Guy Motors was a Wolverhampton vehicle maker founded by Sydney Guy in 1914 that built lorries, buses, trolleybuses and for a time cars until 1982. It began with a light 30 cwt lorry on a pressed steel frame and made aircraft engines and depth charge fuses in the First World War. A series of mergers made it part of Jaguar's group and then of British Leyland, where it was one of the few subsidiaries still operating at a profit, thanks to its Big J truck range, before the group closed it.
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Guy Motors was able to postpone closure, in part due to the success of its Big J range, because it was one of the few companies owned by British Leyland operating at a profit.
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Guy Motors was a Wolverhampton, England based vehicle manufacturer that produced buses, cars, trolleybuses and trucks from 1914 until 1982.
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Guy Motors was a Wolverhampton, England based vehicle manufacturer that produced buses, cars, trolleybuses and trucks from 1914 until 1982.
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Guy Motors was able to postpone closure, in part due to the success of its Big J range, because it was one of the few companies owned by British Leyland operating at a profit.
Has Vehicles: Guy Big J, History, decline of the company
Guy continued to be successful throughout the 1960s, with the development of the Victory trambus and the Big J series of trucks.
Has Vehicles: Guy Warrior, History, post-war years
Guy continued to develop new and very successful models of chassis, introducing updated versions of the Otter and Warrior models and the high performance Victory chassis.
Has Vehicles: Guy Otter, History, post-war years
Guy continued to update their old models, introducing a new version of the Otter chassis in 1950 for 30-seater vehicles and 84 were ordered by London Transport.
Has Vehicles: Guy Victory, History, decline of the company
Leyland ceased the production of Guy-badged buses in 1972, although Leyland-badged versions of the Guy Victory were produced at Wolverhampton and Leyland until 1986.
Has Vehicles: Guy Ant, History, 1930s
In 1935, Guy submitted their new four-wheel Guy Ant 15 cwt truck to military trials, where it impressed so much that 150 were ordered by the government.
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The Guy Arab was a bus chassis manufactured by Guy Motors.
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The Guy Lizard Armoured Command Vehicle was a British command vehicle built during Second World War.
Guy Wulfrunian (Wikipedia)
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The Guy Wulfrunian was a British front-engined double-decker bus chassis produced by Guy Motors from 1959 until its discontinuation in 1965.
Guy armoured car (Wikipedia)
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In 1938, Guy Motors built five Guy Quad armoured car prototypes
Grace's Guide to British Industrial History: Guy Motors: Lorries
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Wolf (1933- ) 2-ton
Has Vehicles: Guy Vixen, List of Models
Vixen (1933- ) 3/4-ton
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