As an American living in London for a few years in the late 70s, I couldn't afford the Tube and travelled mostly by bus. Anyway, there was no other practical way to get from Waterloo, where I lived, to where I worked in Bermondsey. Riding the buses gave me a perspective on London and its geography that riding the Tube all the time never could have. I love the vintage double-deckers, and always grabbed the upstairs front seat whenever I could!

I've really enjoyed this series on RM 1214, she looks great well done everyone that has worked on it great job...

really enjoyed the Routemaster Restoration videos, i used to to live in the Finsbury Park area and well remember RM's and RT's on routes 4,19, 106, 259,279,253,29,141 and 171.. keep up the great work, well done.

The time spent in an RM/RML cab I loved doing crew bus on rest days or if I got moved up if a driver went sick ,just driving my rear gunner getting the flack only noise was the engine or talk back on the two way radio system group calls , the odd one to one and all calls from centre comm driving the 9 or 94 glad I can say I drove an icon ,nice work all the best

This was another Fantastic update on Rm1214! She has a cab I'd love drive in! She looks Fantastic well done to Big Al& yourself!

Another great vid, good to see Alan getting some decent camera time again 👍

Looked like a painstaking task but well worth it. The hard stuff is the most rewarding. Now it will be all the more pleasure to drive than it is already!

The outtakes 😂

Great videos it so good your showing people how to do video restoration and they are good to watch after doing my job search

I've never been so entertained by watcing paint dry! Another quality Video.

Excellent!! Keep up the great work!!

Alan's a natural! Top class work again folks

Was Gregg's open then lol. Love the bloopers absolutely funny

Another great Video Dave and to Big Al who made the outtakes even more hilarious this time. I was going to ask about the transfers .. hope you will show them being fitted inside the cab. Looking forward to the next video .. oh and forgot to mention it was nice to see Jess with her pig! 🐾 🐖🐾 too!

Brilliant video of rm1214 haven't seen her since 2019

I saw the bus on the Ipcres File over last weekend and watched it intently. Just one little problem, the conductor had the wrong type of ticket machine. Living in Kent and working in London, I can remember the machines for London and Kent. The machine used in the clip was one used in the provinces not London. The bus looked really great though. Take a look. I used Route 37 between Dulwich and Brixton regularly using RML buses 1966 JJD 4nnD vintage etc. I love all of your episodes, brings back memories, keep them coming.

As usual a really great video. The explanation of what had to be undertaken was great. It would have been very helpful to explain how you managed to get the driver’s window out of the cab and telling us what tools were used to execute the job. Again it would have been beneficial if the glazier explained how he reinserted the window again showing what tools were used. Really look forward to your videos. A lot of interested viewers who are not mechanics would appreciate a better explanation of all the tasks you undertake.

Love your videos, and what a great team and fleet 👍

Been watching for a while now, great video!! Particularly enjoyed the POV parts, would love to see more as you continue restoring these vintage beauties. Have a great day! 🙂

Another very interesting video. You done a great job Big Al. Nice to meet someone with the same nick name as me. Keep up the good work gents. Looking forward to your next film. 👍

Brilliant 👍 Keep up the good work

Another great video lads , that cab looks great. Ye are always in such good form and enjoy the work ye do as well .

Another great video the work you put into the Routemasters is amazing credit to you all they just look stunning

Big al nearly had that steering Colum up his rear end lol

love the out takes :)

Great vid as always Dave, nice work by Alan too, cab looks good 👍 love the outtakes as always 👌

point of view cam was good idea and loved the content, aside from the intro/outro music. Either you love it or hate it i guess. Alan was an excellent presenter. Maybe go for more out takes the video next time lol. I am sure i would be worse...

Fantasic video as always, the production and editing really bring it to life. Especially liking the addition of the first person gopro!

Great stuff. You'll have to show us the completed cab with all the signage etc.

Reminder set. See you next Sunday at 6!

Another great video, thanks to all of you! Could you show us the completed cab with an explanation of all the controls sometime? I'm building a model of the Routemaster and I'd love to know what all the various little things in the cab are for.

Another great video. 1214 certainly looks completed now, a real asset to your fleet. 👍

Brilliant, the full video was good too…..

Great vids

Good video 👍👍👍👍

Brilliant video lads! And I hope Greggs was both open, and able to supply all you could need! I love those out-takes! How long do you have to practice them? 🙂

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Error around 8:36 the sander had broken, had to do it by hand, later saw Dave using a sander, but well done anyways, as done a really nice job of that cab ☑️.

It's amazing how many people are ignorant of the fact Routemaster buses were in service all over the UK, not just in London.

Great video, quick question. Why wasn't the drivers seat re upholstered?

Looking forward to Saturday

Great video! I always wondering, what are the boxes do on the back wall of the cab (behind the seat)? :)

Slippers only in the cab. 👨‍✈

really nice video. really great end result too. one question, did the seat get any attention while it was out or was it well within standards and just put back after a basic clean? things like a good thorough cleaning, maybe with a carpet cleaner type machine. service the underside and mechanism and the like? some paint?

Hello chaps, just wondering what the extra guage under the time card holder is. Excellent work as ever.

Hi There my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why couldn't you and your teammates can still do those Rebuilding and Repainting those nice fresh shiny Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200, and Cummins M11, 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses and Repaint them to a Grey Green Colours just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the North London and East London bus routes such as 141, 168, 179, 210, 275, 125, 173, 24, 167, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guys would like to Rebuild about 226 of Those Gardner 6LXB, Gardner 6LXC, Volvo TD102KF, Cummins M11, and Gardner LG1200, 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses can you and your teammates put most of those Gardner 6LXC and those Gardner LG1200 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses to those East London and North London and that especially is including the London Bus such as those London Bus Routes such as for example the N41, 341, N29, 86, 221 and will also be including the North London Bus Route Number 121 for all of us Grey Green bus lovers in North London and including East London For all of us passengers out there Pretty Please? could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Colour and put them on the London Bus Routes which are 341, 179, N41, 34, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 296, 262, 147, 396, 56 and N26 for all of us Grey Green Bus lovers out there because we are Really Really desperately needed Are those types of colour buses to be brought back again Please? Please do it for all of us customers and passengers in North London and living in those areas such as East London. because it will be Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Colour. I am a Big Fan of those Gardner 6LXC, Gardner 6LXB, Volvo TD102KF, Gardner LG1200 and Cummins M11 4 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Alexander RV Buses Please? Thank You Very Very Very Very Very much for your time, help and support.

Could you answer a question ?. What sorts of mileage do these buses do now compared to when they were in full time use for LT ?. Have you any clue to how many miles this bus has covered ?.

What about re covering the seat? Great video

What is the history of RM1214 😀

Is it a can of WD40 as lubricant for the window seal?

Oh dear. The seat!!! You had the perfect chance to recover the seat but you didn't. Oh well.

I thought saying it “hadn’t seen a brush” was a colloquialism. I didn’t think you would actually use a brush on automotive paint. Why not spray? Too much masking to do?