After the successful trials of 4 BUSAF bodied Guy Victory-Js (G1-4), Kowloon Motor Bus ("KMB") introduced a new model - Leyland Victory Mk2 Series 2 (Leyland Victory-2) front-engined double-decker. The first of the buses was registered as BY 8415 in May 1979 and KMB allocated G5 as the fleet number. During 1979-83 there were totally 540 Leyland Victory-2s joint the fleet. They were purchased in four orders of 152, 125, 65 and 200 (2 re-sold to New Lantao Bus). All the buses were bodied by Walter Alexander, but there were slightly differences on their appearances among the 4 batches. The most significant difference was the height of the windscreen. The earlier batches received shallow windscreens, while the later buses were equiped with a deeper one. Among the Victory-2s, CM 3879 was an experimental air-conditioned bus originally installed with 2+2 high-back seats. The air-conditioned unit was then removed and the bus was re-installed with normal seats. KMB allocated G544 as the fleet number of the bus. Last Leyland Victory-2s were withdrawn from service on March 31, 1998. Some of them were converted to Training Buses. Please click on the photographs below for the enlarged version.

	G68 CB 5580 Route 46 Date: 1994/04/09
	G96 CC 5274 Route 4A Date: 1996/07/27
	G153 CG 550 Route 2C Date: 1995/05/30
	G171 CG 4564 Route 12 Date: 1996/12/12
	G201 CH 366 Route 8 Date: 1997/06/28
	G279 CK 8912 Route 36A Date: 1997/12/30
	G308 CM 3848 Route 46 Date: 1998/03/26
	G311 CM 4245 Route 70 Date: 1998/02/01
	G315 CM 4492 Route 70 Date: 1997/12/18
	G316 CM 4642 Route 70 Date: 1998/02/10
	G320 CM 4623 Route 12 Date: 1998/02/21
	G326 CM 5746 Route 8 Date: 1997/08/18
	G327 CM 5525 Route 38A Date: 1997/12/30
	G329 CM 5770 Route 87 Date: 1998/02/11
	G330 CM 5821 Route 46 Date: 1998/02/21
	G478 CW 5847 Route 31B Date: 1997/03/15
	G486 CW 7082 Route 8 Date: 1997/06/28
	G488 CX 445 Route 8 Date: 1997/03/05
	G529 CY 899 Route 72 Date: 1996/11/23
	G544 CM 3879 Route 33A Date: 1997/10/10

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