of National Bus Company Subsidiaries: Black & White
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A-Z Of National Bus Company Subsidiaries: Black & White
Classic Bus Histories Episode IX: Leyland Olympian
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Classic Bus Histories Episode IX: Leyland Olympian
A-Z Of National Bus Company Subsidiaries: Alder Valley
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A-Z Of National Bus Company Subsidiaries: Alder Valley
A Bit Of Fresh Air: A Potted History Of The Open Top Bus.
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A Bit Of Fresh Air: A Potted History Of The Open Top Bus.
Classic Bus Histories Episode VIII: Bristol Lodekka.
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Classic Bus Histories Episode VIII: Bristol Lodekka.
1960's Fashion - Engine At The Back. The Evolution Of The Modern Single Deck Bus.
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1960's Fashion - Engine At The Back. The Evolution Of The Modern Single Deck Bus.
Classic Bus Histories Episode VII: AEC Regent V
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Classic Bus Histories Episode VII: AEC Regent V
Classic Bus Histories Episode 6: Leyland Titan (B15 & TN Series)
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Classic Bus Histories Episode 6: Leyland Titan (B15 & TN Series)
The B51 Coach: The Day The Bottom Fell Out Of ECW.
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The B51 Coach: The Day The Bottom Fell Out Of ECW.
Classic Bus Histories Episode V: Leyland National.
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Classic Bus Histories Episode V: Leyland National.
Flower Power! The Bus Industry's Love Of The Gardner Engine.
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Flower Power! The Bus Industry's Love Of The Gardner Engine.
Classic Bus Histories Episode IV: Daimler Fleetline
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Classic Bus Histories Episode IV: Daimler Fleetline
Classic Bus Histories Episode 3: Bristol VR
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Classic Bus Histories Episode 3: Bristol VR
Classic Bus Histories Episode II: Leyland Leopard
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Classic Bus Histories Episode II: Leyland Leopard
Classic Bus Histories Episode 1: Leyland Atlantean.
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Classic Bus Histories Episode 1: Leyland Atlantean.
I had one of those on Poynters in the early 2000s
I do like the unusual Nationals. For a standard bus there were lots of non-standard vehicles. At different ends of the scale, I’ve owned the Greenway and B21 versions, for instance.
Nationals are like ABBA, there are those who like it and those who do but won't admit it. Both are 1970s icons.
I like ABBA too 😊😊
@@jamesfrench7299 That's the best analogy I have ever read about Leyland Nationals 🤣
Lovely ,the good old LS built like a tank ,wonder if the lynx was the mk3 national if things had not changed with deregulation etc 😊I was lucky in west London we had the LT and greenline /london country ones if you ventured near Staines ,all the best Enjoy your day off Mark 😊😊
@@marksinthehouse1968 Hi Mark, they were certainly iconic buses and incredibly solid. It's a shame the Lynx didn't last longer to be honest. They're not bad buses either - although I've had more dealings with Nationals than Lynxs. 👍🏼
Great intro music......
@@JohnUnderwood-yz2xu Thanks John.
Nice 👍👍👍
@@craigsibley8161 Thanks Craig
Hi Jake lovely video of beautifully restored buses and vehicles. Dad was interested in knowing the fleet number on the RMA. We've had look on the net, but not been able to find out. Dad thinks it maybe one of RMA's that were used as staff buses at Aldenham and based at the nearby LCBS and LT garages.
@@jadeboswell-rz2ly Hi Jade. Glad you liked the video. I've just gone through my pictures and it's NMY637E RMA52.
@@JakeSCOC Thank you Jake, I shall put that to dad tomorrow.
@@jadeboswell-rz2ly Not a problem. Happy to help
@@JakeSCOC Hi Jake we found a you tube of Aldenham RMA's from 1986. The third bus scene is 52. Dad remembered that 19 and 52 where allocated to Garston(Watford) from the early eighties. Dad was at Two waters(HH) as garage forman. But we lived on the woodside estate in Garston(GR). He left LCBC in 1985 to work for Priemer Albanian Coaches. Thank you so much.
