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AS1002
- Guy Arab Mk IV/Park Royal
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China
Motor Bus
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The model -
This
model first appeared at Showbus 2003, on sale at the Britbus/AsianBus
stall
as well as a few other stalls, but was not generally available in the
UK
until November. Having purchased my model today (27th November) whilst
being generally impressed by the model, it wasn't until I placed it on
the 'table' for photographing that I noticed the model had quite a
disturbing
'lean', resulting in the front nearside wheel remaining off the ground.
The photographs below show the problem.
The bus
- 17 Guy Arab Mk IVs were purchased from Southdown and entered service
in Hong Kong between December 1970 and January 1972. They were the
first
second-hand buses purchased by CMB. The buses were new to Southdown in
1956, and were bought to cover for the short wheelbase Guy Arab Mk V
single
deckers whilst they were re-bodied as double-deckers.
In 1974, as part of
CMB's push towards One
Man Operation, a decision was taken to refurbish these vehicles, which
included the fitting of a single-width doorway, with folding doors, in
the first of the nearside bays. A farebox was fitted and the bulkhead
window
was altered, thus allowing the driver to see the farebox!
On 14 July 1977, MW8
was used by the Hong
Kong Government in a roll-over test at the Lion Rock Tunnel, and was
subsequently
withdrawn.
| Manufacturer
of model |
AsianBus |
| Scale |
1:76 |
| Prototype chassis |
Guy
Arab Mk IV |
| Prototype bodywork |
Park
Royal |
| Prototype length |
8.6
metre (28 feet) |
| Fleet number |
MW8 |
| Registration
number |
AH4155 |
| Route number |
7 |
| Destination |
Aberdeen |
| Quantity (total) |
1,008 |
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Hong Kong
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United Kingdom
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| Quantities (if
known) |
not known
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not known
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| Date released |
December
2003
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November 2003
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This
page last updated Thursday, 27th November 2003
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