God how I love Atlanteans! Get it mobile again and I bet you won't want to sell it! I have to admit, I'm more than a little jealous. Old Atlanteans never die, they just get curtains...
Lydia Cartel Yeah, I think that my family was pretty special for having travelled in a Double-decker Bus. But now we've put up feet to rest for the rest of her days. Fitting her out on a permanent site as a complete home, and hope to sell her off in about 2-3 years.
My wife and kids love the sound of this and other diesels, that have that similar feel, they all can remember the sensation of adventure the moment we started it up to head of to 'some other place'. The sound and feeling never leaves you.
Wow what a great setup you have there..that's my dream.. must say not many left now.very hard to find parts for. I restore the Leyland pneumatic shifters for them.. just chasing a rubber boot for it mmm hard to get.What a great effort miss the old days. Wish they were still in use in Queensland..it's great to see m still going.. no spare parts? Ha ha .good stuff
+Ron Geremy Thanks for the great comments Ron, If you're looking for parts there's Doug from Mr Motor Parts, but you may already know of him. These guys haven't sold a complete motor for years and only have some parts. There is another one here in the town where we live, and I did see one up south of Cairns about 9 years ago. Spare parts? not sure exactly what you mean there but if I was going to sell any parts I would have to sell the whole motor gearbox and radiator and air cleaner all as one. We are hoping to do a 'video tour' of our set up one day, but we have made changes to it since we have put it up on blocks as it used to have a shower and a toilet, but now they are missing.
London ordered hundreds of badge engineered Leyland Fleetlines which were originally a Daimler UK product (yes the same as the cars) that competed with the Atlantean, with the same transverse rear engine layout. Some had Gardner engines but many had 0680 Powerplus engines too. Absolute beasts they were too. I came across a few retired ones as open top tourist deckers when I visited London in May, 1999 and one had a Voith automatic transmission fitted!
James French: Hi James, thanks for your reply and your interesting comments, our bus is likely to spend the rest of its days here now, but I have decided to sell my engine off to a bus restoration group down in Sydney, who are restoring an Atlantean (Contact Catherine at Forest miniatures: forestm@bigpond.com). So the heart of the old girl will live on for many years from now. And I'm hoping to sell the site off to become a home of family to live in also for many years as well. Regards, Russell
Big round watermelon that's bitter sweet, but it's really a waste to have an engine sitting there not doing what it's designed to do -moving a load. I'm glad it's being put to good use elsewhere. I hope you get a good buyer for the bus home.
+Andrew Wilson Yeah, sweet when you hear them run well like this, every time my family hear other engines like this, fond memories flood back. Strange but so true.
+BassGoodForTheSoul Maybe soon, I hope to sell the engine and I might do another video, if I do, I'll try to remember to get up her it bit. Also, it probably does idle a little high.
Power plus 680s were fitted to a few Atlanteans back home, mainly in 'dual purpose' spec, i.e buses with coach seats, and was fitted to the Bristol VRL coach. Powerplus engines were usually in horizontal form and used in Leopard coaches. A friend had a 680 Powerplus fitted to his National mk2, and it could crack 80mph without breaking sweat
@@owenlewis8006 plus no public service vehicle is allowed to do over 70 mph. Could you imagine a bus full of 56 people doing 80 to 90 mph? Haha 😂absolute rubbish
Hi there I just did a vid on my restored Leyland gear shifter, and yes I've spoken with Doug he was quite helpful.he found two rubber boots I used one and the second one broke as I'm doing up another shifter I think I have the last one in Australia so I mite have to make it..if u ever come across one could you please let me know.Would love to see more of the bus lovely set up you have..my plans are to deck out an old leopard Mark two if I win the lottery haha.thanks
I have a Leyland Panther with the mid mount flat six diesel. It was a Metro bus before being converted to a motor home. Mine sounds exactly like this engine and looks similar. I can't find much information on the engine and transmission so don't know what type or model engine it is. Any idea? Do you know what type of transmission oil these gearboxes use? Cheers
I need to overhaul my 680 air compressor. Any tips or advice from anyone would be appreciated as I’ve never done this before. Also any tuning advice would be appreciated also.
This is a great guy for advice, ua-cam.com/channels/7JB4okWv4A1Lttb-9L2r2A.html Andrew Smart, he is in the comments below if you want to contact him that way
Sounds really nice, but I wouldn't have done it with a bus that could still be driven.... Maybe one with a bad chassis or something like that. I have to say that is a cool set up though, I like it!
