A strange bus from far, far away!

[winelight1]

I found that the original register number of this bus in hong kong is CH9399 - LV39

[lec0roh]

@winelight1 Thanks :-)

[winelight1]

I realize there are 2 version of Guy victory

Engine: for those CMB and KMB are the same: Gardner 6LXB with Voith DIWA851 transmittion

Body: CMB is Alexander CB while KMB is KB (to recognize them you may see that CB has a little square window on the emergency door

Speed: CMB has 60 km/h while KMB was 65 km/h because those for CMB were put to run hilly road on Hong Kong Island.

This is what I know. If there's something have to be added, welcome!

[lec0roh]

Yes, that's because it has both a Voith gearbox and a Gardner engine, the standard driveline for a Metrobus. However, the engine is of course at the front on this!

[RJFSHADOWSMUSIC]

Sounds a tad like a Metrobus :)

[cdennis85]

In fact, this was a specialized bus for mountainous landscape. Much of the road in Hong Kong is hilly, and need Victory MK 2 to overcome steep slopes. They are not designed for operating in highways.

[pmame32]

This bus is good at climbing slope (Engine was front mounted , top speed is slow (about 60->65 kph) ,It carried 108 passengers with 9.7m body . The most disadvantage of this bus was it is easy to drop down when driving at a high speed and steering wide angle at the same time . It was because the floorline is too higher and the height of the body was also too high .

[jaggass]

was it built in britain?

[lec0roh]

Hmm...I'm not sure to be honest. Some buses, like the tri-axle Ailsas for CMB were completely built in the UK and then shipped out whole but I'm not sure about the Victories.

[scyonion]

@lec0roh

All 167 LVs were built in Hong Kong, CMB North Point Depot.

[scyonion]

@lec0roh

All of 167 CMB's Victories were shipped to Hong Kong by CKD,

& completely built in North Point Depot in 1980-1982.

[LX319]

@lec0roh this body of this bus was assembled inside the bus depot in north point, hong kong

[asv2]

Nope, this was built in HK, same as most of the Guy Victory IIs served in HK

[LINCOLNCHAN516]

The Leyland Victory is an integral part of my childhood.

Even though this Vic is back into your posession now in the UK, Britons will never understand the Victory life in HK: the sweat, the 98% humidity hitting your face the windows, the one-leg-up driving stance of the bus captain, the flooded floorboards on a typhoon day, the wild bucking of the leaf suspension, the aggressive engine retarder.

I miss you, Victory.

[keithkyli]

Nice! I miss them......

Bumpy it may seem to a British, but this kind of ride (together with Dennis Jubilant, an almost identical model) was like CRADLE for almost every 20-to-30-year-old in HK.

From the pier to the border,

From the busiest street to the quietest village,

716 Victory IIs criss-crossed 1000 sq km with 394 Jubilants, roaming and roaring for 20 years, reaching every extremity of Hong Kong where a bus can go.

Thank you Victory II!

[lec0roh]

Thanks for your comment. :-)

Richard.

[kinkong0109]

It's a symbol of Hong Kong buses.

[deedlit60]

Back in the early 90s when I was still in primary school in Hong Kong, I used to ride these buses often (but not as much as the fleetlines)

The gearbox is definitely not a .3 - it's a first generation D851with a 3-button shifter.

The top speed of about 50 km/h (30 mph) is vey clearly remembered, even as a primary school kid.

The biggest factor limiting the top speed is the very short gear ratios coupled to the Voith D851. Is 1850 RPM the governed limit on the Gardner 6LXB?

[bluebear668]

I love the engine sound, very unique

[flaneurhk]

The video brings back my memory of riding Leyland Victories in Hong Kong in the past. Victories could be found almost everywhere in the city during 1980s and 1990s. The bodywork of this bus is so unique, stylelish and somewhat avant-garde. Its sound is characteristically "moody" like a mischievous child. I wish I could have an opportunity to take a ride on this LV in my next visit to Scotland.

[LX319]

I miss Leyland Victory!

[lec0roh]

Thank you very much for your comments - it makes it worthwhile posting these videos when you know they're appreciated!

Richard.

[wilson3a10]

I miss it so much. 5 stars

[winelight1]

yeah Richard,

I've watched them before and hope there will be some vid of a 12 metre Volvo Ailsa. But no matter this is a 9M or 12M, Volvo Ailsa is also as good as the Leyland Guy Victory

Victor

[winelight1]

This bus's registration no. in Hong Kong is CH9399, Fleet #LV36

This model of bus's strange around the UK and even the world, but very famous in the Hong Kong cos thhese bus companies (the Kowloon Motor Bus - KMB and China Motor Bus - CMB) and they urged to find new bus (long history) and finally they get the Leyland Guy Victory Mk II.

So when I watched this vid it makes me so many childhood memories. Thanks for sharing

[lec0roh]

Thank you for your kind comments. It's very nice to have people post good comments on these videos, makes me think I'm doing something worthwhile.

By the way, you might want to watch my other videos of Volvo Ailsas, they're a similar design to Victories at least!

Thanks again,

Richard.

[winelight1]

@lec0roh yea i watched those vid of Volvo Ailsa and they are nice too!!

[winelight1]

um....but this bus is very famous in Hong Kong and most of the Hong Kong people will miss it.

This bus used to climb most of the hilly road in Hong Kong and it's proved that it could do its job very well so no wonder why CMB order total 169 fleets of this bus.

And when I watch this video it take me back about 28 years ago (when I was just 3 years ago)

Thanks for sharing this vid!