Leyland National ex Crosville

[kienzel1]

that's got a mk2 engine. 

[chrismcgenius]

That One Sound So Different More Than a Normal One!

[StuartCC1985]

is it leyland national mk 3 or normal leyland national

[salopia]

@StuartCC1985 Normal early national

[1100HondaCB]

Flat out 35mph I take it. Two speed transmission and low ratio final drive. Correct me if I am wrong.

[eorkob]

remember that beast well!

[britishtransport]

It reminds me of the leyland natinals dodds of troon used to have and they were in a similar livery.

[salopiangrowler]

Great vid, i knew most the drivers on shropshire link.

i think its fair to say EMB 367S wasnt EMB 367S when Bought by "So an So" i can remember it as EMB 361S in North Western livery a mix of Red Blue and Yellow, unless Shropshire Link had 2 Gardner fitted ex NW nationals

[salopiangrowler]

they had 4 nationals 2 of thm were cardner fitted one was an ex arriva midlands either 883 or 890

the ex crosville one in the video had in identity swap i think it was purely done as a favourite of the drivers involved, credit to their livery application.

[HondaH100A]

Most of the country roads in the footage seem too narrow for anything larger than a Transit.

[HondaH100A]

Nice burble at 0:25. Sounds like a Supermarine Spitfire at takeoff at 0:52.

Yes, coming through Bucknell at 1:33, quite heart stopping indeed for any approaching vehicles.

[TrefyJot]

But this footage was from quite a few years ago yes? seeing that The Cottage (old) has been demolished and they're rebuilding what's there now in Knighton.

Nice footage but hope not to meet the driver coming the other way ;0)

[prontford]

Fantastic, not what I'd expect to see on Youtube - thank you. I used to live near in Bucknell and know this route well (as a passenger). Those bends in the village really are too narrow! And the reversing onto the potholes at the Tyndings (listen for the sheep) could only happen in deepest Shropshire!

[TRAV5149]

Lewis Hamilton, eat your fucking heart out.

[volvomantom]

Eh?

[volvomantom]

According to the DVLA this bus is unlicensed, having been last taxed in 2006. Not on a SORN.

Oh dear...:(

[salopia]

Thanks for the info

[rwwpro]

where is it now

[Cherylsbabe]

Love this Bus

[noe604r]

What a classic bus and that engine is one of a kind SUPERB!!

[speedbird76]

Top vid, especially at 3:26 and 3:29.Excellent!

[jaggass]

sounded to me like the 0.680 engine

[national1075]

It's definately a gardner, Crosville converted quite a few nationals. most worked pretty well,but some of the early ones were a little low geared, we had one at runcorn for a while that would only do 30-35 absolutely flat out.

[mrspivvy]

I must admit thats what I thought too- sounds a lot like a 680 engined leopard. I dont know enough to argue about it tho

[CrazyStingbee]

Bets buses ever

[mrspivvy]

does anyone still run these now?

[volvomantom]

Great video.

I always remember Nationals being noisy as hell.

Lovely sound though, and great to see this example looking so good.

Keighley Bus Museum have just taken delivery of what I think is a MK1 National in need of restoration, but it's looking promising.

[arrivayorkshire]

excellent video very different i love it :-)

[megdome]

Love the sound of it

[flashdancepoppy]

Why do u film buses? whats the point? - no offence... just curious. They just seem like an odd thing to be passionate about... buses?...

[salopia]

Ignore the bus and enjoy the countryside

[kienzel1]

@salopia ignore the countryside and enjoy the bus!

[fordgt90]

Why shouldn't we...

[flashdancepoppy]

never said u shouldnt

[speedbird76]

Personally i have no interest in horses (like you have) but hey, if we were all the same it'd be a boring place. Leave us to our buses and you to your horses and we might one day get world peace (Yeah right!!!!)

[national1075]

We had a couple of former Crosville Gardner engined Mk 1 Nationals at Runcorn while it was North Western, always remember them being nippy pulling away, and also very clunky if you didn't get the gear change quite right, more so than Leyland engined ones. This video brought back a lot of good memories. GREAT..

[speedfreak111]

ooooooh kinky

[TheMillFairfield]

its a gadner your supposed to drive them flat out, if you didnt you wouldnt get any where, and as for the clunking propshaft, probably the gears knocking in with a bit too much force thats all, nothing to do with the driver

[jomachado]

It's a pretty characteristic roaring, quite unique...I still remember

[mrspivvy]

I loved this. Im a big fan of nationals too, that gardner seems to have made it quite sprightly

[themanmaschine]

Leyland National is my favourite kind of bus in the world, this one is a cracker! The guy driving the bus also knows exactly what he is doing, the bus is obviously a semi auto and he is correctly pausing between changes. Brilliant!

[380414]

nice countryside unusual place for a Mk1 National

[Rekku9]

Strange..just wondering where the radiator is placed, if it's Gardner-engined. Mk2's had it in the front, but this beauty is a Mk1 and sounds very much Leyland-engined. Lovely video anyway! Just wishing that the guys treated the old girl a little easier..

[salopia]

When I made this film I worked for Shropshire Link and I know it had a Gardner engine

[GLOBETROTTER460]

diff a gardner engine, and it was't the oldest we had there was it roger, them were the days ah,, lol

[Lynxboy252]

The radiator on Mk1 Nationals was located on the offside rear, you can see the grille and through it you could see the fan rotating. The radiator on Mk2's was at the front.

[nightfire620]

Lots of propshaft clunk here and there.. remember with hydro or pneumo-cyclic boxes... out of gear and count to 3 then into gear. Apart from that an impressive spirited drive.