Seddon
Foster and Seddon Ltd of Salford built commercal vehicles from 1938 to 1974.
General
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
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.
Buses
See Seddon: Buses
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