Noisy Leyland National TXJ507K SELNEC

Filmed in Manchester in 2005

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Leyland
• National
• MK1
• TXJ507K
• SELNEC

[kienzel1]

wmpte, TVP852S, was a beast, we overtook a 2 ltr capri at over 80 mph. should have seen his face! should have seen mine, it was my 14th birthday. no better present than that!!!!

[video47]

@kienzel1 LOL! I have been on a Dennis Trident overtake a BMW, but also a Dennis Dart undertaken by an old lady in a Nissan Micra or something similar. Actually my old School bus a Bristol VR sometimes overtook cars, should have seen the looks on the drivers faces when 70 odd kids all went past giving all the signs and signals you may expect lol! Go buses!

[robertgreen35]

my mom used to work for midland red at carlyle works and she took me in the print room one day when all these nationals were firing up. That beautiful noise still rings in my ears. They had that noise cos u could not see a damn thing with all the smoke lol

[video47]

Yes they do give out a lot of smoke!

[volvomantom]

No need to include 'noisy' in the title, they were all bloody noisy! :p

[progresscanwait]

Great piece of video bringing back many memories of travelling daily to college on Alder Valley Mk1 Nationals. Usually arrived cold, deaf and slightly shaken - brilliant!!! Only place to sit in the winter was the back seat where there was a small chance of some heat!! Much missed!

[estorilbluem]

The noise reminds me of being a kid on one of these brilliant vehicles! The noise of the axel,gears & best of all that engine!!! The noise at tickover & the thrash when it revs!! The harsh suspension & the pantograph wipers seemed so advanced at the time! Great days i will never forget

[1100HondaCB]

@johncekelly Not very successful in trucks I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[1100HondaCB]

@fatquad1 I rode on them as a kid too, but was unfortunate not to drive them. Luckily I drove a mk2 a few times in service, but not the same as the mk1 with the 510 engine.

[fatquad1]

Great! Sounds fine to me. I rode on them for years as a kid then drove them for midland red north.

One day I will buy 1 :-)

[johncekelly]

I think you'll find the whining sound was the alternator because it was gear driven. Its there all the time even on over run so can't be the turbo. Come to think of it the 500 non turbo had the same whine. I was working at Sparshatts Croydon (Parts Dept) when Leyland started putting these strange 500/510 engines in their trucks. No cylinder heads and inlet/exhaust valves about 1ft long.

[ismaelkhan]

sounds just the way i remember it over 20years ago, fantastic!

[taxus750]

Thanks for posting this, still can't believe this thing was still in service 30-something years later. Agree with many others here, it ain't a Mk1 National if it don't thrash, rattle and whine, probably one of the most distinctive sounding buses ever made to my ears (along with Gardner 6LX VRs and 0.680 engine Bristol REs. I used to live in Worthing in the late 70s and Southdown had stacks of Nationals, VRs, Daimler Fleetlines, all individual sounds unlike today where all sound the same

[GS123ification]

Is this engine noisy enough to make me deaf?.