Guy Motors
From Graces Guide
Guy Motors Ltd produced Lorries and Trucks from 1918 to 1979 at Fallings Park, Wolverhampton.
- 1914 Sydney Slater Guy left the Sunbeam Motor Co where he was works manager to start his own company to produce commercial vehicles almost next door to Sunbeam
- 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 8ton loads
- 1956 The Warrior range introduced for 6-15tons and rigid or articulated.
- 1961 Guy was acquired by Jaguar
- 1968 Ownership passed to Leyland
- 1979 Production ceases
Sources of Information
British Lorries 1900-1992 by S. W. Stevens-Stratten. Pub. Ian Allen Publishing