1974 Leyland Atlantean SUG 591M Startup & Drive

[ACTractionLTD]

Christ you can tell thats an atlantean, sounds brilliant!

[mrspivvy]

yeah thats a 680 allright...you can tell by looking at it- and listening

[MrStelmer]

I was told it had a Gardner engine in it but I suspect someone was having a laugh. My expertise is with internal wiring and nothing else. I do not touch the oily bits and I only find out what engine it has in it when the Alternator needs looking at - which this one does as it's seized since this video was shot.

[cajonesy]

thay dident put the gardner in the atlantean but the gardner was an option in the national as well as the 680 and the volvo in the later nationals thay also put the 680 in the class 101 dmu trains the 680 wasent very reliable in the trains tho 150 hp out of a 11 litre seems so little these days still great to see some of them still running

[HORNEBEEDUBLO]

@cajonesy To the best of my knowledge, the only Atlanteans ever fitted with Gardner engines were the ex London transport XA class bought by China Motor Bus (CMB) in Hong Kong. At one time they fitted Gardners to just about anything, including ex Southdown Leyland PD3s! Some of the Class 101 DMUs lasted in service until 2003, so the 680s in them couldn't have been that bad. However, the updated and turbocharged 680, the TL11 was a disaster in the Class 141-144 Pacer railbuses.

[Sephy69]

is that a gardner engine?

[jdfi1980]

@Sephy69 Its a Leyland O-680. Atlanteans had either the 600, 680 or 690 engine. The 680 is a very reliable, simple engine.