+smiffy1071 Hi, I did the swap over of the 680 power plus in Richmond, which is in the middle of Queensland. Drove it up to Darwin, Northern Territory and lived there for about 4 years. Our family got tired of the heat and humidity and then about two years ago drove it back down to Hervey Bay, Queensland. We have lived in it for about 10 years now and I thought that I would have a go at starting it since arriving and I put that event on youtube. I am possibly thinking of selling the motor as I'm setting up the bus to stay put.
+Ron Geremy Yes, I am hoping to sell the engine, power coupling, gearbox, angle drive, radiator and driveshaft, all in one unit. Basically, leave it all on the engine frame that slides out, load that onto a truck and send it to wherever it needs to go.
Very big in the day was Leyland Atlantean's in the UK, and especially with Nottingham City Transport, whom tended to have quite a few custom things with their stock. Quite a common engine in a lot of UK DMU trains (Along with AEC 220's), with this vid showing that even on cold damp days, they never say die.... ua-cam.com/video/qkhiCYPPDyk/v-deo.html
My wife and I bought a Leyland Atlantean that has also been converted to an mobile home. We love her and take her out as often as we can. Can I ask, did you tune yours ? It runs so sweet. I could really use some advice on how to get our Charlotte (the bus name) humming like yours.
+Ron Geremy I don't know of any at the moment, but I will keep an eye out for one and will let you know if I find one. Also, try those 'Just Trucks' etc type magazines they may help.
Hi Dylan Green, yes I do but it no longer has an engine. I sold the engine to a person who is restoring another Atlantean down Sydney way, so that at least the engine can live again. The bus itself is mounted up on blocks and is now a three bedroom home, with hard annexe etc., of which I also intend to sell.
Dylan Green, well, the 680 Powerplus was from out of a truck, so we had to swap a number of parts, such as the sump, oil pump, fly wheel, bell housing, air intake and exhaust and some gear up the front. It took three of us a day and a half to swap things over on the engine doing a backyard job.
@@bigroundwatermelon6456 Gday mate . I have a panther ( motorhome- party bus ) with 680 in it . Just about to put turbo on it from a later version TL11 . Did yours have a turbo ? Atlantean is a big bus and wonder how sluggish in regards to power it was? Nice work on the conversion mate .
Hi BadDog, no our bus did not have a turbo, the only real upgrade was going to a powerplus instead of the standard. (Worth it) Sluggish? Let's say that it wouldn't win too many races, but it did have the power. No matter whether you drove it up or down slopes or with or against the wind, it just kept at the same speed and fuel usage, which was 3km/litre. Hope you have success with your endeavours too.
@All Betternow well if anyone wants to ask me go ahead,i did my apprenticeship on these engines and detroit 2 stokes. i know these leyland engines very well but still get surprised by rare options i see from time to time as well as the l-111 variants and DAF variants as well
@All Betternow they were even different options accross country,all the perth panthers had rear rads with mechanical fan,whereas all the eastern states ones had front mount rad with elec fans,westrail used single decker version of atlantean chassis called lion
Thanks for that, and have a great day yourself
God how I love Atlanteans! Get it mobile again and I bet you won't want to sell it! I have to admit, I'm more than a little jealous. Old Atlanteans never die, they just get curtains...
Hey, thanks for your comment.
Good Job. Thank you brother. God bless you 🙏🏽
Thanks it's appreciated
Pretty cool bus you have there. Not too many people in this world have the opportunity to live in a double decker bus.
Lydia Cartel Yeah, I think that my family was pretty special for having travelled in a Double-decker Bus. But now we've put up feet to rest for the rest of her days. Fitting her out on a permanent site as a complete home, and hope to sell her off in about 2-3 years.
we in Newcastle upon Tyne in England had shit loads of Leyland Atlanteans, proper workhorses!!!! and they make an awesome sound too
My wife and kids love the sound of this and other diesels, that have that similar feel, they all can remember the sensation of adventure the moment we started it up to head of to 'some other place'. The sound and feeling never leaves you.
Love the bus, engine purrs like a kitten.
Charity Saxelby Hi Charity, thanks for your comment.