What a great place, I could spend days in there!
@@WOLFIE-96B-UK Oh yes, that's very easy Wolfie. So much to see.
Never heard of this museum and i am from hudderfield so this will be on my to do list thanks for bringing this to my attention
@@austinmatthews347 Glad it's put it on your radar. Well worth a visit.
Great video as always., Jake. Nice to meet your Dad also!
@@user-my9db1je7y Thanks, glad you liked it.
The Arndale Centre in Headingley is indeed still here and there is still a KFC too!
@@georgeratcliffe7752 I shall pass that on to my Dad. Thanks for the update. We don't get to that part of the world very often!
I think we need a full National Bus Museum, that displays vehicles and holds archives for all operators (we have one for Trolleybuses) obviously a lot of local museums also have some "out of area" vehicles - LT RTs in St Helens for example. In London we have two/three (plus Ensign covering South Essex too and North Weald/Epping Ongar Railway) - LT Museum, LT Depot and London Bus Museum - which is co-located out at Brooklands and not easily accessible by bus.
@@highpath4776 It would be nice and of course a good idea. A bit like the railway museum at York but for buses and road transport. It does seem crazy that some of the most important road transport artifacts are in private hands....
@@JakeSCOC I have a document collection (prob duplicates most of the Omnibus Society and similar ones). Would you like it (not many timetables, its more parlimentary reports, etc and wont include the "Buses" magazine etc, but would have many other leaflets mainly Southern England
@@highpath4776 I'd be very interested. Thank you for thinking of me.
nice tour Jake
@@a11csc Thanks
Great video, nicely filmed and presented.
@@wilflewis7384 Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
My two fav hobbies in one place nice to see dad with you my son have gone to many and it’s a great way to be just you and your son ,as for my dad well (censored) ,you know I didn’t realise WYPTE had metros that one looked great ,I remember the BEA RMs flying over Hammersmith flyover down the A4 my nan said when I was little the kept roast potato’s in the trailer 😂well I was 3 ,all the best mate Mark 😊😊 PS anyone restored a ROE bodied British airways ex BOAC Atlantean they looked impressive too
@@marksinthehouse1968 Thanks Mark. It was nice to spend a bit of time with my Dad. That Metrobus was very nice, shame it wasn't out running. Can't beat the sound of a Metro. I believe there's one BOAC Atlantean surviving but it's outside and looks rather sad.
@@JakeSCOClike me rather sad so my mates tell me 😊😊
What a collection of real buses. Appreciated them displaying works in progress as well as the patina jobs awaiting attention.
@@jamesfrench7299 It's a lovely museum James and they're all so friendly.
Doubly impressive!
About badge theft. Get 3D printed repros of the bus badges. Painted in authentic colours, they would look the part, but would be financially worthless.
@@crazyleyland5106 A very good suggestion. I'm making a Bristol VR badge out of resin....
Hi i'm viatron from Sheffield once again, I remember back in 1982 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, there were a railway sidings at the Ureaka site via the Mersey & Calder Bus Preservation Group who use to own many old vintage buses & coaches at the time. But one night some very bad arsonists had broken into the private railway sidings to torch them via badly destroyed a Park Royal bodied A.E.C. REGENT MK.III [9613A] half cab double deck bus from hasham corporation into a very recked steel skeleton shell via it's beyond repair & that vintage bus were sadly lost forever, plus it had made front page headline news. Thank you for your co-operation on this very sad lost to a vintage half cab double deck bus in Halifax subject from David Viatron Esquire of crookes in Sheffield.
@@user-fn2ee1di3c Hi David. Very sad indeed. I can see the logic in some crimes but vandalism isn't one of them. Unfortunately there's been many fine vehicles lost this way hasn't there?
That bad girl cleaned up well. Very tidy unit and that exhaust is on point. Highway diff?
@@jamesfrench7299 Thanks James. To be honest I've never taken her up to top speed 😬, but she pulls well and I suspect she'd easily make 60.... and a bit beyond too!
