Help with tracking down my car’s original dealer.

[tobias6]

As the title suggests, I’d like to know what the original dealer of my car was so I can get some more authentic looking plates done when the bodywork is finished.

The first page of my service booklet is stamped ‘NORMAND’, BUT, it’s not the well known Normand of Park Lane, it’s

NORMAND (CITY OF LONDON) LTD.
THAMES EXCHANGE
72 UPPER THAMES STREET
LONDON EC4R 3TA

With subsequent services completed by Bradshaw Webb of Chelsea.

The only online trace of Normand City of London was from a 1984 newspaper clipping.

Does anyone know if Normand City of London is the same as Normand Park Lane? Was the former an office and the latter a showroom perhaps?

Thanks!

 

[markjay]

Interestingly, there's an Alan Day dealership at that address today, and Alan Day used to be a Mercedss Benz dealer for many years up to around 25 years ago. I wonder if that's a coincidence?

I'm sure you've Googled it already, but I also found them (Normand) listed here:

https://www.motormouse.com/dealer index/tx-mercedes.htm

 

[John N]

As the title suggests, I’d like to know what the original dealer of my car was so I can get some more authentic looking plates done when the bodywork is finished.

The first page of my service booklet is stamped ‘NORMAND’, BUT, it’s not the well known Normand of Park Lane, it’s

NORMAND (CITY OF LONDON) LTD.
THAMES EXCHANGE
72 UPPER THAMES STREET
LONDON EC4R 3TA

With subsequent services completed by Bradshaw Webb of Chelsea.

The only online trace of Normand City of London was from a 1984 newspaper clipping.

Does anyone know if Normand City of London is the same as Normand Park Lane? Was the former an office and the latter a showroom perhaps?

Thanks!
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What do you want to add to your plates to make it "Authentic" ?

 

[SpikyMikey]

Normand City of London seem to have been dissolved in around 2007, although at the time, company secretary and director were listed as Inchcape Corporate.

 

[markjay]

According to this, the Park Lane and the City of London locations are indeed both part of the same group:

x.com

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[markjay]

What do you want to add to your plates to make it "Authentic" ?

My guess is that the OP wants to replicate the same look as the original plate (and plate holder) had.

 

[tobias6]

What do you want to add to your plates to make it "Authentic" ?

There's a few outfits that will produce plates with the period correct typeface and dealer logos, it's a small detail but make the car look a lot more original in my opinion. And it's all road legal I believe.

for example - https://www.instagram.com/retroplates/?hl=en

Thanks for the responses everyone.

 

[markjay]

There's a few outfits that will produce plates with the period correct typeface and dealer logos, it's a small detail but make the car look a lot more original in my opinion. And it's all road legal I believe.

for example - https://www.instagram.com/retroplates/?hl=en

Thanks for the responses everyone.

So all you need really is a period photo of a Mercedes Benz from that era with plates provided by the supplying dealer Normand City of London?

 

[tobias6]

So all you need really is a period photo of a Mercedes Benz from that era with plates provided by the supplying dealer Normand City of London?

That would be the jackpot yes

 

[ALFAitalia]

 

[tobias6]

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Well well well

Thank you !