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'''Guy Motors Ltd''' produced [[Lorries and Trucks|Lorries]] and Buses from 1918 to 1979 | '''Guy Motors Ltd''' of Fallings Park, Wolverhampton produced [[Lorries and Trucks|Lorries]] and Buses from 1918 to 1979 | ||
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* | * 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 | ||
* 1961 '''Guy''' was acquired by [[Jaguar]] | * 1961 '''Guy''' was acquired by [[Jaguar]] | ||
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* Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris | * Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris | ||
* [[The Autocar]] of 29th March 1919 p431 | * [[The Autocar]] of 29th March 1919 p431 | ||
* [[1961 Guide to Key British Enterprises: Motor, Motor-Cycle and Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers]] | |||
Revision as of 12:32, 12 January 2008
Guy Motors Ltd of Fallings Park, Wolverhampton produced Lorries and Buses 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
- 1961 Guy was acquired by Jaguar
- 1968 Ownership passed to Leyland
- 1979 Production ceases
Lorries
- WW1 War time manufacture
- 1920 Manufacture commenced with 25cwt J-type lorries and later 7-12ton payload
- 1922 Produced an articulated lorry
- 1933 Introduced the Wolf 2ton model
- 1934 Introduced the Vixen 3/4ton model
- 1934 The famous radiatior cap with the Red Indian head and the slogan 'Feathers in our Cap' first appeared
- WW2 Government ordered large numbers of the 4x4 tractors for war use.
- 1947 Civilian production restarted
- 1952 New all-steel cab introduced
- 1953 Big Otter produced for 8-ton loads
- 1956 The Warrior range introduced for 6-15tons and rigid or articulated.
Buses
- 1924 They produced a drop-frame chassis with a normal-control layout.
- 1926 They offered a six-wheeler seating 60 passengers, pneumatic tyres and normal control.
- 1927 A forward-control six-wheeler double-decker followed, the first model went to the London Public Omnibus Co
- 1927 Guy produced their own six-cylinder engine with inclined sides valves.
- 1928 Improved versions of these made, and single and double-deck four wheel models were introduced. These were later named Conquest for the single deck and Invincible for the double
- Invincible and Conquest were the first British chassis specifically designed for Gardner oil engines.
- Sales of these models were low and by the middle of the 1930's had disappeared completely.
- WW2 Guy went back into making the big buses as the Government were urgently requiring simple and reliable buses to help carry workers to war factories.
- Guy redesigned the 1933 Arab the prototype was completed in 1942 and Swindon Corporation was the first to operate this model.
- 1944 2,000 Arab chassis had been completed they proved reliable and long-lived.
- 1946 Guy's first postwar model was the Arab III, this model was available as a single and double-decker.
- 1950 the Arab IV was produced, they had concealed radiators.
- 1959 the 'Wulfrunian was launched it had a Gardner 6LX engine.
- 1960 to 1965 West Riding bought 127 Wulfrunian models.
- 1969 Guy owned British Leyland and was still in the export market.
- 1982 production moved to Leyland.
Cars
- 1919 March. Announcement that they intend to produce a touring car
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
- The Autocar of 29th March 1919 p431
- 1961 Guide to Key British Enterprises: Motor, Motor-Cycle and Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers