312014 - Dennis Dominator/East Lancs
	China Motor Bus

Photograph courtesy of Jotus Model Depot

DD1 was ordered as part of China Motor Bus's evaluation of second generation rear-engined buses. It entered service in January 1979, having been exhibited at the Motor Show, in Birmingham, in 1978 -  Extracted from Mike Davis's excellent book Hong Kong Buses  -  China Motor Bus - 65 Years

"An interesting observation on the grill and logo/registration plate arrangement. In its early days - as seen in a picture in Mike Davis' book - the DENNIS logo was between the grill and the windscreen. The grill was painted silver, and the registration plate was on the bumper. By 1996 when I took the attached image, the reg plate had been moved up above the grill, which by then was painted blue. A small Dennis logo was placed on the grill.

Not sure when the reg plate was moved onto the grill as shown on the model."

My thanks to Winston Lau for the above information and photos of the actual bus, shown below

Photograph courtesy of Jotus Model Depot

Photographs courtesy of Jotus Model Depot

Photographs courtesy of Jotus Model Depot

Photograph courtesy of Jotus Model Depot

Photograph courtesy of Jotus Model Depot

Photograph courtesy of Winston Lau

Photograph courtesy of Winston Lau

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