Registration Number FCR 196 is a 1948 Guy Arab, with Gardner 6LW engine and Park
Royal H56R bodywork. It was fleet number 106 with Southampton Corporation.
Registration Number FCR 196 is a 1948 Guy Arab, with Gardner 6LW engine and Park
Royal H56R bodywork. It was fleet number 106 with Southampton Corporation.
Here are PRV bodied Guy Arab III vehicles that were purchased to replace trams in Southampton. Delivered in batches from 1948 onwards these vehicles (Fleet Nos. 64 & 71) are of the last batch delivered around 1954 and almost identical to the earlier buses. Still owned by Southampton City Council, these buses are in the care of the Southampton & District Transport Heritage Trust (S&DTHT).
Pictured here by Matthew Saunders
of the (S&DTHT) is No.64 (FTR511). Now converted to an open top along
with its companion vehicle Fleet No. 67, it is used for sightseeing tours.
Pictured here by Terry Knappett of
the (S&DTHT) is No.71 (LOW217). New in 1954 this bus was never fitted with
the familiar Guy emblem of the American Indians Head & Headdress.
Registration Number MFN 883, this Guy Arab IV has Park Royal H61RD bodywork
(Body Nos. 39148-172) belonging to the East Kent Road Car Company Ltd. This vehicle was
the first of its batch of 25 similar vehicles delivered in 1957 to East
Kent. Fleet Numbers were not used by East Kent.
Information courtesy of Roger Hardy
Registration GFN 937, I believe this to be another Guy Arab IV with the same Park Royal H61RD
bodywork (Body No. 35953).
With a slightly different door handle and rear lights arrangement this vehicle,
destined for East Kent, has the Guy Motors emblem missing from the wheel hubs.
PRV Body Nos. B40059-081; this is another Guy Arab IV destined for Kenya Bus Services Nairobi. With an unladen
weight of 16856lbs (7.5 tons), it was licensed to carry 70 passengers at a
maximum speed of 25mph. In this photograph the familiar emblem of Guy
motors (an American Indian Chief with full feathered headdress) can be seen
adorning the front air intake.