Guy Arab

Thumbnail image of the 1948 Guy Arab. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window. 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.

Thumbnail image of the 1957 Guy Arab. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.Thumbnail image of the 1957 Guy Arab. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window. Registration Number MFN 883, this Guy Arab IV has Park Royal H61RD bodywork 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

Thumbnail image of another 1957 Guy Arab. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window. Registration GFN 937, I believe this to be another Guy Arab IV with the same Park Royal H61RD bodywork.  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.

Thumbnail image of the Nairobi Guy Arab. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window.Thumbnail image of the Nairobi Guy Arab. Click here for a larger image that will open a new window. 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.