fryske:
As this thread is slipping down the page - here’s snap taken on Saturday - still missing a couple of cylinders I’m afraid!
Well known Guy Big J B101SFK - nice and easy to drive - steady and happy at 50mph but will ease itself up to 55 if required.
Fitted with a Gardner 180 and Fuller 9 speed. No power steering required - just a steering wheel the size of a dustbin lid - no probs!
Built in 1978 and bought by Fordhouses Transport who never actually used it but put it into storage. Cost in 1978 was £11,000, I think.
Fordhouses subsequently ceased trading and the Guy was bought by Thomas Ingles Transport of Wolverhampton. They registered the truck in 1985 (hence the “B” plate), fitted the sleeper conversion, and used it until 1989 when they too ceased trading.
There was also a “Truck and Driver” feature on the lorry in September 1986. The driver of the lorry had previously been driving a Scania 111 - one wonders how much he must’ve annoyed the boss to have been put in this lorry!!
The next owner was Jim Horn who restored and used the lorry in his business until 1992 when it was bought by Richard Stanier.
Hiya …Steve i thought you’d found one…I’ve just come down this page like a wirlwind…
Never mind some other time perhaps…Kelsall rally this weekend lads usually a good turn out
its Geoff Newsome’s farm so he has about 10 of his motor’s to start with
John
fryske:
As this thread is slipping down the page - here’s snap taken on Saturday - still missing a couple of cylinders I’m afraid!
Well known Guy Big J B101SFK - nice and easy to drive - steady and happy at 50mph but will ease itself up to 55 if required.
Fitted with a Gardner 180 and Fuller 9 speed. No power steering required - just a steering wheel the size of a dustbin lid - no probs!
Built in 1978 and bought by Fordhouses Transport who never actually used it but put it into storage. Cost in 1978 was £11,000, I think.
Fordhouses subsequently ceased trading and the Guy was bought by Thomas Ingles Transport of Wolverhampton. They registered the truck in 1985 (hence the “B” plate), fitted the sleeper conversion, and used it until 1989 when they too ceased trading.
There was also a “Truck and Driver” feature on the lorry in September 1986. The driver of the lorry had previously been driving a Scania 111 - one wonders how much he must’ve annoyed the boss to have been put in this lorry!!
The next owner was Jim Horn who restored and used the lorry in his business until 1992 when it was bought by Richard Stanier.
I bought my last new Big J in Jan '77 and £9500 springs to mind they had obviously increased a bit in price by the end then! Cheers Dennis.
fryske:
As this thread is slipping down the page - here’s snap taken on Saturday - still missing a couple of cylinders I’m afraid!
Well known Guy Big J B101SFK - nice and easy to drive - steady and happy at 50mph but will ease itself up to 55 if required.
Fitted with a Gardner 180 and Fuller 9 speed. No power steering required - just a steering wheel the size of a dustbin lid - no probs!
Built in 1978 and bought by Fordhouses Transport who never actually used it but put it into storage. Cost in 1978 was £11,000, I think.
Fordhouses subsequently ceased trading and the Guy was bought by Thomas Ingles Transport of Wolverhampton. They registered the truck in 1985 (hence the “B” plate), fitted the sleeper conversion, and used it until 1989 when they too ceased trading.
There was also a “Truck and Driver” feature on the lorry in September 1986. The driver of the lorry had previously been driving a Scania 111 - one wonders how much he must’ve annoyed the boss to have been put in this lorry!!
The next owner was Jim Horn who restored and used the lorry in his business until 1992 when it was bought by Richard Stanier.
I bought my last new Big J in Jan '77 and £9500 springs to mind they had obviously increased a bit in price by the end then! Cheers Dennis.
Inflation was pretty wild at that time, wasn’t it?
fryske:
As this thread is slipping down the page - here’s snap taken on Saturday - still missing a couple of cylinders I’m afraid!
Well known Guy Big J B101SFK - nice and easy to drive - steady and happy at 50mph but will ease itself up to 55 if required.
Fitted with a Gardner 180 and Fuller 9 speed. No power steering required - just a steering wheel the size of a dustbin lid - no probs!
