Guy Motors LTD.

[Brooklands]

I had never heard of Guy Motors till I visited the AACA Museum in Hershey PA on Monday. They have a display of hood ornaments/mascots that has some that were new to me. Guy Motors, a builder of mostly buses and lorries it seems, had a mascot that surprised me for a British company.

 

[Basil]

I have never heard of them till now either.

 

[Brooklands]

I have put a small album of photos from the museum at https://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklands/albums/72157698168563905, and added a writeup of the museum in the members group here at https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcf/group.php?groupid=23

 

[DavidApp]

A first for me as well.
Are there any of their cars still around?

David

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Motors

 

[Steve]

Guy Motors were based in my hometown, Wolverhampton in the Midlands. Guy buses were a very common sight in that area when I was growing up. Wolverhampton was home to some pretty famous names, notably Sunbeam, Kieft, AJS, Norton, Villiers and Henry Meadows, where the Frisky was built. My father worked for Meadows, then Villiers, and ended up with Norton...

 

[DavidApp]

All the old names swallowed up and mostly gone. I had a Matchless 500 motorcycle at one time.

David

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchless