V C Saunders Engineering

Specialties

Car Dog Guards/​Pet barriers/​Pet travel accessories

Established in 1954, Saunders manufacture high quality, wire mesh and tubular car dog guards for all car makes & models. With 4 frame styles we will have a dog guard to fit your car.

Our founder invented the car dog guard back in the 1960’s. Today they are still made from steel and aluminum and shouldn’t be confused with lighter, less robust car dog guards on the market.

FItting a car dog guard has many benefits;

— Stop your dogs from distracting you whilst driving

— Minimises the harm and carnage of road accidents, where a dog can be thrown at force, impacting damage to driver, passengers and which is often fatal for the dogs

— Keeps the vehicle clean from hair and dirt, slobber and those little mucky accidents…

— More difficult for car thieves to take the dogs from the car

— Keeps within the boundaries of the law for dogs being secured in vehicles

— More secure and less fuss getting dogs in and out of the car

All our car pet barriers feature;

— Headrest mounting using quick release buckles

— No tools or drilling required

— Very strong tubular steel construction

— Easy to fit with full fitting pack & instructions supplied

— No rough edges to harm your dog or your car

All our prices inc. next day delivery and we offer free fitting on any orders collected from our showroom in Wimbledon, London, SW19.

History

Established in 1954.

Our parent company V C Saunders Limited was formed in 1954 by Victor Cleveland Saunders (1925 – 2010) and began trading as a car accessory wholesaler from a shop in Battersea Park Road, South West London.

A few years later in 1957 V C Saunders Engineering Limited was established to manufacture car accessories in Doddington Road, Battersea. The first products included ‘kick down’ door stays, chromium plated exhaustrims, exhaust deflectors, mini door handles and car flagstafffs, including special versions for the Royal cars.

The company expanded rapidly and moved in 1963 to larger premises in Dryburgh Road, Putney. In 1965 Vic Saunders invented the ‘Saunders Dog Guard’ which became an extremely successful product and has been exported all over the world. It is still one of our major product lines today.

By 1981 the company had again out grown its Putney works and moved to its current location in Wimbledon. Saunders also began to make a range of commercial roof racks during the 1980s

Meet the Business Owner

Ann S.

Business Owner

Founders daughter now MD.