It's mad how you used to see thousands of these cars day in day out and they just... Disapear

The Mk1 Fiesta 1.1 Ghia at 5:22 looks superb, the paint and chrome is gleaming, and the person who scrapped it should feel ashamed of himself, especially if he took the scrapage scheme bribe. It has a Ziebart sticker on the back window which explains the lack of rust, for all the good it did it now.

All the cars of my youth, pretty much gone just like my youth...

Those figures will be well off, Scrapyards were notorious for for not sending logbooks to the DVLA when cars were scrapped, Some of the cars I've scrapped are still listed on the DVLA websites. One of them was scrapped over 25 years ago (CVC 739Y silver 1.5 Talbot Alpine) and lay in the scrapyard for months with doors and windows missing.

I'm surprised there were as many as 27 original Datsun Cherries left in the UK in 2015. They were very decent little cars, but they could teach Italian cars a lot about going rotten. I started my career off working for a FIAT main dealer back in '89 and one of our local customers, carried over through multiple changes of franchise, had an early Cherry. It came in one day for its annual MoT and service (it was their town runaround so it did very few miles) we put it on the lift to get stuck in, the body shell went up and left the engine, gearbox and front and rear sub-frames on the ground. It didn't pass, and they bought a new FIAT Uno Formula to replace it. I expect that's long gone to the great scrap yard in the sky now too, though there's no shame in that, the pushrod poverty model Uno was truly horrible, both to drive and to work on, compared to the FIRE-engine models and the larger engines which started off life in the early '60s...

This I sickening, will humans ever learn that once things are extinct they are gone forever. RIP

At least hubnut saved that that invacar called TUC well done! Ian.

I don't know why, but i have always been curious to live in the 60s/70s/80s/90s. I was born late 90s, but life seemed much simpler and worry free in the early days. And i love old cars! I've owned 3 and my newest was 1990. To see old cars get scrapped i hate that.

I have driven 23 of those and owned 10 at various times.

Great video interesting variety of what were vehicles you grew up with and drove, 1st vehicle roc979y mk 2 Transit, very good choice in background music as well

That was a quick stroll down memory lane- thanks for the video. I had 2 Capris- both 1.6l GLs , so not exactly tarmac-rippers but I loved them- I'd have another if I had somewhere to keep it garaged. I had a Commer van (Post Office Telephones) and it got stuck in 1 inch of snow on level ground! ! had to get my (14 stone) colleague to stand on the back step and bounce up and down to get it off the driveway. Trouble was- he drove one as well and he was stuck in the same drive, so I had to return the favour (I was 9 stone, wet through!) Ah yes, the good old days. Now where did I put my rose-tinted spectacles....?

It is striking that I have a relationship with quite some cars in this video even though I'm not British! - Just before I passed my licence I was offered a Marina in beautiful marine blue and not too bad a condition, the price would have been ok but at the time I didn't have the space, tools and knowledge to fix her up, but I could still kick my own butt for letting her go. - My mom had a Cherry in bright yellow as her first car and I can still barely remember her as a very little boy. - My godfather had a Viva as his first car, he wasn't very lucky with her as she broke down a lot. I can't remember this car but I have seen her in photos. - I know a chap who restored a Dolomite Sprint just lately, it took him much longer than expected because just about everything that could go wrong went wrong. - When I was a language student in Cambridge I passed a purple Allegro every day on my way to school that was in pretty bad nick and had obviously been abandoned at the roadside. - My host mother there had an Orion. - My parents had a BX Break for about ten years and I learnt driving in her. I still think the road holding was second to no other car that size I've driven. - After I passed my amateur radio licence I got to know a chap thanks to whom I gained a foothold in the ham community and he had four Senators in a row of which I knew - and was given the occasional lift in - three. - My brother once was a Capri nut and still owns two, one of which a rare Turbo May. - Same brother once owned a 5, it was unbelievable how at some point all 5s have just vanished overnight. - My godfather had a Talbot, and I think it was a Sunbeam, after the Viva, and this one I remember. - I once owned a XR3i myself but unfortunately it was a bottomless pit in relation to the means I had at the time so was never able to finish her to roadworthiness. I like youngtimers but even me hasn't been able to keep most of the cars I would have liked to. Give me a huge barn and that will change from that moment on.

I hope people that have these rare cars and trucks keep them running or they will be long forgotten I love them all good or bad

163 Princess survive! That's 163 too many!

I love this video, but at the same time it's quite sad....I love cars

I don't miss any of them. Most were rot boxes with an inheritance of faults never to be cured. Best place for them. They kept me in work for many years

I remember the local council driving around in those Commer vans. They were painted bright yellow with L.B.C (Llanelli Borough Council) written on the side.

