Cheers for all the comments! I've had a bit of luck researching the cars history, it started out as a company car at a company called Smith & Bocking Ltd in Bermondsey, London & i put a post on a forum about Bermondsey asking if anyone knows about the car & someone has replied back with this post;
I've just stumbled across your post re the ford escort registered to Smith & Bocking - that was my Dad's company (with his nephew). My brothers worked for him & they both had yellow escorts, if you have a red one that was my cousins.
They made flat pack furniture for the likes of MFI amongst others & according to my brother my Dad's company was one of the first to do so.
I can remember those escorts well - the number plate started LVB.
Hope you're having fun restoring it.
cheers
Rob
I've been in contact, he says he doesn't have any old photos of it but its nice to get a bit more history for it!
I've just stumbled across your post re the ford escort registered to Smith & Bocking - that was my Dad's company (with his nephew). My brothers worked for him & they both had yellow escorts, if you have a red one that was my cousins.
They made flat pack furniture for the likes of MFI amongst others & according to my brother my Dad's company was one of the first to do so.
I can remember those escorts well - the number plate started LVB.
Hope you're having fun restoring it.
cheers
Rob
I've been in contact, he says he doesn't have any old photos of it but its nice to get a bit more history for it!
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