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IMPORTANT export orders for British double-deck bus chassis have been won by two British bus manufacturing companies.
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The Kowloon Motor Bus Company has placed orders for over 200 British built double-deckers.
As exclusively revealed in CM last year Leyland is to recommence building front en gined double-deck bus chas for Hong Kong.
KMB has placed orders i 152 of the buses which will based on Guy Victory chas: The buses will be fitted w: locally produced bodywoi equipped with 102 seats a room for 14 standees.
A fu been ordered from -Hestair I nnis. These buses will be fix engined Dennis Jubilan similar to four already in s vice in 'Kowloon. The init four Jubilants have perform well in Hong Kong and lu caused KMB to modify specification to incorpon many of their own design f tures.
Both the Leyland built GI. and the Dennis Jubilarits be fitted with Gardner 6L. engines, coupled with t German made Voith 12) transmissions.
These orders, which worth about £3.5 million total, are particularly impc and to the bus undustry.
Hestair Dennis has gair orders in what for them i: virtually new area for t sales. .
The order for Leyland however, hardly a vote confidence for its rear-engir bus designs, which have proved able to stand up to conditions in Kowloon.
The new buses are in 1 tin required to replace Limier Fleetline, which are ing replaced before ornally anticipated, as they ve not proved reliable engh for the busy Kowloon erator.