Siva Engineering Sales Company

Siva Engineering Sales Company
legal form	Company
founding	1969
resolution	1976
Seat	Weymouth , UK
management	Neville Trickett, Michael Saunders
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Siva Engineering Sales Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The designer Neville Trickett founded the company in 1969 together with Michael Saunders with headquarters in Weymouth . The production of the automobiles and kits took place in Trickett's design studio Neville Trickett Design Ltd. held at Blandford Forum . The brand name was Siva . Production ended in 1976. A total of 126 copies were made.

In addition, Neville Trickett ran the Siva Motor Car Company in Aylesbury with Robert Paterson , whose vehicles were also marketed as Siva .

vehicles

Vehicles were on offer that were similar to vehicles from 1904 to 1912.

The first model was the roadster . The Phaeton body offered space for two people. The chassis of Ford Eight , Ford Ten and later Ford Popular (103 E) formed the basis . A kit cost £ 145 in 1970 . 25 copies were made between 1969 and 1974. One of them had the British registration number THT 302 .

The tourer was the four-seat variant of the roadster on the same basis. The kit cost £ 160. Siva made 80 copies in the same period. One vehicle had the registration number MSJ 648 . Such a vehicle is used as a Bessie in the television series Doctor Who .

From Raceabout emerged from 1970 to 1976 six copies. The model was a two-seater racing car from Renault from around 1904. The vehicle had a noticeably long front hood. Since the vehicle was based on the chassis of the VW Beetle , it had the engine in the rear. The long steering column was striking.

The Parisienne was a little more successful on the market with seven copies in the same period. The basis was the chassis of the Citroën 2 CV . The rest was similar to the tourer .

The San Remo was similar to the Parisienne . However, it had the chassis of the VW Beetle. Eight of these were made between 1970 and 1976.

literature

George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1465. (English)
Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 231-233 (English).

Web links

Allcarindex (accessed December 12, 2014)
Siva Edwardian (accessed December 12, 2014)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 231-233 (English).
↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1465. (English)

[Kit_Cars-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Steve Hole: AZ of Kit Cars. The definitive encyclopaedia of the UK's kit-car industry since 1949 . Haynes Publishing, Sparkford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84425-677-8 , pp. 231-233 (English).

[Beaulieu-2] George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1465. (English)