Wow what a great setup you have there..that's my dream.. must say not many left now.very hard to find parts for. I restore the Leyland pneumatic shifters for them.. just chasing a rubber boot for it mmm hard to get.What a great effort miss the old days. Wish they were still in use in Queensland..it's great to see m still going.. no spare parts? Ha ha .good stuff
+Ron Geremy Thanks for the great comments Ron, If you're looking for parts there's Doug from Mr Motor Parts, but you may already know of him. These guys haven't sold a complete motor for years and only have some parts. There is another one here in the town where we live, and I did see one up south of Cairns about 9 years ago. Spare parts? not sure exactly what you mean there but if I was going to sell any parts I would have to sell the whole motor gearbox and radiator and air cleaner all as one. We are hoping to do a 'video tour' of our set up one day, but we have made changes to it since we have put it up on blocks as it used to have a shower and a toilet, but now they are missing.
London ordered hundreds of badge engineered Leyland Fleetlines which were originally a Daimler UK product (yes the same as the cars) that competed with the Atlantean, with the same transverse rear engine layout.
Some had Gardner engines but many had 0680 Powerplus engines too. Absolute beasts they were too. I came across a few retired ones as open top tourist deckers when I visited London in May, 1999 and one had a Voith automatic transmission fitted!
James French: Hi James, thanks for your reply and your interesting comments, our bus is likely to spend the rest of its days here now, but I have decided to sell my engine off to a bus restoration group down in Sydney, who are restoring an Atlantean (Contact Catherine at Forest miniatures: forestm@bigpond.com). So the heart of the old girl will live on for many years from now. And I'm hoping to sell the site off to become a home of family to live in also for many years as well.
Regards, Russell
Big round watermelon that's bitter sweet, but it's really a waste to have an engine sitting there not doing what it's designed to do -moving a load. I'm glad it's being put to good use elsewhere. I hope you get a good buyer for the bus home.
James French So do I and thanks again James
Beautiful,my kind of music!
+Andrew Wilson Yeah, sweet when you hear them run well like this, every time my family hear other engines like this, fond memories flood back. Strange but so true.
It sounds good, would've liked to hear it rev up a bit! The idle speed is very fast though!
+BassGoodForTheSoul Maybe soon, I hope to sell the engine and I might do another video, if I do, I'll try to remember to get up her it bit. Also, it probably does idle a little high.
Power plus 680s were fitted to a few Atlanteans back home, mainly in 'dual purpose' spec, i.e buses with coach seats, and was fitted to the Bristol VRL coach. Powerplus engines were usually in horizontal form and used in Leopard coaches. A friend had a 680 Powerplus fitted to his National mk2, and it could crack 80mph without breaking sweat
Hi Nethalus, thanks for your input, hopefully, it will be interesting to others as well
The gearing is still the same, no way would any gearing allow a bus to do 80 no matter what engine.
@@bonkeydollocks1879 they made a coach version of the National for Motorway work which had proper coach seats and a high speed diff, could be that
@@owenlewis8006 have you any proof of that please? I've never head of it and a quick Google search drew a blank
@@owenlewis8006 plus no public service vehicle is allowed to do over 70 mph. Could you imagine a bus full of 56 people doing 80 to 90 mph? Haha 😂absolute rubbish
Hi there I just did a vid on my restored Leyland gear shifter, and yes I've spoken with Doug he was quite helpful.he found two rubber boots I used one and the second one broke as I'm doing up another shifter I think I have the last one in Australia so I mite have to make it..if u ever come across one could you please let me know.Would love to see more of the bus lovely set up you have..my plans are to deck out an old leopard Mark two if I win the lottery haha.thanks
+Ron Geremy Yes, I hope to do a video on the rest of the bus and its layout, but I'm just not sure when?
I have a Leyland Panther with the mid mount flat six diesel. It was a Metro bus before being converted to a motor home.
Mine sounds exactly like this engine and looks similar.
I can't find much information on the engine and transmission so don't know what type or model engine it is. Any idea?
Do you know what type of transmission oil these gearboxes use?
Cheers
@All Betternow Cheers
Hi Guys, I hope you enjoy this short video. Got any questions, of course you have, fire away.
I need to overhaul my 680 air compressor. Any tips or advice from anyone would be appreciated as I’ve never done this before. Also any tuning advice would be appreciated also.
This is a great guy for advice, ua-cam.com/channels/7JB4okWv4A1Lttb-9L2r2A.html Andrew Smart, he is in the comments below if you want to contact him that way
Sounds really nice, but I wouldn't have done it with a bus that could still be driven....
