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I’m guttered for you mate

Great video sorry about your radiator hope you get it fixed soon hope to meet you again hopefully coming out to Australia in the new year

Forge on you have done a great job Things will get better

Hopefully back on the road in no time

I think I saw this Merlin at Kirklands in '91, just after their fleet of MB's came out of service. Great to see it survives painted in Eggins colours like the similar one they operated 👌

Gutted for you, Steve. What a nightmare.

Hi Steve have good Xmas from my partner a Daniel we like all your videos one day we meet for coffee.

Thanks for bringing both buses along Steve, your display looked good and I am sure it's exactly what you envisaged when you started your projects. Hopefully the radiator dramas are now all done and dusted and you can enjoy a reliable Merlin :)

Hey mate again i feel for you. After all that hard work, of which you have put into both 1101 & Harry the Merlin was nice to see both of them together. Dylan should not blame himself it could've happen to anyone. At least you got my bus ( the Premier Denning & the BCI Coach) but it was a great day. Talk & catch up soon. Cheers. 🤟🤟🤟👍👍👍

The Kiama Coaches liveried Leyland (next to the STA Volvo B10M/Ansair Orana) at 15:29 is owned by a good friend of mine

When I drove for North & Western (Gladesville) many years ago I used one of those Ticket machines, or was it with Shorelink (Hornsby Busco). This was back in the 1990's.

Am so sorry mate with how it all turned out. You are to be commended for all your hard work and dedication Steve. I know you will bounce back mate, and we all look forward to seeing your repairs .

Ik at 17:10 that is an iveco chassis with a cb80 body.

Youve done great mate. Good to catch up at Busfest too. By chance mate you know that rear licence plate lamp that you managed to find, could you reply or text me a link to the listing if they still have some, am after one for one of my buses too. And your right they are basically impossible to find nowadays! Thanks mate

Another great Vlog, and fantastic to see a young bloke learning to drive an old dinosaur of a bus, love it ❤️,cheers from Downunder, 🦘🦘🦘❤️🇦🇺

I would have absolutely lost my shit if that had happened to me, so full credit for remaining in good spirits and getting both buses to BusFest. On the upside you're not going to have to worry about faffing about with that shroud any more, and the thermo fan will be so much more efficient at keeping the radiator cool. A worthwhile upgrade!

Good idea to get some help fitting the new rad, hopefully it all works out. One thing I would say is use the time until then to look over the associated sensors, pipes and electrics to make sure they're up to the task.

Bloody shame , go for a modern electric fan set up

Mate, gutted for you regarding the rad. Hope it doesn't cost to much to fix again.

Dont be to disheartened mate, youve done an epic job.

What a shame, that's a kick in the guts.

That's a painful one but it happens.

So Harry decided to crack the shits & go incontinent! 💩💦 He won’t know what’s hit him when he gets gussied up with that new radiator, Steve. Your hard work on both buses has been a tremendous effort. I’ve appreciated your content & have learnt quite a bit. ❤️ Love your work, Steve 🍻🙋🏼‍♀️

Good to meet you. Bit of a blow, but brilliant effort to have them there. They looked great.

Impressed how you coped with a level head. Very inspirational. Glad you still got to enjoy the day. The electric fan should be a major upgrade as long as the electrics are up to it. Can’t wait to see how it works out. 😅

Aww mate, that is a kick in the guts. So disheartening..

Hi Steve Is that a crack on the windscreen or just a reflection at around 20;25 as it goes up on the tow truck

Heya Steve, shame to see the Merlin get towed out. hopefully it should be back up and running soon

Feel for yhou Steve. A blow to the ego. On the bright side, you got to meet a number of your fans.

Apart from the radiator they looked great. I actually loved the way the bus museum had the retro tow truck get you there. Yep sucks about the failure, but maybe they're right with the idea of a modern themo fan.

Love watching your videos, love the two buses I'm from uk I'm a Bus Enthusiasts , Bus Nut lol, it quite big over here in the uk plenty of us bus nuts lol, glad you got the Merlin there looks great with the Atlantean, credit for all the hard work you put in to them both, they look great. I've over a thousand bus models i collect anything to do with buses/ coaches all over the world ive room full of bus items. I use to own an Atlantean Manchester one so I know the cost, work goes in to them

Evening Steve. Bugga bugga bugga. What a way to clear the moths out of a wallet. Says a lot to get under "Harry" so soon and to carry on. 👍👍 Was looking forward to meeting you and enjoying the buses but unfortunately didn't make it. Dave

Such a heartbreaker after all that effort getting the buses ready for Busfest. I feel your pain! Best wishes getting the Merlin up and running again - and what was its LT fleet number?

sorry for yore terribull incident happened thies things are sent to try us never nice you gust keep on gowing waire you can do whot you can to keep her gowing get help waire can

I would have loved to head down for Busfest this year, But with the change of date it clashed with a Charter I had booked. By the time I finished the Work Diary / log book said no, To be able to do the 400km Port Macquarie to Sydney Drive “Legally” to get there. Hopefully next year I’ll be able to get down with “Vivian the Volvo” my 1993 Volvo B10M (Ex Grenda’s 53 / Ex Transdev 9116 they retired it in July 2023, I put it back into service in May 2024) As my original 1989 Volvo B10M (ex fleet mate of the south trans unit I’ve seen in the background think that was ex 92 mine was ex 94) but it blew its engine back in March and got donated to the SES for training for accidents like a certain one I won’t name that happened last year.

Yeh, obviously a rough day for you and the Merlin. But you got both buses to Busfest, so that was a win. Well done, they looked great in the hot sun!

Never seen that before .Next job do away with right angle drive .fit ELECTRIC FAN

Thank you Steve for adding me and keep us updated on the work that you are doing on your bus

I really enjoyed your episode their Steve, and I'm sorry to hear that you've had a really bad time with the bus breaking down. Hopefully, all works out again soon and for your next future bus fest.

Was good to meet you mate....Scotty ..

Hopefully an easy fix

No way 😳 hopefully nothing major.

Shit a brick hope it’s not serious. Yet it made it there with the old crummy radiator.

hopefully something easily fixed.

Bugger! Nightmare mate. Sadly the Nerlins were not the most reliable buses in London

Poor Merlin!

That’s no good mate hope it’s not too bad.

Well nobody said bus preservation was easy. Hope it's nothing too bad.

Nooo, Steve! 🫣😔😭 This is your emoji when shit 💩 happened! 👉🏻👉🏻👉🏻🤬 Feel for you! 😢

What the hell happened