Sometimes it's members of museums who leave a lot to be desired. Cliquey behaviour among themselves between tribes who favour a marque over others and who have differing ideas on what constitutes preserving a bus. Example some insist upon hubcaps even if they ran without them in service, or someone likes period advertisements for that authentic look and others want clean skin and concourse condition. Some are just plain rude towards visitors like they resent them coming. It sounds like your group is none of those problems and has a pleasant and encouraging atmosphere. That needs to be fostered.
@@jamesfrench7299 We're very lucky James. We have a great gang here - although I think I might get black balled for painting VJG187J in NBC poppy red 😂
@@JakeSCOC LOL!
Gotta love a luscious Leopard. My last experience was with a 680 engined example on Supreme IV body, unusually with a 4 speed ZF box (a rare option) and 2 speed rear axle. A most pleasant motor.
@@TheFlyingBusman What was it like to drive? Did it have a long range between the the changes or did it top out at about 45mph?
I’m not a bus expert…but that seems remarkably smooth. I was expecting far worse…wondered about these gearboxes…same kind of thing fitted to the ones I remember in the 1990s…but they were never as smooth as that….possibly not being driven correctly.
@@davidrumming4734 Thanks David. Some of them can give real 'neck flip gearchanges' if not used properly. Plus some vehicles change differently to others with a slightly longer or shorter pause needed between the change - depending on how they're set up.
Very good, thanks! Well, being American, over here we don't have a very big bus preservation movement, unfortunately. But, the New York City Transit Authority has, thankfully, kept many examples of old, retired buses as part of their museum fleet. Once a year, they have the Brooklyn Bus Festival, the next one is in exactly one week. But it's just not the same after they changed the location - now somewhat difficult to get to and in a smaller, confined area. But it really is great no matter where it is - many young people see buses they have never ridden on - even older people like myself get to sample some GM Old Looks that were before my time.
@@JeffreyOrnstein It's great when an operator keeps historic vehicles in a special event fleet. The company I work for has one a 1939 open top. As you say, it's always nice for people to ride on buses they wouldn't normally get a chance to see.
Intolerant and rude photographers are a big problem and I can't condone them under any circumstances, but I have experienced frustration from behind the lens. On more than one occasion, a thoughtless parent has parked an empty pushchair in front of a bus that I have clearly been trying to photograph, so the absent child could run around some distance away. There needs to be consideration and tolerance of and by all parties.
I completely agree. I don't get to many bus rallies but do take a lot of photos out and about and do find it frustrating when people can see you are trying to get a picture of something and go out of their way to spoil your picture, or for that matter start kicking off because their car or whatever happens to be in your shot
Definitely a two way street - and when done deliberately it's annoying. I must admit I've had it a few times with people reading information boards on the front of the buses 🤣
@@JakeSCOC A lot of my pictures are of street scenes,memorials etc and there's been a couple of times people have been really shirty with me just because their car happened to be in my shot, I don't understand what their problem was
@@sameyers2670 No that's a bit extreme - especially when most preserved buses are PLG - privately owned like most cars.
A buggy B***er.
Routemaster 50 at Finsbury Park RM2 just had its front restored to original me and my son was looking around he was a child then and we got sworn at by these so called enthusiasts clicking away ,cobham 1998 we took a freshly repainted M1048 in London United livery I have some photos if you can tell me how to send them to you ,but even in service I secured my metro up at Camden safeways terminus to have a PNR came back and some passengers got onboard bring me and I was coming off at Hammersmith finished I just said don’t forget to pay 😂,then we had cash fares so my cash tray was in my module bag I took with me ,all the best mate Mark 😊😊
@@marksinthehouse1968 Some of them can be incredibly rude but they are always the minority unfortunately. As you said, spoils it for the really lovely, genuine enthusiasts
@@JakeSCOClike us bud 😊
With fuel prices going up, year on year, running days will eventually come to an end.
@@neiloflongbeck5705 You could be right Neil. Especially if our new government was to stop the historic tax and the struggle to find a reasonable priced insurance.