Built in 1978 and bought by Fordhouses Transport who never actually used it but put it into storage. Cost in 1978 was £11,000, I think.
Fordhouses subsequently ceased trading and the Guy was bought by Thomas Ingles Transport of Wolverhampton. They registered the truck in 1985 (hence the “B” plate), fitted the sleeper conversion, and used it until 1989 when they too ceased trading.
There was also a “Truck and Driver” feature on the lorry in September 1986. The driver of the lorry had previously been driving a Scania 111 - one wonders how much he must’ve annoyed the boss to have been put in this lorry!!
The next owner was Jim Horn who restored and used the lorry in his business until 1992 when it was bought by Richard Stanier.
Hiya …Steve i thought you’d found one…I’ve just come down this page like a wirlwind…
Never mind some other time perhaps…Kelsall rally this weekend lads usually a good turn out
its Geoff Newsome’s farm so he has about 10 of his motor’s to start with
John
fryske:
As this thread is slipping down the page - here’s snap taken on Saturday - still missing a couple of cylinders I’m afraid!
Well known Guy Big J B101SFK - nice and easy to drive - steady and happy at 50mph but will ease itself up to 55 if required.
Fitted with a Gardner 180 and Fuller 9 speed. No power steering required - just a steering wheel the size of a dustbin lid - no probs!
Built in 1978 and bought by Fordhouses Transport who never actually used it but put it into storage. Cost in 1978 was £11,000, I think.
Fordhouses subsequently ceased trading and the Guy was bought by Thomas Ingles Transport of Wolverhampton. They registered the truck in 1985 (hence the “B” plate), fitted the sleeper conversion, and used it until 1989 when they too ceased trading.
There was also a “Truck and Driver” feature on the lorry in September 1986. The driver of the lorry had previously been driving a Scania 111 - one wonders how much he must’ve annoyed the boss to have been put in this lorry!!
The next owner was Jim Horn who restored and used the lorry in his business until 1992 when it was bought by Richard Stanier.
I bought my last new Big J in Jan '77 and £9500 springs to mind they had obviously increased a bit in price by the end then! Cheers Dennis.
fryske:
As this thread is slipping down the page - here’s snap taken on Saturday - still missing a couple of cylinders I’m afraid!
Well known Guy Big J B101SFK - nice and easy to drive - steady and happy at 50mph but will ease itself up to 55 if required.
Fitted with a Gardner 180 and Fuller 9 speed. No power steering required - just a steering wheel the size of a dustbin lid - no probs!
Built in 1978 and bought by Fordhouses Transport who never actually used it but put it into storage. Cost in 1978 was £11,000, I think.
Fordhouses subsequently ceased trading and the Guy was bought by Thomas Ingles Transport of Wolverhampton. They registered the truck in 1985 (hence the “B” plate), fitted the sleeper conversion, and used it until 1989 when they too ceased trading.
There was also a “Truck and Driver” feature on the lorry in September 1986. The driver of the lorry had previously been driving a Scania 111 - one wonders how much he must’ve annoyed the boss to have been put in this lorry!!
The next owner was Jim Horn who restored and used the lorry in his business until 1992 when it was bought by Richard Stanier.
I bought my last new Big J in Jan '77 and £9500 springs to mind they had obviously increased a bit in price by the end then! Cheers Dennis.
Was that ■■■■■■■ 220 powered then?
The very last batch of tractor units were all Gardner powered I believe.
fryske:
As this thread is slipping down the page - here’s snap taken on Saturday - still missing a couple of cylinders I’m afraid!
Well known Guy Big J B101SFK - nice and easy to drive - steady and happy at 50mph but will ease itself up to 55 if required.
Fitted with a Gardner 180 and Fuller 9 speed. No power steering required - just a steering wheel the size of a dustbin lid - no probs!
Built in 1978 and bought by Fordhouses Transport who never actually used it but put it into storage. Cost in 1978 was £11,000, I think.
Fordhouses subsequently ceased trading and the Guy was bought by Thomas Ingles Transport of Wolverhampton. They registered the truck in 1985 (hence the “B” plate), fitted the sleeper conversion, and used it until 1989 when they too ceased trading.
