Buss love

[ken21]

[fogey]

Would be great for the School Run.

[andyborris]

Jun 7, 2019 7:54:06 GMT fogey said:

Would be great for the School Run.

Is it 4 wheel drive then?

[asbo23]

If that's not on bags then the first speed bump here would wreck it.
Great looking thing though,

[SmokeEm]

Horny Mike from Counting Cars bus..



The detail in the paint is amazing

[chip83]

Jun 10, 2019 15:14:00 GMT SmokeEm said:

Horny Mike from Counting Cars bus..



The detail in the paint is amazing

He sold it according to his youtube channel quite recently.

[SmokeEm]

Yup - he did indeed.

[MkX]

Cartoonesque microbus

[bmcnut]

[Littlepixel]

Underappreciated, unloved but ripe for revival Leyland National looks slammed anyway, but add few more mm, plus a bit of camber along with the original modernist National livery.
Lurve-lee.

[tonycocacola]

Jun 12, 2019 1:24:48 GMT Littlepixel said:

Underappreciated, unloved but ripe for revival Leyland National looks slammed anyway, but add few more mm, plus a bit of camber along with the original modernist National livery.
Lurve-lee.

Quality.
The father of one of my step daughters friends has a one of these in his garden.
It's in a bit of a state.

[thechadzone]

Saw this down in the hippy arts district a while back & thought it was pretty cool. Got the best pics I could of it... It appeared be still be in-process on the inside, but I loved its wood stove.

[Littlepixel]

@thehadzone That is a work of art - I love tiny houses but they're usually on trailers.

[Littlepixel]

[andyborris]

Jun 12, 2019 1:24:48 GMT Littlepixel said:

Underappreciated, unloved but ripe for revival Leyland National looks slammed anyway, but add few more mm, plus a bit of camber along with the original modernist National livery.
Lurve-lee.

Used to drive these for London Transport a few years ago, a piece of wood jammed into the wastegate of the turbo and they'd do 80mph.

Till the pistons melted!

[darrenh]

[darrenh]

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Jun 12, 2019 19:24:43 GMT andyborris said:

Jun 12, 2019 1:24:48 GMT Littlepixel said:

Underappreciated, unloved but ripe for revival Leyland National looks slammed anyway, but add few more mm, plus a bit of camber along with the original modernist National livery.
Lurve-lee.

Used to drive these for London Transport a few years ago, a piece of wood jammed into the wastegate of the turbo and they'd do 80mph.

Till the pistons melted!

The Leyland National was state of the art when it came to the market in the early 70's - I can recall it being the school bus of choice when it turned up in the bus bay - and it sold very well - quite collectable now - and when was the last time you saw one on the road

[andyborris]

I remember seeing almost all the London Transport fleet is a scrap yard at Chiswick, must have been some time in the 90's, think they went to Asia.

They did look to be in a sorry state.


I remember driving them and how you had to drive past the road you wanted to turn into, the driver was a long way in front of the steer/front wheels, they weren't very reliable either, apart from sabotage as above!

The Monoblock engine suffered from lots of valve problems and of course, the Monoblock design made that a major job. The gearboxes also become very "jerky", you made sure everyone was in a seat before pulling away or they went down like ninepins!


And being very rear engined, the back broke away very easily, I had one very sideways around the Elephant and Castle roundabout one very wet night and everyone got off at the next stop, even the passengers who'd just got on!

[vanpeebles]

Now this is a bus!