Tag: Guy Arab IV
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Oldham Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – NBU 508 – 408
Oldham Corporation1957Leyland Titan PD2/20Crossley H33/28R This picture shows Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Transport XTC 855 and Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport NBU 508 in Oldham’s Wallshaw Street Depot. The photograph shows the cast fleet number plate that was a feature of the Oldham fleet at that time.In this view 408s Coat of Arms is on the lower deck…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Guy Arab IV – PVH 991 – 191
Huddersfield Corporation1959Guy Arab IVEast Lancs H37/28R This bus looked very dated for its actual age if you think about it most Arab IVs had the “Birmingham tin fronts” as they were called which looked more modern. The Leyland Titan on the other hand could get away with the exposed radiator look probably because there was…
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Maidstone & District – Guy Arab IV – RKK 996 – DH 456
Copyright Ray Soper Maidstone & District1953Guy Arab IVWeymann H32/26R Seeing the pictures of Guy Arabs submitted by Andrew Charles and Chris Youhill reminded me of my own experience of these wonderful vehicles. This picture of Maidstone & District Guy Arab IV, (originally Chatham & District), is another fine example. It has much nostalgic value for…
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Tynemouth and District – Guy Arab – FT 9412 – 212
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Tynemouth and District1956Guy Arab IVPark Royal H35/28 Tynemouth and District had eight of these – FT 9408/15 – 208/15, but I’m not sure if they were in addition to, or part of the 28 ordered by Northern General Transport. Unlike the…
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Tynemouth and District – Guy Arab – FT 9005 – 205
Tynemouth and District1955Guy Arab IVWeymann H33/28R I’m not sure if these 1954, H33/28R Weymann Guy Arab IV’s were Aurora’s or Orion’s. Tynemouth and District had four; FT 7893/6 193/6; and when I started at Percy Main in 1967, they were the oldest D/D vehicles in service. This livery style was current when the vehicle was…
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Oldham Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – NBU 508 – 408
Oldham Corporation1957Leyland Titan PD2/20Crossley H33/28R This picture shows Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation Transport XTC 855 and Oldham Corporation Passenger Transport NBU 508 in Oldham’s Wallshaw Street Depot. The photograph shows the cast fleet number plate that was a feature of the Oldham fleet at that time.In this view 408s Coat of Arms is on the lower deck…
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PMT – Guy Arab IV – SVT 942 – H542
Potteries Motor Traction1953Guy Arab IVWeymann H32/26R These vehicles were ordered by Northern General and diverted to PMT. The destination blind boxes were quickly converted to PMT spec. A very poor bus in performance and ride quality having a Gardener 5cyl engine. Best part about them was light steering and in the summer you could drive…
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LUT – Guy Arab IV – 534 RTB – 43
Lancashire United Transport1961Guy Arab IV MCCW H41/32R 534 RTB is a Guy Arab IV from the Lancashire United fleet, once considered by many to be the biggest of the Independents. Regular contributor to this site Neville Mercer, among others, disagrees. It has a Metropolitan Cammell body, to the H73R layout, and was new in 1961. We…
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Exeter Corporation – Guy Arab – UFJ 297 – 57
Exeter Corporation1957Guy Arab IVPark Royal H31/26R Until 1956, Exeter Corporation’s only experience of the Gardner engine came with five Bristol GO5G buses of 1935. All had gone by 1948. Exeter did not accept any utility buses until 1944, but these were seven Daimler CWA6, and ten more of the same type followed in 1945. It…
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East Kent – Dennis Lancet – HJG 6
East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd.1954 – 1957Dennis Lancet UF – Guy Arab IVDuple C41C – Park Royal H33/28RD East Kent’s first foray into underfloor engined vehicles occurred in 1951 when six Leyland Royal Tigers with ornate but rather uncertainly styled Park Royal coach bodies arrived in 1951. In 1953 came two more Royal Tigers,…