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Revision as of 13:09, 16 August 2020
Foster and Seddon Ltd of Salford built commercial vehicles from 1938 to 1974.
See also Seddon: Buses
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.
1944 Advert for diesel lorry. (Foster and Seddon)
1947 Became Seddon Lorries.
1948 Moved from Salford to the Woodstock factory (Oldham)
1950 Produced and launched a 3-ton with a Perkins engine which remained in production until 1963.
1951 Became a public company.
1956 Styling changed with wrap-round windscreens.
1961 Employed 450 persons. Of Woodstock factory, Oldham. Two subsidiaries. Manufacturers of commercial and passenger vehicles. [1]
1970 Acquired Atkinson and became Seddon-Atkinson
1972 Launched new heavy range.
1974 The business was acquired by International Harvester of the USA. Vehicles then marked as Seddon-Atkinson.
After 1982 Seddon and Atkinson had merged.
See Also
Sources of Information
- British Lorries 1900-1992 by S. W. Stevens-Stratten. Pub. Ian Allen Publishing
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris
- The Modern Diesel edited by Geoffrey Smith. Published by Iliffe & Sons 1944