Trip on Midland Red BMMO S17 No. 5479 -6479 HA Aldridge Transport Museum to Walsall and Return
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- The first public trips on Midland Red S17 5479 for a good long time. Aldridge Transport Museum now own the vehicle, and have spent time and effort to make it roadworthy once more.
Filmed on 20th October 2019.
Wonderful footage. I used to love watching bus drivers manhandle those huge steering wheels as a kid in the 60s and 70s.
Excellent gearchanges.
I was very fortunate to have my 20th birthday spent at the museum on that day. As a volunteer at the museum It was an absolute honour to be a part of making our S17 roadworthy once again for people to enjoy. First day working on her back in the April that year was very grubby as she had black mold everywhere inside and out, this took 4 weeks to remove, then, the radiator was sorted out after having leaks.
Thank you to you, and to the other museum staff who took part in that work to bring the bus back for that occasion. I hope that we will be able to ride on it again in the not too distant future.
Good film. The S17 typified the best of Midland "Red" rural travel in the '60s and '70s, before the Leopard - National - Ford era turned it into just another ordinary bus company. Hope to get a ride next spring!
Engine sounds SO like a Leyland 680.
Amazing video love it 👍
Beautiful bus
The only thing missing is the Stetright box to rest your foot on.
I remember these S17's just
The Midland Red bus that is most revered is the BMMO D9, and so it should be. Midland Red was, however, primarily a single-decker fleet, in a ratio of about 2 to 1 vehicles in favour of the saloons. The S17 was very much an important part of these everyday duties. 265 of them were built, and a further batch of S16s would probably have been configured as S17s, were it not for the surplus of 8.028 litre engines, and 4 speed manual gearboxes that were in stock when these vehicles were built. They were all withdrawn between 1975, and 1979. (Figures and dates courtesy of midlandred.net)
@@doblopirate Thanks for the info
Steering seems more heavy than a D9
Well, a D9 has power steering. It was the first Midland Red bus to have this. I believe, and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong, that the only single-deckers that had power steering were the S21-22-23 vehicles. The D9 was a maximum weight vehicle when fully laden. The S17 was a lightweight vehicle on comparison, especially when loaded.
I spy a new DVD 😉
Sadly, not enough material...yet.
@@doblopirate that sounds intriguing
What engine was fitted?
The engine fitted to this S17 is an original engine. It was designed and built by BMMO (Midland Red) at their own Carlyle Works. It is a 10.5 litre six cylinder in-line horizontal engine. In the double decker D9, I believe it was rated at 125 bhp at 1700 rpm, and 500lb ft torque at 900 rpm. It may have been slightly downrated from that figure in the single-decker S17. I will look into that and update the figures as necessary.