Seddon

Foster and Seddon Ltd were a Lorries from 1938 to 1974 at Salford

• 1937 Foster and Seddon Ltd 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
• 1947 Became Seddon Lorries
• 1950 Produce 3-ton with a Perkins engine launched and remained in production until 1963
• 1956 Styling changes with wrap-rpund windscreens
• 1970 Acquired Atkinson
• 1972 Launch new heavy range
• 1974 The business was acquired by International Harvester of the USA

Buses

• 1946 Seddon built a passenger chassis it was fitted with a Perkins engine and a five-speed gearbox.
• 1950 a larger version called Mark 6 was developed.
• 1959 the Mark 19 was introduced with underfloor engined chassis.
• 1967 the Pennine 4 was made it was a coach chassis, available in lengths of 30 and 60ft.
• SELNEC PT used the Pennine 4 model for it's standard coach chassis.
• Pennine IV was the first midibus chassis.
• 1969 the Pennine RU became available in 33 and 36ft.
• 1972 a shorter version of the IV was designed.
• Pennine VII was built with a mid-mounted Gardner 6HLXB engine.
• 1974 a battery-electric midibus was developed.
• 1982 production of Pennine's ceased.
• After 1982 Seddon and Atkinson had merged.

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