The model -
this is one of a pair of releases in Hong Kong on
27th July 2017, the other featuring L303 (KMB-M-2017039).
The bus
- Kowloon
Motor Bus took delivery of thirty Albion Viking EVK55CL chassis in 1976
and they were bodied in Hong Kong by Union Auto Body Builders (UABB).
L297 was first registered on 16th September 1976.
During their life several of the batch were totally rebuilt by KMB and
others received other alterations, most noticeble being the reduced
height side windows.
The above
information has been extracted
from Mike Davis' excellent reference book
Hong
Kong Buses Volume Two - Kowloon Motor Bus.
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