1944 Guy Arab II Utility Strachan’s
1944 Guy Arab II in Brighton Rock, Movie, 1947
Class: Bus, Double-deck — Model origin: 
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◊ 2011-04-17 14:34 |
The criminal element. |
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◊ 2011-04-17 14:48 |
Southdown-operated bus - local to Brighton. |
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◊ 2011-04-17 17:28 |
Guy Arab II, with Utility body (by Park Royal?). |
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◊ 2011-04-17 17:59 |
Who remembers Alan Wheatley as the Sheriff of Nottingham in the Richard Greene Robin Hood series, and even better Patricia Driscoll as Maid Marian? The bus is certainly an Arab 2, because of the extended "snout" to allow for the fitting of the Gardner 6 cylinder engine, which was longer than the five cylinder. Utility bodywork was made by quite a few coachbuilders by the end of the war, but Park Royal is a good shout. |
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◊ 2011-04-17 18:23 |
Southdown Guy Arab utilities were bodied by the following firms: - Northern Counties Weymann Park Royal Strachans Take your pick! |
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◊ 2015-07-16 18:26 |
This seems almost certainly to be Southdown No 406 (GCD692---a number intended originally to be allocated to a Leyland TD7 which was cancelled or diverted from Southdown in connection with the war, presumably the No 292 which never was in the fleet-numbering series). It was supplied in May 1944 with the 56 seat highbridge body seen here by Strachan, who produced particularly angular renderings of the Ministry of Supply's utility specification. In fact they supplied bodies for six Southdown Guys (Nos 402 to 407), with a number of slight variations. In this case, as with some of the others, one could almost have cut paper with the top corner of the roof at the back. In September 1951 the body was discarded for one by East Lancs from retired Leyland TD2 No 952, and like so much else ended up in Light's scrapyard in Southerham chalkpit, Lewes. At that time it had the postwar all-over cream roof. (With acknowledgement for some of this information to www.classicbuses.co.uk.) |
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◊ 2016-05-15 20:22 |
Like Nicipopolos mentioned, this is a 1944 model. |
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◊ 2023-09-17 14:24 |
The body shown, in 1947 of course, is by Strachan’s. This bus was rebodied by East Lancs in 1951, all as mentioned above. The Ministry of Supply was the authority responsible for the allocation of buses during WW2, and the bus companies, Southdown included, were grateful for anything that turned up. That said, anything, for much of the war, was on a Guy Arab chassis as they were the nominated suppliers, just as Bedford were for single deck buses. Iirc, Strachan’s built to a more or less standard design on Park Royal frames. -- Last edit: 2023-09-17 14:27:46 |