3.0 SENATOR CD WAS A BEAST JUST SAYIN

I have 3 Austin Maxis , great cars

My mum and dad have owned pretty much all of these and to think of the ones that survived the part exchange shit the cars will either be in a field rotting or in a garage not being driven

Was the scrappage scheme really worth it? If I recall correctly, on an old episode of Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson said that it would actually cost less in the long run to keep an old car running rather than to scrap it and build a new one from scratch to replace it. Was it more to do with emissions or something?

I deliver around Nelson, Burnley and I kid you not I bet there's at least 1 of every vehicle featured on here still driving round up there 😂

The problem with most if not all the cars in this list is they were built in a time before modern rust prebention. My dad got a brand new triumph 1500 front wheel drive in 1972 within 12 months it had started to rust. Dad's cousin baugt a 3.5 rover SD 1 Vanden Plas that started to rust after 8 months. My mate's dad had a Datson 180 after a year and a half the bottom 8 or so inches had roted completely away the Japanese made very reliable cars but like everyone else they had shit rust protection. One last thing the Lads became scarce when they were being snapped up by russians and were shipped home for eather use or spare parts. There was an artical on a news program showing hundreds of Ladas on the docks wating to be shipped home..

What amazed me, is how many of these cars I owned at one point and I certainly remember how terrible most of them were.

Loved this trip down that memory lane, thanks for posting.

💔 Rip xr3i ! Sorry I wrote you off. Still love ya! 💔 Sorry Austin Metro I blew your Gearbox up. 💔 And My Beloved Orion 1.6ighia sorry I blew your box up too! Hope you all forgive me X

I havent seen a mk2 polo, mk2 polo breadvan in person a long time... I dont know where they disapeard but i see that mk3 polo is also geting kinda rare... Its prices even vent up! Ive got one. My dad got a mk1 transit Left hand drive. Thats also rare af i dont even know if there is more than 500 on the road of them... Hunting down just an engine that was in multiple types of cars and also in mk1 transit (ford v4) is very very hard.... And thats my favourite engine....

That Cortina makes me think of Onslow's car in Keeping up Appearances - his always backfired lol. Think Father Ted owned one too. Oh, and the Capri makes me think of Del Boy!

Sad to see these old cars rotting away even though a fair few were pretty ugly. :(

Sierra xr4i a forgotten car now and far rarer than a Cosworth

I have not seen a Vauxhall Cavalier MK-1, Two door saloon, for many years, How many are left today in 2020 ?.

We had A Allegro, probably one of the best cars ever in that era. That thing could pull a tank!

Well, I can happily say that I own one of the 675 mk2 transit !

It is up to people to keep these peaces of history alive.

would be interesting to do an up to date version to see what the difference in numbers is in 2022

what about Nissan bluebirds you dont see many them now on the road

speaking as someone who loves classic cars,having grown up in the seventies/eighties,there's a good reason not many of these cars survive, put simply they were crap get over them!!!!!

Sad sad video n it pains me to know that this is the truth about our trow away Society n that one day all the proper good cars will by gone......😓😔 But there's good people out there who are saving them n hopefully them cars will be around for years. So thank u to those people.

Had a Datsun Cherry. Loved it.

Not that long ago when i passed my test in 99 most of these especially xr3s were cheap n plentiful now nearly all gone apart from in museums. A real pity as i remember all these from my childhood and youth in 70s and 80s.😞

My first drive across London was in one of those Commer vans,the old 1725 revving hard under the middle seat. Handbrake lever on the right worked on the front wheels! It was 'the big van'.Replaced in 1982 by a mk. 2 Tranny.Luxury!

Basically Rest in peaces British Leyland.((

I've owned or driven a few of these models. Keep in mind that "howmanyleft" only accounts for cars in England & Wales so it isn't all that accurate.

Love it , and the massive attack soundtrack too

some bloke round the corner has a Quattro in his garage, it comes out in summer, there is an Austin Maxi in Mustard and a Mark II Transit in regular use, too! I had 4 Toyota Model F Space Cruisers but they came with ‘Rust Built In’ 🤔 they are all washing machines now, probably 😂

I miss my Fiesta Mk1 XR2

It doesn't help that the manufacturers made them out of steel that dissolves in British weather.

Absolute tradegy . :-( Great video. Love a bit of Massive Attack!

I have seen a few of these around

Massive attack great choice

The majority of these cars were rubbish before they got to the showroom with their poor design and atrocious build quality. They deserve a place in history as cars that should never have been considered. If a manufacturer tried to get away with selling them these days, they would go out of business very rapidly.

Particularly sad that there are also so many videos on KZfaq that show classic cars like these rotting away in fields, barns and drives that the owners, for whatever reason, won't part with even though they have no intention of restoring them!

Hi Billy, I've just become the proud owner of a 2.2 petrol Fiat Croma Any idea how rare they now are in U.K ?

