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dutchman
 Post subject: Guy Arab "only surviving utility bus"?
PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:43 pm 
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According to this article in the Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatp ... ml?image=9

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A 1945 Guy Arab II G35, the only surviving example of a wartime "utility bus"


That can't be right surely?

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 Post subject: Re: Guy Arab "only surviving utility bus"?
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dutchman wrote:
According to this article in the Daily Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatp ... ml?image=9

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A 1945 Guy Arab II G35, the only surviving example of a wartime "utility bus"


That can't be right surely?

It's possible that it may be the only one that was not refurbished after the war.

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 Post subject: Re: Guy Arab "only surviving utility bus"?
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InnisRoad wrote:
It's possible that it may be the only one that was not refurbished after the war.


Thanks InnisRoad. It would be unusual (if not unique) for the Daily Telegraph to get a technical story correct!

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 Post subject: Re: Guy Arab "only surviving utility bus"?
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There are a small number of both Guy and Daimler utility buses preserved in original condition. From memory, one example is from Swindon, and a Midland Red one is awaiting restoration at Wythall. There is also a Daimler but apart from it being preserved in another operators livery I cannot recall details.
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 Post subject: Re: Guy Arab "only surviving utility bus"?
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There are several utility buses that survive in preservation. I think the article refers to the Guy (G351) being the only London example preserved.
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