Post by Nick RS on Aug 5, 2013 22:41:26 GMT
When I see a car for sale here in the UK, the seller often quotes some number about the similar ones left on the road to show just how rare their car is. The source is usually howmanyleft.co.uk but I find that the data needs to be treated with care, or to put it another way you need to know what you are working with. Since it all links up to data available freely from the Vehicle Licensing agency I prefer to download their file and take a look for myself. With all this data available you can play around with the numbers to see trends and compare one car with another. The Maxi is quite a difficult one as it appears under Austin, Austin Morris and Leyland Cars and it is easy to miss one. Maestros come under Austin, MG & Rover and so on.
Anyway, in a recent thread David was talking about the minimum number of cars needed to keep the supply of parts viable and with around 400 Landcrabs on the road we thought we were just about OK but didn't really want to lose too many more. The DVLA info allows you to look at the rate of decline over the years and the following chart shows ADO17 against some of its near contemporaries
The graphs shows what percentage of those around in 2000 are still on the road. The Landcrab decline has slowed somewhat but it still looks like it is going down.
The similar aged BMW 2002 has a very similar survival from the 2000 population and I am wondering if the increase in values of this car is helping to preserve the survivors.
A worrying picture for Maxi and Marina fans as the trend is still down and the numbers are now really quite small. It may be no coincidence that Maxi values seem so low at the moment.
Cortinas cover a longer period so by 2000 some of the earlier ones would be well and truly established in the classic arena, Lotus and GTs Mk1&2 for instance. I'm not a big Ford fan so haven't looked in detail at it. It's interesting that that it ceased production at a similar time to the Maxi
I included the MGB out of interest (A55 Sport, Chris). It's still losing plenty as the years go by but the volumes around must surely explain this. If you want one and can afford it then you can pick and chose the right one for you.
These only include vehicles still on the road and not those as notified off road (SORN). Not sure if we can make any really solid conclusions but I thought I'd post it as food for thought.
Nick
Anyway, in a recent thread David was talking about the minimum number of cars needed to keep the supply of parts viable and with around 400 Landcrabs on the road we thought we were just about OK but didn't really want to lose too many more. The DVLA info allows you to look at the rate of decline over the years and the following chart shows ADO17 against some of its near contemporaries
The graphs shows what percentage of those around in 2000 are still on the road. The Landcrab decline has slowed somewhat but it still looks like it is going down.
The similar aged BMW 2002 has a very similar survival from the 2000 population and I am wondering if the increase in values of this car is helping to preserve the survivors.
A worrying picture for Maxi and Marina fans as the trend is still down and the numbers are now really quite small. It may be no coincidence that Maxi values seem so low at the moment.
Cortinas cover a longer period so by 2000 some of the earlier ones would be well and truly established in the classic arena, Lotus and GTs Mk1&2 for instance. I'm not a big Ford fan so haven't looked in detail at it. It's interesting that that it ceased production at a similar time to the Maxi
I included the MGB out of interest (A55 Sport, Chris). It's still losing plenty as the years go by but the volumes around must surely explain this. If you want one and can afford it then you can pick and chose the right one for you.
These only include vehicles still on the road and not those as notified off road (SORN). Not sure if we can make any really solid conclusions but I thought I'd post it as food for thought.
Nick
