Albion ClydesdaleNote: You are free to adopt any text or photograph for non-moneymaking activities. You may set the photographs as the wallpaper in your PC. However, you are not allowed to post the text or photographs on the net without Anthony Lui's permission. The vertical front-engined Clydesdale was a very long life model of Albion. Production started in around 1955 and survived till 1985. This was a truck chassis, and many passenger variants have been derived. Clydesdales had large markets in Africa and Australia, and later Malaysia. Greece, Crete, Portugal, Barbados, the Philippines, Fiji, Jamaica, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and some other places also endorsed orders. Clydesdales are proven for its ability to travel on very poorly paved roads with minimal maintenance. In 1980, funded by the Government of Guangdong Province, the Moror Transport Company Guangdong and Hong Kong was founded. It provided services between Hong Kong and cities in Guangdong Province. 27 Clydesdales fitted with Singapore China Heng body composed the first buses in the fleet. These left-hand-drive buses have luxury features like 38 high back moquette seats, air conditioning and deep windows. In order to negotiate the steep ramps of ferries on tidal rivers, which were common en route between Hong Kong and Guangzhou at that time, four spring-loaded castor wheels were fitted at the rear to protect the body. Return to Albion Page created: 17 June 2003 |