Tag: Guy
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Edinburgh Corporation – Guy Arab II – JWS 594 – 314
Edinburgh Corporation1943Guy Arab IIDuple/Nudd H31/24R This unusual but nonetheless attractive-looking Guy Arab II was new in 1943 to London Transport as its G77 (GLL 577), and was originally fitted with utility bodywork by Park Royal. A Gardner 5LW engine provided the power. It was withdrawn from London service in 1952 and sold to Edinburgh C.T,…
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London Transport – Guy Arab II – HGC 130 – G351
London Transport1946Guy Arab II 5LWPark Royal H30/26R Here we have a Guy Arab II with a Park Royal H56R body, new to London Transport. This vehicle is part of the London Bus Preservation Trust collection, formerly at Cobham but now at Brooklands. Once more, we have a difference of information between Jenkinson and PSVC2012. Jenkinson…
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Premier Travel – Guy Arab II – CDR 750 – 110
Premier Travel (Cambridge)1944Guy Arab II 5LWRoe L27/28R By 1957, Premier Travel of Cambridge was looking to replace the remainder of its rather tired ex LPTB STLs and the second hand utility CWA6s from Huddersfield, Glasgow and Mansfield. It turned to the rugged Gardner 5LW powered Guy Arab II, choosing seven ex Southdown highbridge examples with…
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Highland Omnibuses – Guy Arab – HGC 147 – E8
Highland Omnibuses Ltd1945Guy Arab IIAlexander L27/26RD (1952) In July 1965 I did a tour of Scotland on a railrover – I think one week though it may have been two – the object of which was to cover as much of the existing passenger rail network as possible, many of the lines being threatened with…
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Birkenhead Corporation – Guy Arab II – BG 8557 – 242
Birkenhead Corporation1944Guy Arab IIMassey H31/28R From the mid 1920s up to the outbreak of WW2, Birkenhead Corporation had been a confirmed Leyland aficionado, specifying Massey bodywork for a significant proportion of the fleet since 1931. With the advent of WW2 and the utility bus era, Birkenhead was allocated the Guy Arab II, hitherto unknown in…
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Harper Bros – Guy Arab I – HWA 714 – 3
Copyright Ray Soper Harper Bros1943Guy Arab IPark Royal H56R rebodied Northern Coachbuilders 1954 This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free…
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Samuel Ledgard – Guy Arab I – JUA 762
Photographs by “unknown” if you took these photos please go to the copyright page. Samuel LedgardGuy Arab I1943Pickering H30/26RRe-bodied 1953 Roe H31/25R Much has been widely written about World War II utility bodywork and the appearance and durability of the various makes. Possibly the least numerous were the bodies by Pickering of Wishaw, the uppermost…
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East Midland – Guy Arab – GNN 136/437 – D36/7
Copyright R H G Simpson East Midland Motor Services1945Guy ArabRoe L27/28 At first glance, this pair are identical, but not so. See the differing sizes, and positioning, of the headlamps, and also the deeper edge of the canopy on D37 (far Vehicle).These were delivered in 1945, then rebodied by Roe in 1954. I cannot be…
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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,…
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LUT – Guy Arab III – KTJ 314 – 408
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Lancashire United Transport1949Guy Arab IIIRoe B32F Thanks to Spencer who I think should really be called Sherlock these three have been identified and are here from the “Do You Know” page.The one on the left is as the above specification. L.U.T.…