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Many thanks for your kind words The previous owner Tim Phillips has a lovely documented history of this restoration and how he stumbled across LFT 5X and may I add spent the money to make it look superb.

Think respect to all those whom preserve classic transport for us to revisit memories and enjoy the rides of yesteryear.

I remember a National going into Leyland dealer Hargreaves bus and coach in Stockton Teesside for this Volvo conversion and it was back on service within a week. Think it took longer to clean up the oil spill it left in the bus station when something exploded in the engine bay

Maybe if the bus was far away from depot the driver was told to keep it running or had problems in the past with with same vehicle or trying to keep the bus warm. Thinking back when I was on the spanners or driving we weren't told to switch off engines unless it was a very long stop over. Thank you for your comment it's good to interact and share thoughts and memories

There was definitely no problems with starting those engines in Poland (O.680 and O.400) According to stories, drivers were stilling and selling saved under a limit fuel and they were turning off engines before even stopping completely 😂 The fun fact was, that it turned out that Autosan H9 (medium size bus) had defacto as low as 15l/100km fuel consumption and was still in use in private companies for a long time, as it was as economical as smaller buses based on vans.

@@user-bc6mz8ob9m many thanks for your comment and sharing your memories

Many thanks for your lovely comment. I don't think my videos will ever spike into the you tube algorithm but I am happy sharing my content to the world. I was looking at an old Bristol yesterday and that was fitted with a Leyland 400 series sadly it wasn't running but video is currently being edited and will be on my channel shortly. It had an interesting life and back story when I stumbled across her a few weeks ago but only got chance to film this weekend due the appalling wet British weather

Leyland were bang on with their engines in the 1950s and very successful with these direct-injection engines which used (if I'm not mistaken) a Ricardo patent. DAF in the Netherlands bought the license for the O.400, and made its own derivatives of it, including petrol powered variants. For the big trucks the O.680 was first purchased from Leyland, later on produced by DAF themselves under license. The origins of the Euro 3 11.6 litre engine can, although not much remained the same, still be traced back to the O.680. The smaller engine even lived on to reach 9.2 litre in Euro 5 guise!

Many thanks for comment. please browse my other videos

Maybe because of the working modern tachograph on the left ?

​@@The-Silent-Ridernever noticed the later add on....... But to be fair it is mainly obscured by the steering wheel.

@@JohnUnderwood-yz2xu Hi John , when I saw the video I was drawn to the original speedo not working but knew that the the tachograph was fitted as I have driven this vehicle many many years ago on school contracts and repairs. Thanks for the message means a great deal that people watch and interact in the comments section. It really makes doing these videos a joy its not all about numbers to me its the memories and stories people share within the videos.

Many thanks for your kind words …. Trams I am working on it

@@The-Silent-Rider FAB!!!!!

@@DavidSmith-jm2ux many thanks for your comment and kind words and information. It was a quick grab and go video as most of my content is driver kindly let me hop aboard and take a video . I learnt to drive a manual leopard and that was my bus of choice on school contracts as it was always left in the corner of the compound as drivers said it was too hard work but it was a great drive

@@The-Silent-Rider I learnt to drive on a 11m, plaxton Panarama AEC 691, fond memories ex Surrey motors :)

@@JohnUnderwood-yz2xu when I was stood at North Road station or should I say the new Hopetown museum and I was looking down the steps and I heard her and looked up and saw it drive past memories and sounds of yester years came flooding back .

You have just made me remember about it's story and what I should have done when editing the video and I didn't add the photo of its history within the video. I tried to document it in the description but a photo is better than a thousand words. This will be in my next community post as you point out it's a lovely history Many thanks for your lovely comment it makes doing these videos so rewarding to me to share what I see with the world.

Yeah I wish I caught it running and hearing the Gardner lump ticking over

Sadly the site speed limit within Beamish is a maximum 12mph so all the buses chug along waiting to change up

Many thanks for you kind words and sharing your time working with Ward Bros

Pleased you enjoyed the video

It was a great experience to travel on her and when I got home I did some research and saw it's restoration and it must have been accident damaged at the front as when purchased it had double oblong headlights and the owner put it back to original twin round headlights. Thank you for your comment

Thank you so much for your lovely comment as a very small new RUclips channel this means so much to

I remember catching the United bus home after a long shift and the old lady across the seats said to me these brakes could do with a drop of oil on them. Oh they where bad .. new parts needed think they had been brakes for too long

Considering the mileage this was a lovely coach

I wonder what it is? I know there are still some old OK buses stored in barns as well as the preserved in museums. I will have to enquire to those whom might know in the bus circles when I see them again Thanks for your message gets the cogs whirring

Check out my recent video for chippy trip which we ride in L14 and within I have added some engine notes within as we travel to the coast. She is in preservation with its current owner and selling is not an option. Thanks for your comment

@@The-Silent-Rider You are welcome. Glad to hear that it's been taken care.

The leyland growl. Love it 👍

Attended the local annual historic vehicle rally yesterday video will be uploaded shortly.. Many thanks for your comment makes sharing these clips worth the effort

Many thanks for comment I was at Bishop depot from 1987 till 1998 till I got shipped to Chester le street depot and Stanley so our paths will have crossed. And just found out recently that JIJ. LFT 6X is stored away in barn but has been been a victim of crime with parts stolen Please check out my other videos

@@The-Silent-Rider I was at Ok from 91 to 97, I used to be the driving instructor until Northern took over. Good luck with the videos. Will have a look at the other videos.

Well there you go then you taught me to drive in Osj