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Showing posts with label Guy Wolf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guy Wolf. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 August 2015

Guy Wolf

This single deck bus was amongst the entrants in the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1998.
It's a 1950 Guy Wolf with a 20 seat Ormac body. The programme of the event had this to say this about the bus:

Guy Wolf/Ormac      1950                                                          SB 8155
Entered by           Mr A. Niblett, Erdington, Birmingham
New to Alexander MacConnacher of Ballachulish, Scotland this vehicle spent all its working life with them being used mainly on a triangular tour service to Loch Etive Head and return, a trip of approximately 54 miles. Withdrawn and sold for preservation in 1970 the vehicle passed through several owners hands losing its engine  to a Llandudno bus in the process, It passed to the present owners in 1981.

There's an interesting website about Guy Motors, though it doesn't appear to mention the Guy Wolf.

Monday, 14 April 2014

Llandudno Marine Drive Tour Buses

The photographs below, taken in Heaton Park, Manchester, are of two buses which took part in the Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally run by the Greater Manchester Transport Society in September 1993. The buses were owned by Llandudno UDC and mainly used for the 5 mile tour round the Great Orme. Neither of the buses is listed in the programme of the event and were presumably late entries.

This is a 1938 Guy Wolf with Waveney bodywork
This one's a 1954 Guy Otter with Roe bodywork

They use of small vehicles on this service was necessary because the Marine Drive round the Great Orme is a narrow and winding road.

You can see daily photographs of the Great Orme and other parts of Llandudno on the Llandudno Daily Pictures blog.