Maybe one with a bad chassis or something like that. I have to say that is a cool set up though, I like it!
+smiffy1071 Hi, I did the swap over of the 680 power plus in Richmond, which is in the middle of Queensland. Drove it up to Darwin, Northern Territory and lived there for about 4 years. Our family got tired of the heat and humidity and then about two years ago drove it back down to Hervey Bay, Queensland. We have lived in it for about 10 years now and I thought that I would have a go at starting it since arriving and I put that event on youtube. I am possibly thinking of selling the motor as I'm setting up the bus to stay put.
What's that thing you guys do at the end of every sentence, should emphasis to the words
Hi there big round watermelon..I have a question.is your running gear on the bus still for sale by any chance thanks..
+Ron Geremy Yes, I am hoping to sell the engine, power coupling, gearbox, angle drive, radiator and driveshaft, all in one unit. Basically, leave it all on the engine frame that slides out, load that onto a truck and send it to wherever it needs to go.
Ok mate can I give you my number I have something in mind
Very big in the day was Leyland Atlantean's in the UK, and especially with Nottingham City Transport, whom tended to have quite a few custom things with their stock. Quite a common engine in a lot of UK DMU trains (Along with AEC 220's), with this vid showing that even on cold damp days, they never say die.... ua-cam.com/video/qkhiCYPPDyk/v-deo.html
Thank you for the suggestion, Though short I still enjoyed it. There is just something about the 680. Like a woman, you love or hate 'em.
i have two, because why stop at one?
Hi Mathew Ross, such a good point
Now just owning one would be a dream come true !!!! If I win the lottery put me down for a museum full, thanks !!
My wife and I bought a Leyland Atlantean that has also been converted to an mobile home. We love her and take her out as often as we can. Can I ask, did you tune yours ? It runs so sweet. I could really use some advice on how to get our Charlotte (the bus name) humming like yours.
hi there I'm chasing a mid mount engine either for a leopard or tiger in reasonable condition would you know of any getting around thanks.....
+Ron Geremy I don't know of any at the moment, but I will keep an eye out for one and will let you know if I find one. Also, try those 'Just Trucks' etc type magazines they may help.
Ok thank you for your help and time ...
Do you still own this atlantean?
Hi Dylan Green, yes I do but it no longer has an engine. I sold the engine to a person who is restoring another Atlantean down Sydney way, so that at least the engine can live again. The bus itself is mounted up on blocks and is now a three bedroom home, with hard annexe etc., of which I also intend to sell.
@@bigroundwatermelon6456 Was fitting a O.680 Power plus an easy engine swap?
Dylan Green, well, the 680 Powerplus was from out of a truck, so we had to swap a number of parts, such as the sump, oil pump, fly wheel, bell housing, air intake and exhaust and some gear up the front. It took three of us a day and a half to swap things over on the engine doing a backyard job.
@@bigroundwatermelon6456 Gday mate . I have a panther ( motorhome- party bus ) with 680 in it . Just about to put turbo on it from a later version TL11 . Did yours have a turbo ?
Atlantean is a big bus and wonder how sluggish in regards to power it was?
Nice work on the conversion mate .
Hi BadDog, no our bus did not have a turbo, the only real upgrade was going to a powerplus instead of the standard. (Worth it) Sluggish? Let's say that it wouldn't win too many races, but it did have the power. No matter whether you drove it up or down slopes or with or against the wind, it just kept at the same speed and fuel usage, which was 3km/litre. Hope you have success with your endeavours too.
That isn’t idle. You’ll cause damage to the gearbox like that.
power plus had different inj pump
@All Betternow so you have a rotary inj pump on it now different to one in video?
@All Betternow power plus injectors bigger but lower pressure to suit rotary pump which also had timing advance built in unlike inline pumps
@All Betternow power plus had different "solid" crank as well
@All Betternow well if anyone wants to ask me go ahead,i did my apprenticeship on these engines and detroit 2 stokes.
i know these leyland engines very well but still get surprised by rare options i see from time to time as well as the l-111 variants and DAF variants as well
@All Betternow they were even different options accross country,all the perth panthers had rear rads with mechanical fan,whereas all the eastern states ones had front mount rad with elec fans,westrail used single decker version of atlantean chassis called lion
we in Newcastle upon Tyne in England had shit loads of Leyland Atlanteans, proper workhorses!!!! and they make an awesome sound too