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RF366 A Drivers eye view

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Uploaded by on Mar 18, 2007

A short profile of perserved London Transport RF366, a 1952 AEC Regal IV with MCCW bodywork. The bus was operating at the 1996 Heart of the Pennines Rally in Halifax.

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  • @tileajb1 Did you ever drive an RTL leyland? I loved the sound they made.When I was a kid I used to diliberately miss an RT to wait for an RTL to come along!

  • pre select can drive on auto licence ,, cos not classed as a clutch was an opperating pedal on some the pedal could be harsh 

  • Pre-selective gearboxes were very easy to drive. The clutch was automatic and you changed gear by pressing the pedal that was in the place a clutch-pedal would be.

    Moving off was very smooth as I think the clutch was a Daimler Fluid Flywheel.

    I had a 4 - speed gearbox just like the RT type buses on an old 1934 BSA Four-wheeler car. I used to watch the drivers on the RT bus routes around North London when I travelled every day to Harrow and back from Watford.

    Very laid-back driving.

  • the bus has no power steering so steering can b heavy,, u need to look ahead more cos u need to plan your gears, i passed mine in an ole leyland leopard 4 speed split crash

  • old pre select ,harder to get the gears right than a manual

  • Ah. Brings back all of those miles I travelled on routes 241 and 228. Was it really half a century ago?

  • is this bus difficult to drive?

  • a pre-select gears r harder to master than a manual or a semi auto box

  • well they where made for idiots to drive

  • Quite agree regarding the comments on the gear changing, I was taught to drive the RT's and the selector should always be one position in front of the gear you were in being a preselector box. Used to pride myself on the smoothness of down snap changes when climbing hills, what would'nt I give for just one more chance to drive an RT again, happy days even if you did roast your left leg/foot in the summer!

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