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| [[image:Im20110522Bv-Sed-i227.jpg|thumb| 1947. Reg No: 781 XUM. ]] | | #redirect [[Seddon Diesel Vehicles]] |
| [[image:Im20110717Weet-c113.jpg|thumb| 1949. Reg No: 781 XUM. ]]
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| [[Image:Im194903CV-Sedd.jpg|thumb| March 1949.]]
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| [[Image:Im19510420CM-Seddon.jpg|thumb| April 1951.]]
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| [[image:Im1954CMS-Seddon.jpg|thumb| September 1954. ]]
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| [[image:Im090604CCS-SedMk5-55.jpg|thumb| 1955. Seddon Mk V. Reg No: PAD 843. ]]
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| [[image:Im20100808Kem-Seddon1955.jpg|thumb| 1955. Seddon Mk V. Reg No: PAD 843. ]]
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| [[image:Im20110515MM-Sed25-1957.jpg|thumb| 1957. Seddon 25. Reg No: LAY 95. ]]
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| [[image:Im20110515MM-Sed25.jpg|thumb| 1957. Seddon 25. Reg No: LAY 95. ]]
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| [[image:Im20110730FK-cc798c.jpg|thumb| 1957. Seddon 25. Reg No: 1932 VM. ]]
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| [[image:Im20110805PK-c1732VM.jpg|thumb| 1957. Seddon 25. Reg No: 1932 VM. ]]
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| [[image:Im20110522Bv-Sed-i229.jpg|thumb| 1962. Reg No: 131 DBU. ]]
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| [[image:Im20110717Weet-c112+i092.jpg|thumb| 1962. Seddon Flatbed. Reg No: 131 DBU. ]]
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| [[image:Im20100904DSF-Se-KFX701G.jpg|thumb| 1968. Seddon 13-4. 112 hp. Reg No: KFX 701G. ]]
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| '''Foster and Seddon Ltd''' of Salford built commercal vehicles from 1938 to 1974.
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| == General ==
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| 1937 [[Foster and Seddon]] started vehicle manufacture after 18 years of servicing and distribution of vehicles. The first vehicle was a 6-ton with a [[Perkins]] P6 diesel engine.
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| 1944 Advert for diesel lorry. ('''Foster and Seddon''')
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| 1947 Became '''Seddon Lorries'''.
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| 1948 Moved from Salford to the Woodstock factory (Oldham)
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| 1950 Produced and launched a 3-ton with a [[Perkins]] engine which remained in production until 1963.
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| 1951 Became a public company.
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| 1956 Styling changed with wrap-round windscreens.
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| 1961 Employed 450 persons. Of Woodstock factory, Oldham. Two subsidiaries. Manufacturers of commercial and passenger vehicles. <ref>[[1961 Guide to Key British Enterprises: Motor, Motor-Cycle and Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers]]</ref>
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| 1970 Acquired [[Atkinson]] and became [[Seddon-Atkinson]]
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| 1972 Launched new heavy range.
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| 1974 The business was acquired by '''International Harvester''' of the USA. Vehicles then marked as [[Seddon-Atkinson]].
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| ==Buses==
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| See [[Seddon: Buses]]
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| After 1982 Seddon and [[Atkinson]] had merged.
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| == See Also ==
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| <what-links-here/>
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| ==Sources of Information==
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| <references/>
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| * British Lorries 1900-1992 by S. W. Stevens-Stratten. Pub. Ian Allen Publishing
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| * Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris
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| * The Modern Diesel edited by Geoffrey Smith. Published by Iliffe & Sons 1944
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| [[Category: Town - Salford]]
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| [[Category: Town - Oldham]]
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| [[Category:Commercial Vehicles]]
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