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these three versions of the China Motor Bus Guy Arab UF, as originally
delivered, were announced on the Hong Kong Model Co. website in early
December
2008. Their official release date is recorded as 7th December.
The bus
- 100 Guy Arabs with underfloor engines were delivered to China Motor
Bus
between 1954 and 1961. They featured front and rear folding doors and
could
seat 43 passengers with 23 standees. Two conductors were employed to
operate
the manually operated doors and collect fares. Additional radiators
from
scrapped Tilling-Stevens buses were fitted to most of the UFs in the
late
1960's. With the introduction of one-man-operation in the early 1970's,
the buses were well suited with their forward entrance. At the same
time,
the rear doors were either locked or panelled over.
The above
information has been extracted
from Mike Davis' excellent reference book
Hong
Kong Buses Volume One - China Motor Bus, where a
superb photograph
of 4143 can be found.
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