There was also a “Truck and Driver” feature on the lorry in September 1986. The driver of the lorry had previously been driving a Scania 111 - one wonders how much he must’ve annoyed the boss to have been put in this lorry!!
The next owner was Jim Horn who restored and used the lorry in his business until 1992 when it was bought by Richard Stanier.
I bought my last new Big J in Jan '77 and £9500 springs to mind they had obviously increased a bit in price by the end then! Cheers Dennis.
Was that ■■■■■■■ 220 powered then?
The very last batch of tractor units were all Gardner powered I believe.
How many cylinders do you reckon they had Steve ?
Cheers Dave.
Hiya Steve…the show is Saturday and Sunday…if anyone is comeing the show is at the side of the A556
at the bottom of the steep Kelsall bypass not in village where it used to be…its given a dry weekend lets
hope they’re right for once.It may be 1000 engine’s at Chelford so there may be some compertition but
i think the 1000 engines is moor of a put put milking machines and tractors with less lorries
John
fryske:
As this thread is slipping down the page - here’s snap taken on Saturday - still missing a couple of cylinders I’m afraid!
Well known Guy Big J B101SFK - nice and easy to drive - steady and happy at 50mph but will ease itself up to 55 if required.
Fitted with a Gardner 180 and Fuller 9 speed. No power steering required - just a steering wheel the size of a dustbin lid - no probs!
Built in 1978 and bought by Fordhouses Transport who never actually used it but put it into storage. Cost in 1978 was £11,000, I think.
Fordhouses subsequently ceased trading and the Guy was bought by Thomas Ingles Transport of Wolverhampton. They registered the truck in 1985 (hence the “B” plate), fitted the sleeper conversion, and used it until 1989 when they too ceased trading.
There was also a “Truck and Driver” feature on the lorry in September 1986. The driver of the lorry had previously been driving a Scania 111 - one wonders how much he must’ve annoyed the boss to have been put in this lorry!!
The next owner was Jim Horn who restored and used the lorry in his business until 1992 when it was bought by Richard Stanier.
I bought my last new Big J in Jan '77 and £9500 springs to mind they had obviously increased a bit in price by the end then! Cheers Dennis.
Was that ■■■■■■■ 220 powered then?
The very last batch of tractor units were all Gardner powered I believe.
How many cylinders do you reckon they had Steve ?
Cheers Dave.
Well - given the amount of metal thefts occuring around here (Black Country) at the moment - they would’ve probably only been twin cylinders by the time they made it out of Wolves…
3300John:
Hiya Steve…the show is Saturday and Sunday…if anyone is comeing the show is at the side of the A556
at the bottom of the steep Kelsall bypass not in village where it used to be…its given a dry weekend lets
hope they’re right for once.It may be 1000 engine’s at Chelford so there may be some compertition but
i think the 1000 engines is moor of a put put milking machines and tractors with less lorries
John
Might have a look on Sunday if it’s dryer than Gaydon!
3300John:
Hiya Steve…the show is Saturday and Sunday…if anyone is comeing the show is at the side of the A556
at the bottom of the steep Kelsall bypass not in village where it used to be…its given a dry weekend lets
hope they’re right for once.It may be 1000 engine’s at Chelford so there may be some compertition but
i think the 1000 engines is moor of a put put milking machines and tractors with less lorries
John
Might have a look on Sunday if it’s dryer than Gaydon!
Would have liked to have gone to that one John , Its only 50 mins away but I’m off to Germany this weekend to a Honda bike rally ,hope there’s some sunshine !
3300John:
Hiya Steve…the show is Saturday and Sunday…if anyone is comeing the show is at the side of the A556
at the bottom of the steep Kelsall bypass not in village where it used to be…its given a dry weekend lets
hope they’re right for once.It may be 1000 engine’s at Chelford so there may be some compertition but
i think the 1000 engines is moor of a put put milking machines and tractors with less lorries
John
Might have a look on Sunday if it’s dryer than Gaydon!
Would have liked to have gone to that one John , Its only 50 mins away but I’m off to Germany this weekend to a Honda bike rally ,hope there’s some sunshine !