Unless some really rich people take an interest in buses as they do in railway engines.
@@crazyleyland5106 For some reason, most people (but not all) with money want to turn them into businesses such as Air BnB's or trendy cafés.
there used to be lots of these when i first moved to corby in the early 2000s
@@etrazombanya-2821 Yes they were everywhere at one point. Makes me feel old when I see how many are left now.
@@JakeSCOC i went to a museum in aldbridge and didnt expect to see a metrocab there
such a pity this happens Jake
@@a11csc It is. Sadly it's part of bus preservation that not many people tend to talk about.
@@JakeSCOCit spoils it mate for the rest of us as I for one respect people’s buses and hard work most of them never took to the wheel like we have 😊
The first six L1s were for Sheffield JOC with Weymann Fanfare bodywork. They hit the road in August 1959, three months before the "official" introduction at the Scottish Motor Show. They were registered as Tiger Cub Specials - as were the next few Sheffield examples. By 1961, they had been reassigned and registered as L1.
لماذا لم ترسل لايلاند أولمبي نموذج وتبيع للعراق منه مالسبب
My recollection is that of the beautiful FLF variants, Crosville had a number of black and cream dd coaches. At least as smart as the Eastern National sisters. Who said that Nationalised Companies, when properly run, couldn't outclass the Capitalost firms? Bristol and ECW certainly did!
When I started on the buses, it was the timtronic, but I used a setright on Citylink.
@@alistairshaw3206 Timtronic, another machine I've never encountered.
@JakeSCOC The timtronic's Achilles heel was when water dripped down the destination handle and landed on the machine. It shorted out. I used it when I worked for AA buses in Ayrshire. Another well-known firm that used them was Eastern Scottish.
When I started on the buses I used an almex. Brilliant machines.
I drove several marks of the Lodekka, starting with a stick box and then the luxury of a semi-auto with overdrive! The fleet belonged to a hospitality catering company, BUS FARE, based in Cranleigh, Surrey. The vehicles were beautifully converted to suit various clients and were fitted with an 3/4 awning system that effectively formed a pavillion for exhibition space or bar and table seating. One of their clients sponsored formular 1 racing and the buses were often seen at most of the European Grand Prix circuits to provide catering for their guests. The distances we covered were bonkers as we travelled accross Europe. Rain and snow running into the cab on your right leg and first degree burns on the left from the engine housing. Brake fade was always in our minds during several hours of mountain descent. Lower gears of little help either as it would just spin up the transmission until it sounded like a Stukka bomber! Scary too, looking over the edge of some of the mountain bends ( think, Italian Job film) There were often the burned-out remains of artics in the ravines to keep us focussed. Having gone to school on these in Bristol when little, I could never have imagined driving one over/under the Alps when old enough to know better. I do miss it though. Thanks for the informative history. Keep up the good work.
@@stiletto56 That's fascinating to read. Thank you for sharing your memories. I bet that was a bit hairy on some of those descents down! I've only driven a crash box down the Kentish hills - nowhere near like a mountain! Glad you liked the video.
Do we think, engine design has gone backward with buses? I would say so. These powered the MCW coupled to that musical Voith Gearbox proper noise imho and before the low emission stuff. But mechanically miles better than the engines today
Ironically the rectangle headlights age them as do the BMAC 759 tails. Interesting to see the same Scania cone shaped hubs used all the way back then. A nightmare to fit hubodometers to. A New Zealand company makes a four legged hubodometer bracket for them to counter their tendency to be knocked off centre. Even the brake noise emits the same note as 1990s Scanias such as the L113 series. They make an odd whine as they take off from a standing start.
I like the way you present. Been a fan ever since. Keep up the great work!
@@NextSound170 Thanks so very much. Very kind of you
I remember Birmingham ct had a batch of Ford R192’s with Strachan bodies. The fastest yet uncomfortably noisy bus I have ever been on
@@nigelrichards3522 Nobody seems to like the Ford's at all no matter what they're bodied with or who they run for.