My goodness loved this vid, had the a v reg chevette when i was 19, then Renault 5 mk 2 then j reg Nova SR loved the Nova.

A year or two ago a well conserved FSO Polonez with vinyl roof was scrapped in UK... Only five existing cars of this version are known to be survived up to this day. Since much more Polonezes Coupe survived and they didn't make more than 350 it's possible that vinyl roof version was produced in even lower number. Sometimes people don't know what do they send to wrecking yards.

There's a DAF 33 near where I live. I believe there's only three left in the UK.

Some real classics in there! Owned or drove many of them and wish I still had some of them but some of those old layland cars can stay gone it's best for everyone!

A nice and easy informative video. I was however saddened to see that at least 172 Austin Allegros still survive.😆

I have a '62 Vauxhall Victor. According to Dvla only 13 survive.

That was a great game and a few surprises

How many Mark 1 Vauxhall Cavalier 2-Door Saloon Cars are left today, Production from 1975 to 1981.

I now someone who had a v6 senator, beautiful condition, he bought it nearly new and always kept it spotless, serviced and in a garage. He bought a horrible new Ford a year ago and they took it as px as part of a scrapple scheme. He couldn't care less about it being crushed.

There’s a mk2 Transit near my grandads house that is in the worst possible shape you will see

I am just wondering shouldn't the vauxhall astra gte 16v be on this list?

The majority of these cars are rare for a reason - They were crap and rusted like hell. They were crap then and crap now. Except the Citroen BX

Had red Vauxhall chevette hatchback for my first car in1987 UHG 232R was the rego number 96mph with a tailwind !

An excellent film that actually reminds me how old I am as I have either seen or driven all the cars in this film except for the invacar that was banned. If only I could turn back the clock.....😁

It is the Morris Minor that has more survivors than most classic cars of the same era. An old man near me uses one as his everyday car, and left in the street in whatever the weather is.

But they are just machines - No one makes videos about rusty old washing machines. Maybe they should.

I got a 1994 stock civic Bali and how many left says there are only 45 in uk

Shocked by the many Astra mk 1's left. Easy as to steal back in the day :-)

its a wonder some of them lasted 3 years - you had to dodge the rain

Amazing just how many of these cars my family and I have owned over the years.

Can you do a 2021 update?

I've owned five of these and can honestly attest that some of them should be hunted down and be made extinct. SORN, SAWN more like it.

Really shocked at how few Rover SD1s are knocking about. I had VDP EFi back in the day. Prob is most of the BL cars were so bad they would actually rust under warranty 😅

We had a purple triumph dolomite with Crome trims. It had a 2.0 ford sierra engine. It won some small rally's around Ireland

317 marinas still survive? How is that even possible?

You’ve missed the 2CV!

Sd1 @ 2:59secs, I sold that car second hand in 1989 to a couple in Sandiacre, Notts.

Great video and so nostalgic. Feel a little guilt about low numbers of bx's left... I killed a fair few Gti's for the 16v engine that fitted straight into my many 205's! My Dimma has a bx lump in it!

Exellent vid! With good music, hope to see more :)

Ya can't beat classics. Way better than today's shite.. sad to see some of these destroyed

great video and music.

How many Talbot tagoras are left.

It would be interesting to know how many of each make and model were made in order to contrast with how many remain. Interesting video, thanks for posting!

Bloody Hell this has made me feel old.

Felt tearful watching this.

Peugeot 505 4x4 was an awesome off road wagon Arab countries used them for years

Omg i LOVED the Marina i owned 4 over the years one an American ‘export’ went like a rocket twin carbs! Would touch 130MPH!

I had a b plate xr3i .. 4 leaf clovers

I was told Lada owners would take there cars to the port of Blyth in Northumberland in the early 90's where they were bought by Russian trawler crews , some were stripped for parts . My brother drive his Skoda to the Czech republic , Czech cops were always stopping it as never made a black with alloy wheels .

Always fancied a Talbot Rancho, virtually all gone now. I had an Orion, A98GLU, 1.6GL, red. One of the best cars I ever had but had the VV carb which was replaced with a webber and was a bit pokey after that.

used to love my rover 220 coupe great to drive and look at. how many do you think are left?

Commer van, countless escort mk1s, xr4s, in the day cheap junk, checking out the eBay prices now is enough to bring tears to the eyes.

2:18 we had a commer campervan when I was younger we went from south yardly birmingham uk Warwick castle😊 sounded like a hair dryer because of the mid engine

I remember all these niw 50+ my uncle god rest.him had an austin 1100 a maxi 1750 a maestro 1.6 and a 1.3 marina on a k reg 1300 super. G8 memories.

less than a thousand novas about now. before long they'll all be gone

if there's 8000 of something left, it ain't rare!

Saw a rover sd1 today in Abingdon Oxfordshire an immaculate gold one.