Hong Kong Dennis Condors and Dragons

The Dennis Dragon and Condor were both introduced to Hong Kong in 1982 with 3 12 metre Dragons going to Kowloon Motor Bus and 2 12 metre Condors to China Motor Bus. Since then to 1998, follow up orders by Kowloon Motor Bus, Citybus and China Motor Bus (now New World First Bus) have totalled about 1550 Dragons and about 170 Condors. All Condors were ordered by China Motor Bus and newer ones still remain with New World First Bus. The body on almost all Dragons and Condors is made by Duple Metsec. Citybus uses Duple Metsec bodies with Alexander Type R front panels on their Dragons. The early 90's was when the transistion between non air conditioned buses and air conditioned buses took place. The first air conditioned was introduced in 1990 and the last non-airconditioned bus was built in 1994. Engines for Condors and Dragons were generally Gardener Six cylinder engines throughout the 80's. Into the 90's Cummins LT10 and LTA10 engines became popular. Twoards the end of production, the Cummins M11 was often used. Various Voith and ZF transmissions have been used in these buses. These buses came in lengths of 12m, 11m, 10.3m and 9.9m.
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Thumbnail	Company Fleet Number	Year	Length (m)	Description	Photo Date (M/D/Y)
	Citybus 702	1994	10.3	702 in the Wan Chai district working Route 6 Stanley.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 706	1994	10.3	706 in the Wan Chai district working Route 260 Stanley.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 707	1994	10.3	707 in the Wan Chai district working Route 6 Stanley.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 709	1994	10.3	709 seen at Central Ferry Piers waiting for it's next run.	5/30/2007
	Citybus 711	1994	10.3	711 in the Admiralty district working Route 6 Stanley.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 719	1994	10.3	719 seen in Stanley working Route 6X Central.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 719	1994	10.3	719 in the Wan Chai district working Route 260 Stanley.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 719	1994	10.3	719 seen in Stanley working Route 6X Stanley.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 721	1996	10.3	721 seen at Central waiting for it's next run.	8/23/2005
	Citybus 726	1996	10.3	726 seen in the Central district working Route 6X.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 727	1996	10.3	727 seen in the Stanley district working Route 6.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 727	1996	10.3	727 in the Wan Chai district working Route 6X Stanley.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 731	1997	10.3	731 seen at Admirality MTR Station waiting for its next run.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 731	1997	10.3	731 seen in the Stanley district working Route 260.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 732	1997	10.3	732 in the Stanley district working Route 6.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 733	1997	10.3	733 in the Wan Chai district working Route 6X Stanley.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 737	1997	10.3	737 seen working Route 6X somewhere in the Central district.	8/23/2005
	Citybus 737	1997	10.3	737 in the Stanley district working Route 6X.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 738	1997	10.3	738 seen in Stanley working Route 6 Stanley.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 738	1997	10.3	738 seen in Stanley working Route 6 Central.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 739	1997	10.3	739 seen in Stanley working Route 6X Central.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 739	1997	10.3	739 in the Stanley district working Route 6 Central.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 803	1995	12	803 seen departing Central Ferry Piers on Route 780.	8/07/2004
	Citybus 804	1995	12	804 seen on Nathan Road on Route 118 Siu Sha Wan wearing a full body ad. wrap.	8/10/2004
	Citybus 805	1995	12	805 on Causeway Bay Road working Route 8X.	7/06/2010
	Citybus 807	1995	12	807 on Causeway Bay Road working Route 8X.	7/06/2010
	Citybus 820	1995	12	820 on Causeway Bay Road working Route 10.	7/06/2010
	Citybus 821	1995	12	821 seen in the Mei Foo district working Route 102.	5/30/2007
	Citybus 821	1995	12	821 on Causeway Bay Road working Route 8X.	7/06/2010
	Citybus 822	1995	12	822 seen on Nathan Road on Route 118 Siu Sha Wan.	8/10/2004
	Citybus 826	1995	12	826 in the Mei Foo district working Route 788.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 827	1995	12	827 on Nathan Road working Route 102 Mei Foo.	7/06/2010
	Citybus 842	1995	12	842 seen at Central Ferry Piers working Route 788.	5/30/2007
	Citybus 843 Rear	1995	12	843 in the Shau Kei Wan district waiting for its next run.	7/02/2010
	Citybus 852	1996	12	852 seen at Central (Sheung Wan) about to depart on Route 788 Siu Sai Wan.	7/27/2004
	Citybus 852	1996	12	852 seen in the Central district.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 855	1995	12	855 in the Mei Foo district.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 857	1996	12	857 seen at the Central Ferry Piers working Route 780.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 857	1996	12	857 seen at Central Ferry Piers.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 859	1996	12	859 seen in the Mei Foo district working Route 102.	5/29/2007
	Citybus 862	1997	12	862 on Causeway Bay Road	7/06/2010
	Citybus 865	1997	12	865 on Causeway Bay Road	7/06/2010
	Citybus 867	1997	12	867 at Central Ferry Piers working Route 780.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 867	1997	12	867 on Causeway Bay Road working Route 8X.	7/06/2010
	Citybus 872	1997	12	872 seen on Des Voeux Road Central working Route 788.	7/28/2004
	Citybus 874	1997	12	874 seen working Route 102 in the Mei Foo district.	8/30/2005
	Citybus 874-2	1997	12	874 seen working Route 102 in the Mei Foo district.	5/30/2007
	Citybus 875	1997	12	875 in the Mei Foo district working Route 788.	7/04/2010
	Citybus 877	1997	12	877 at Macau Ferry Pier working Route 788.	7/05/2010

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