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DA108B - Dennis Dragon/Duple Metsec
Kowloon Motor Bus
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The model - announced in October 2000 is this Dennis Dragon carrying all over advertising for Principal Insurance. The model became available in the UK in late April 2001, and was issued in Hong Kong at a meeting of Principal Insurance on 26th April 2002. It carries no Limited Edition Certificate. The model carries no fleet number and the route no./destination are fictitious.

The bus - AD220 entered service in August 1995, being one of a class of 360 such vehicles introduced between 1991 and 1997.

  
 Manufacturer of model  Collector's Model
 Prototype chassis  Dennis Dragon
 Prototype bodywork  Duple Metsec
 Prototype length  11 metre
 Fleet number  AD220
 Registration number  GM 5219
 Route number  88
 Destination  Central Plaza
 Quantity (total)  Uncertificated - believed to be 1,000
 
Hong Kong 
UK
 Quantities (if known)
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 Date released
26th Apr 2002
Apr 2001 
 
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KMB Dragon AD252
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This page last updated Friday, 8th October 2004
 
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