Trev - did I read on here somewhere that you worked at Thomas Ingles when they had this Guy?>
Hi Fryske,
At one time I ran the garage at Thomas Ingles, they had mainly Scania’s when I was there but when the work dried up from Thompsons I guess the Guy was seen as a cheap replacement, most of their work was for the motor industry so the writing was on the wall.
Trev_H:
Hi Fryske,
At one time I ran the garage at Thomas Ingles, they had mainly Scania’s when I was there but when the work dried up from Thompsons I guess the Guy was seen as a cheap replacement, most of their work was for the motor industry so the writing was on the wall.
Isn’t it a scaffold yard now? Near Johnson’s place?
Trev_H:
Hi Fryske,
At one time I ran the garage at Thomas Ingles, they had mainly Scania’s when I was there but when the work dried up from Thompsons I guess the Guy was seen as a cheap replacement, most of their work was for the motor industry so the writing was on the wall.
Isn’t it a scaffold yard now? Near Johnson’s place?
I think so but I haven’t been past there for a while, my old man was a stable boy for them when they still used horse and carts in the works in the 30’s , They were really nice people to work for, always had a good craic there.
Hi, new to the forum and just browsing through the topics, a lot of good info here. With regard to the Guy Big J 8LXB tractor, i enclose a scan from the program for the motor show at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow which lists a Big J with 8LXB engine option on the Guy stand.
Rank Bajin:
Hi, new to the forum and just browsing through the topics, a lot of good info here. With regard to the Guy Big J 8LXB tractor, i enclose a scan from the program for the motor show at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow which lists a Big J with 8LXB engine option on the Guy stand.0
Well done Rank,there are a few that doubt the fact that the Big J with the 8LXB existed.So it will be interesting to see what they have to say now.Good to have you on the forum.
Cheers Dave.
Rank Bajin:
Hi, new to the forum and just browsing through the topics, a lot of good info here. With regard to the Guy Big J 8LXB tractor, i enclose a scan from the program for the motor show at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow which lists a Big J with 8LXB engine option on the Guy stand.0
Well done Rank,there are a few that doubt the fact that the Big J with the 8LXB existed.So it will be interesting to see what they have to say now.Good to have you on the forum.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave it was only a show motor option there was none produced for general use according to a friend who did spend time on the production line at Guy Motors in his role as a BRS technician.
thanks harry long retired.
Rank Bajin:
Hi, new to the forum and just browsing through the topics, a lot of good info here. With regard to the Guy Big J 8LXB tractor, i enclose a scan from the program for the motor show at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow which lists a Big J with 8LXB engine option on the Guy stand.0
Well done Rank,there are a few that doubt the fact that the Big J with the 8LXB existed.So it will be interesting to see what they have to say now.Good to have you on the forum.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave it was only a show motor option there was none produced for general use according to a friend who did spend time on the production line at Guy Motors in his role as a BRS technician.
thanks harry long retired.
What year do you think that would have been “H”? I’d guess '73 and if you could have ordered one(which ,like you, I have severe doubts) £6875 was a lowish price for a 8LXB motor at the time,so maybe Leyland were just taking the ■■■■!! Well everbody got “■■■■■■■ at the Glasgow show so the Guy would just be a bad dream when everyone sobered up a day or two after!!Cheers Dennis.
Rank Bajin:
Hi, new to the forum and just browsing through the topics, a lot of good info here. With regard to the Guy Big J 8LXB tractor, i enclose a scan from the program for the motor show at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow which lists a Big J with 8LXB engine option on the Guy stand.0
Well done Rank,there are a few that doubt the fact that the Big J with the 8LXB existed.So it will be interesting to see what they have to say now.Good to have you on the forum.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave it was only a show motor option there was none produced for general use according to a friend who did spend time on the production line at Guy Motors in his role as a BRS technician.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi Harry,
There were only 40 made.M A Evans had one which started in Scotland with an oil company.They bought it when it was six months old off Chaddesley Commercials from Kidderminster.Smiths of Maddiston had the other 39 which ties in with the fact that there was one at the Kelvin Hall.
Cheers Dave.
, Its only 50 mins away but I’m off to Germany this weekend to a Honda bike rally 
,hope there’s some sunshine !
, They were really nice people to work for, always had a good craic there. 
