Here we are at the start of our project, moving the Regal into the shed to get started on it. The video shows me reversing it from its parking space in front of my garage so I can drive it forward into the bus shed. That’s David Bateman giving me directions.
And here is a nice picture of it heading forwards:
Both taken by Keith Wilcox
Leaving Knowstone in Devon on the start of its long journey to Essex:
Loading onto one of Mike Ellis’s wagons at The Log Cabin Diner, on the A361:
That’s Paul the driver checking the bus is securely on and WIlliam making sure there’s nothing loose at the back. Phillip Platt, who sadly died after a short illness early in 2018, drove it down the lane from Manor Farm and onto the wagon parked by The Log Cabin Diner. I drove it off the wagon when it arrived in Essex the day after, and almost all the way down our lane it stopped with a fuel system fault – the Autovac was not drawing fuel from the tank and once the reservoir was empty, the engine stopped! Ian M. arrived very soon and we topped up the Autovac reservoir, bled the injectors on the fuel pump and away we went again! Here it is on arrival outside our bus shed.
