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Finally some ppl know how to film buses and do a static show

Brilliant 🙂🙂

Some Classic Half Cabs and some Beautiful Vintage Single Deckers

Fascinating history 👍

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Leicester opted to have highbridge full height East Lancs bodies on their Renown’s, with preserved DBC 190C being a forward entrance example and FJF 40D a rear platform example. Both are manual,gearbox examples.

King Alfred bus site gives date and times but not where in Winchester to catch the buses, or where one can park. Can you assist?

You should do one about the AMC Rambler Car DOR9C & Commer Karrier NKJ849P Ancillary Vehicle Events Vehicle

As a Wintonian b.1955 in the Royal Hampshire County Hospital on Romsey Rd., I well remember riding these King Alfred Tiger Cub buses as a boy. Great to see the preserved King Alfred fleet again. "Sparsholt", "Harestock 20" "Littleton",--great memories. I even remember 'Blondie' the conductoress!

As a young boy from Flowerdown near Winchester, I can recall being taken to school at Sparsholt on a Tiger Cub bus. Perhaps this one. Always came back on a double-decker Titan.

No facilities for people with mobility problems. Etc. My friend went to drop me off only to be shouted at Park at Station. No seats at Station to wait for buses either. A rude reception. Didn't bother. I had travelled from up North and was staying over. Used to come with my now late brother in his memory. I was quite upset.

Great to see a PD2 in King Alfred livery, albeit a replica, and a stunning addition to the fleet. I remember Ponsford's delivering to us in Winchester at least until 1958 and my mum always complaining about the amount of air in the bread>

Another great film from Hello Wallace. And full marks to every volunteer who works on the King Alfred fleet - the buses are a great credit to all in FoKAB and they deserve our support.😀😀😀

Great Update Thanks ! ( ex London Transport ) 😊

Superb Leyland PD2/1, so similar to Leicester’s example that I have travelled extensively on.👍

Great to see King Alfred Buses again, I remember Snow White Electric Laundry, I used to work across the way at the old Chesil Station, when it was called Transport Brakes LTD,...Great Memories.

That is a beautiful vehicle. Good to see it running so well. I knew them in Scotland and London when they were new in 1946. I remember a fast run from Aberdeen to Peterhead and many happy journeys to Woodford and Loughton in Essex. Well done for restoring it so well.

Really beautiful Bristol RELH!

Lovly😊

The Bedford was the oldest bus there if you totally ignore the Guy Arabs. I remember riding on a Stockport Corporation Guy Arab in the mid sixties which still had its wartime blackout blind in the upstairs rear window. The blind was starting to look a bit tatty but they had not bothered to renew it. The bus ran like new but was slower than the Crossleys.

I certainly enjoyed the Alton bus rally

Terrific presentation David. And well done, Alex for giving it access to a wider audience. Best of luck with the project.↗

I helped put a clutch in 270 KTA and fit the green beading on the outside, when it was part of the WNPG! I didnt realise it had a 'chinese' gearbox, so we road tested it after the clutch was done, and wondered why it would race in 2nd but be sluggish in '3rd'. Little did i know on this gearbox, 3rd and 4th were opposite to what they normally are! On the A38 i got 65 mph out of it according to the speedo which i think may have been true, cos out chairman paul derrick was in bristol VR 1226 and maxed out at 45, and there i was a blot in the distance!

James freeman!

This is brilliant! Such a good idea to help preserve our heritage for the future.

Don't forget to put up an anti-rust layer asap. It would rust🤔Put that on the main structure, those u want to keep

You should take photos of every part left, then start removing everything unneccessary from the cabin such as seats to begin with. The CMB AM1 restore project as a reference, it was in terrible corroded condition. Given the similar condition of both of them, the first thing you would like to do is to reinforce the frame by cutting off the weakened original frame and install newly cutted metal bars to replace it.

Great film though You do fantastic work😊25:30 Now there’s an accident waiting to happen- reverse order hand brake? Dumb design

I after seeing this beauty 1:49 they all suck compared to it- this brings to Mind the ADB BUS THEGMC RTX OF 1976 in America

One of the reasons why the bus survived is that the body was very robustly constructed. Much of the external panelling is one eighth of an inch, 3.2 mm aluminium sheet on a ‘tee’ section duralumin frame. I did a lot of the panel works including the front and rear domes and can vouch for its quality. As the original rivets were of an aircraft pattern I strongly suspect that much of the material was left over from wartime sub-contract work, Weymanns were close to Brooklands where many aircraft built. There were a lot of problems that needed to be resolved during the restoration but one in particular that caused me much ‘head-scratching’ was an apparent discrepancy with the rear axle and wheels. After a lot of research plus visits to other preservation groups I suddenly realised that the problem was the wheels! As originally built it was equipped with cross-ply tyres, but the Irish owners had decided to use radial tyres and had ‘modified’ the bus to suit. So the wheels on the bus were incorrect having a slightly deeper offset than the originals, this was needed to ensure that the rear wheels has sufficient clearance to avoid them rubbing together (the pair each side that is); this in turn pushed the wheels further out and the mudguards did not cover them so the converters cobbled together some wider mudguards to fit!! A simple modification that took weeks to solve; happy days. Too old and too much coffin dodging these days otherwise I would be near the front of the volunteer queue!

We have a few of the imported ones still in decent condition in Jamaica that came there in the 60 s .

What a gorgous vehicle. A real dream. The livery and colours, style and shape are very appealing. Leyland certainly made some great buses. AEC is a favourite, but, Leyland too, is easily competative.

The basic shape is there and not impossible to restore. Would love to see this Leyland Olympic restored. It's quite well known that LT had some very badly damaged vehicles that were rebuilt. They had the resources though. Good Luck!

Remember seeing a few in service but with BA livery. 65 were made yet only 68 RMC's. Strange, considering the size of the Green Line and country routes. Never liked the RML front wings preferring RM type with brake grills.

Well done. What a wonderful story about a magnificent machine.

Lovely film. Wonderful old buses. Thank you.

I do hope you manage to restore this bus, again. Great shame, if it ended being scrapped.

hi there, i would approach the vehice the folllowing way, the body completely removed and a full chassis inspection, then replace the components needed, then a complete re wire,a temporary driving seat installed made of angle iron and wood, so that whenthe time comes you can drive the chassis around, then mount a body, good luck, [ex AEC ltd]

Utterly heartbreaking to see what a fire can do to even the best preserved buses. The biggest threat to preserved buses is fire, be it by arson or misfortune. How lucky it is that there are dedicated and talented people willing to restore what many would regard as beyond saving. The very best of luck to you and your restoration plans.

Well done getting there and good luck!

Good luck. "Survived" seems a tad optimistic.

Is the old wreck on the trailer an AEC Regal RF ? The wheels definitely look like they were from an ex London Transport/ London Country RF.

sad to see, at least the chassis and running gear appear to have survived and with it being such a well documented restoration first time round hopefully there are enough drawings and patterns to enable it to be rebuilt and restored again.

I think that single decker is in some need of TLC.

A thoroughly delightful video.

Nice video I gave you a sub

Another happy bus vid. Britain at its best