Guy Vixen

Guy Vixen in Reach for the Sky, Movie, 1956

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
sixcyl 2008-05-04 23:52
chris40 2008-05-05 10:03	This one is weird; I thought at first glance it was a Guy Vixen, but the radiator and wheels are all wrong. The only thing I can think of that it might be is a forward-control conversion of a pre-war W-series Bedford, possibly to increase available load space
john from Staffs 2008-05-05 10:57	It is a Guy, the radiator is of the earlier design with no central strip and I think it may well be a Vixen as I have a protograph showing similar wheels.
chris40 2008-05-05 11:42	Thanks, jfS. I don't remember ever seeing a Guy with this radiator. Oh, the dear dead days when you didn't have to have headlights if you didn't use the vehicle at night ...
sixcyl 2008-05-05 18:47	I new Women Vixen (Super, Mega, Ultra...) but I'd never heard of Guy Vixen !!
chris40 2008-05-05 20:11	Alors, Jean-Marc, t'as mené une vie protégée, non? -- Last edit: 2008-05-05 20:11:22
antp 2008-05-05 20:47	The model names of that make are often very strange, IMHO... These seem to unreal (I mean, I would not see these in current vehicles) -- Last edit: 2008-05-05 20:47:30
john from Staffs 2008-05-05 22:01	For strange model names look up Pagefield, (Planatagenet, Pompian, Pegasix, Prodigy) or Beardmore (Cobra, Python, Anaconda) after which Guy (Wolf, Vixen, Otter, Warrior and Invincible) seem quite normal.
sixcyl 2008-05-06 07:22	chris40 wrote Alors, Jean-Marc, t'as mené une vie protégée, non? .. sûr! ..et encore plus grâce aux Airbags