The largest class of wartime buses in London. The basic
design was that of the pre-war Guy "Arab" four-wheel forward control chassis,
with normal clutch and transmission and five cylinder Gardner diesel engine rated at 36.5
h.p., but with all chassis refinements eliminated, and the use of aluminium and elektron
alloys strictly prohibited. The first of the G class appeared from Tottenham (AR) garage
in the autumn of 1942. Bodies were of the wartime standard pattern. In all but the first
71 vehicles, the radiator projected five inches in front of the drivers dash.
In January 1950, G436 was added to the fleet as a demonstrator, with the standard Guy
postwar provincial chassis and body, Meadows 10.35 litre, 130 bhp engine and fluid
flywheel transmission.
Coachwork:
G1 to 31, 51 to 136, 150, 206 to 218, 319 to 357, 431 to 435 - Park Royal Coachworks.
G32 to 42, 44 to 50, 137, 138, 369 to 430 -- Metro Cammell Weymann.
G43 -- Duple Motor Bodies Ltd.
G139 to 149, 151 to 153, 194 to 205 -- Northern Coach Builders Ltd.
G154 to 173, 219 to 257, to 69 to 311 -- Northern Counties Motor Body Building and
Engineering Co.
G174 to 193, 258 to 268, 312 to 318, 358 to 368 -- Massey Brothers.
G436 -- body built under Park Royal licence.
More details about the
G Class
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