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312014
- Dennis Dominator/East Lancs
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China
Motor Bus
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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
| Manufacturer
of model |
312 |
| Scale |
1:76 |
| Prototype
chassis |
Dennis
Dominator |
| Prototype bodywork |
East
Lancs |
| Prototype length |
33ft |
| Fleet number |
DD1 |
| Registration
number |
BX2164 |
| Route number |
84M |
| Destination |
Chai
Wan |
| Quantity
(total) |
500 |
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Hong Kong
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United Kingdom
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| Quantities
(if known) |
500
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| Date
released |
February 2004
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| Availability |
difficult to find
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| Current
market price |
HK$ 318
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UK£ ?
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Photograph courtesy of
Winston Lau
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Photograph courtesy of
Winston Lau
