Guy Arab Profile and Models

Guy Arab

JOJ 548 in April 2014. ©Charles01

The Guy Arab was a bus chassis manufactured by Guy Motors. It was introduced in 1933 as a double deck chassis. In 1942, Guy launched a modified version with wartime constraints requiring components previously made of aluminium to be made from cast iron, increasing its weight by 20%. Over 2,700 were built during the war years. After the war, a single deck version was introduced, while the pre-war double deck version was reintroduced. It remained in production until the 1970s. Under development from 1948 and delivered from 1950, the ‘New Look’ variation, with Metro-Cammell bodywork, gained their nickname from fashion designer Christian Dior’s ‘New Look’ dresses of the late 1940s. The BCT ‘New Look’ had a radical impact on bus development in the 1950s, with variations of the front appearing all over the country in subsequent years. 

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Bus

Front engined double decker

Builder

Guy Motors

Build Dates

1933 to 1970s

Floor Type

High Floor

Decks

2

 

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