mick2me 3,033 Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted June 11, 2013 Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Hi Mike This reminds me of the six--five---special Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted June 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 Mary, You mean?... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6BLsRmqB08 Watch more?... http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=six+five+special+1957&oq=six+five+special+1957&gs_l=youtube.3...0.0.1.9171.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0...1ac..11.youtube.p-UIdM7fySk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 What an idiot, going down that hill in neutral & using his air pressure supply ! Sack him ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 More like descend that steep hill flat out in second gear, that would shake the dust off a bit ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 At least with most NCT semi automatics you couldn' t wreck the gearbox by sitting taking fares with the bus till in gear. The doors were opened by a putting the gear selector into a position on the gate that operated the doors, hence putting the gearbox into neutral. Any driver that slapped through the gears deserved a slap themselves. However, it was not unheard of for certain crews at Bilborough depot to play "The Fleetline Chicken" with passengers in the 1960s ,when Bilborough had an allocation of the early flat front Northern Counties bodied examples. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 In the Fleetline cabs was notice which read "THE LIFE OF THIS GEARBOX WILL BE EXTENDED IF ALL DIVERS PAUSED BETWEEN GEARCHANGES" ! A lot of asian divers couldn't read english very well ! When taking off from a standing start sometimes it was necessary to "Boot it" a bit & that notice was promply forgotton. Trust me, I know. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 642 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Did the Leyland engines in the Atlanteans, hold there revs longer than the Gardner ones in the Fleetlines, as a passenger this seemed the case to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 In my experience it was the other way around, what I did notice was that the throttle on Daimlers was hydraulically operated & would lose revs quite often & the pedal had to be constantly pumped to keep the revs up, a lot of Atlanteans later on were converted to air assisted throttle pedals, at the time I thought this was the height of luxury ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.