Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 1154342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,677 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Guy Motors

From Graces Guide
(Redirected from Guy)
January 1920.
January 1920.
March 1922. Body designed and build in Sydney, Australia.
1924. See John Morris and Sons. Exhibit at the Black Country Living Museum.
September 1925.
March 1930.
1943.
January 1944.
March 1945.
January 1948.
March 1949.
1950.
1950.
September 1954.

Guy Motors Ltd of Fallings Park, Wolverhampton produced commercial vehicles from 1918 to 1979.

See Sub-sections -

1914 Sydney Slater Guy left Sunbeam, where he was works manager, to start his own company to produce commercial vehicles almost next door to Sunbeam.

The first vehicle produced was a 30 cwt lorry with a 14.9 hp White and Poppe engine and three-speed gearbox

1914 Public company.

WWI During the war production of lorries continued with some production of ABC aero engines

1915-1917 For a list of the models and prices of Petrol Motor Commercial Vehicles see the 1917 Red Book

1919 New capital issue. Directors are: J. A. Jordan (Chairman), Sydney S. Guy (MD) and T. S. Hooper. [1].

1919 Introduced a luxury car with a V8 engine but after some 200 were produced it ceased production in 1922

1922 Introduced a heavy-duty six-wheeler and a 3-ton electric truck

1925 Introduced the first military cross-country vehicle with three-axles and four-wheel drive.

1926 Started production of the first six-wheeled double-decked bus and trolley buses based on six wheels and a double-decker with an engine by Rees Roturbo

1928 Purchased Star Engineering Co by an exchange of shares

1928 Sydney S. Guy is Chairman and MD.

1938 Sydney S. Guy is Chairman. W. E. Bullock appointed to board. [2]

1939 Introduced a four-wheeled rear-engine driven all-welded armoured car in bulletproof plate.

1943 John Good appointed to the board. [3]

1948 G. P. Roberts appointed to the board. [4]

1948 Park Royal Vehicles had arranged to supply technical information to the company who were manufacturing double-decker bodywork at Wolverhampton to Park Royal's designs[5]

1948 Guy Motors acquired Sunbeam Trolley Bus Co from J. Brockhouse and Co except for the tools section which Brockhouse retained[6], making this the largest trolleybus business in the country.

1954 Introduced the 'Big Otter' with either a Gardner's or Meadows engine

1954 Introduced the 'Goliath' range at the end of the year but the name was later changed to 'Invincible'

1957 Sydney S. Guy retired. A. L. Blower is Chairman, Colonel Merrett is MD, Trevor Guy and Robin Guy are directors.

1958 'Invincible Mk 2' introduced

1959 At the show they had the new 'Victory'

1959 The 'Wulfrunin' double-decker bus introduced

1961 The company was acquired by Jaguar who immediately sacked Robin and Trevor Guy.

1961 Manufacturers of commercial vehicles, motor omnibuses and electric trolleybuses.

1964 The 'Otter', 'Invincible' and 'Warrior' dropped and the 'Big J' introduced

1968 Ownership passed to Leyland Motors.

1975 Announced that all vehicle production at Wolverhampton to be phased out and only components to continue

1982 Production ceased.

See Also

Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, Saturday, Feb 01, 1919
  2. ↑ The Times, Thursday, Nov 24, 1938
  3. ↑ The Times, Thursday, Dec 16, 1943
  4. ↑ The Times, Friday, Jan 16, 1948
  5. ↑ The Times, Feb 25, 1948
  6. ↑ The Times, Oct 01, 1948
Retrieved from "https://gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Guy_Motors&oldid=1193803"
Privacy policy Disclaimers About Grace’s Guide Contact Grace’s Guide

Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright © 2025 by Grace's Guide Ltd. The text of this web site is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 

MW1.43