Guy Motors

January 1920.

January 1920.

1924. See John Morris and Sons. Exhibit at the Black Country Living Museum.

September 1925.

March 1930.

January 1944.

March 1949.

1950.

September 1954.

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

General

• 1913/14 Sydney Slater Guy left Sunbeam where he was works manager to start his own company to produce commercial vehicles almost next door to Sunbeam.

• 1913 The first vehicle produced was a 30 cwt lorry with a 14.9 hp White and Poppe engine and three-speed gearbox

• 1913-1917 For a list of the models and prices of Petrol Motors see the 1917 Red Book

• 1914 Public company.

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

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

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

• 1926 Started production of 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.

• 1943 John Good appointed to the board.

• 1948 G. P. Roberts appointed to the board.

• 1948 The Sunbeam-Karrier business was purchased from the Brockhouse Group

• 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 retires. A. L. Blower is Chairman, Colonel M. rrett 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.

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

• 1978 Production ceased.

Buses

See Guy Motors: Buses

Cars

1919 March. Announcement that they intend to produce a touring car.

In 1919 they produced the Guy car, of which about 200 were produced, production ending in 1922.

Lorries

See Guy Motors: Lorries

See Also

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Sources of Information

• British Lorries 1900-1992 by S. W. Stevens-Stratten. Pub. Ian Allen Publishing
• Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris
• 1961 Guide to Key British Enterprises: Motor, Motor-Cycle and Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers
• 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
• Powered Vehicles made in the Black Country by Jim Boulton and Harold Parsons. Published 1990. ISBN 0 904015 30 0