| The model -
news of this model only came to light in April 2021 despite it being
released over twenty years ago! On the day I posted details of the
existence of this model, John Bennett contacted me to advise he owned
the model and that he would take some photographs, which I received the
following day! Thank you, John.
The bus
- Kowloon Motor Bus ordered 100 Albion Victors in 1960 and these were delivered
during 1961, the bodywork being assembled in Hong Kong having been shipped
ckd (completely knocked down) as kits from British Aluminium Co. Ltd, England.
They were originally fitted with tubular sliding gates but in the 1970s,
during refurbishment, folding doors were fitted and the front radiator
grille modified.
The above information has been extracted
from Mike Davis's excellent book
'Hong
Kong Buses - Volume 2 - Kowloon Motor Bus'.
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