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Guy Motors was a Wolverhampton, England based vehicle manufacturer that produced buses, cars, trolleybuses and trucks from 1914 until 1982. Sydney Guy registered the company on 30 May 1914, the day he left his post as works manager at Sunbeam, and had a lightweight pressed steel frame 30 cwt lorry in production by September 1914. During the First World War it came under the Ministry of Munitions and also made aircraft engines and depth charge fuses. In 1919 it built Britain first V8 engine in a luxury car, and the firm went on to build the Arab bus chassis and, in 1959, the Wulfrunian double-decker bus.

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Founded Year
1914 1
Listing
Unlisted 1
Status
Defunct 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1982 1
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Manufacturer 1
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Source Guy Motors (Wikipedia)History, 1930s
Quote, 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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Source Guy Arab (Wikipedia)Lead, body style
Quote, Lead, body style
The Guy Arab was a bus chassis manufactured by Guy Motors.

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Source Guy armoured car (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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In 1938, Guy Motors built five Guy Quad armoured car prototypes

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Source Guy Motors (Wikipedia)History, decline of the company
Quote, 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.

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Source Guy Lizard (Wikipedia)Lead
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In May and June 1940, the Headquarters 1st Armoured Division with the British Expeditionary Force in France were mounted in mild steel prototype and wooden mock-up armoured command vehicles, but later in the year the first armoured steel armoured command vehicles were produced by Guy Motors on their Lizard 4x4 chassis.

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Source Guy Motors (Wikipedia)History, post-war years
Quote, 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.

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Source Guy Motors (Wikipedia)History, decline of the company
Quote, 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.

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Source Grace's Guide to British Industrial History: Guy Motors: LorriesCompany history, 1934 Vixen
Quote, Company history, 1934 Vixen
1934 Introduced the Vixen 3/4 ton model.

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Source Guy Motors (Wikipedia)History, post-war years
Quote, 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.

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Source Grace's Guide to British Industrial History: Guy Motors: LorriesCompany history, 1933 Wolf
Quote, Company history, 1933 Wolf
1933 Introduced the Wolf 2 ton model.

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Source Guy Wulfrunian (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
The Guy Wulfrunian was a British front-engined double-decker bus chassis produced by Guy Motors from 1959 until its discontinuation in 1965.

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Source Guy Motors (Wikipedia)History
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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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    Sydney Guy registered Guy Motors Limited on 30 May 1914, the same day he departed his position as works manager at Sunbeam.
  • Lead, dissolved year
    Guy Motors was a Wolverhampton, England based vehicle manufacturer that produced buses, cars, trolleybuses and trucks from 1914 until 1982.
  • History
    Guy Motors was a Wolverhampton, England based vehicle manufacturer that produced buses, cars, trolleybuses and trucks from 1914 until 1982.
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