The Big J, launched in 1964, was Guy Motors’ last range, the company having been taken over by Jaguar (hence the Big J). They had a wide choice of power units and continued production until 1979 by which time GUY was part of British Leyland.
Rugby Cement Works, on the western outskirts of Rugby, makes cement from the local Jurassic Lias limestone. The cement industry in Rugby dates back to the 19th Century. In the 1990s the Rugby Cement Works was dramatically expanded and is now part of CEMEX, the world’s largest building materials supplier and third largest cement producer in the World.