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Guy Motors

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January 1920.
January 1920.
1924. See John Morris and Sons. Exhibit at the Black Country Living Museum.
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 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 Sydney S. Guy is Chairman and MD.
  • 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'
  • 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
  • 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. [5]

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

Lorries

See Guy Motors: Lorries

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 Autocar of 29th March 1919 p431
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