SIBA Elektrik G.m.b.H

SIBA Elektrik G.m.b.H is a former German automotive electrical manufacturer, noted as manufacturers of the Dynastart combined starter motor and alternator, used on many cars, motorcycles and scooters in the 1950s and notable for providing an electronic method of reversing the engines running direction, thus providing a way to reverse a vehicle without a reverse gear in the gearbox. A British company SIBA Electric Ltd was established in 1954 to import the Dynastart units, eventually manufacturing themselves from 1957. The German company was sold to BOSCH in 1957, whilst the British company was taken over by Lucas in the same year.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Siba Electric". Grace's Guide. 2011. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Siba_Electric. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "116. SIBA Electric Ltd". Report on the Supply of Electrical Equipment for Mechanically Propelled Land Vehicles. HC 21, 1963-64. The Competition Commission. 18 December 1963. p. 41. http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1960_1969/fulltext/025c03.pdf. Retrieved 16 August 2011.