Classic cars for sale & parked in London streets, early 1980s
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- čas přidán 10. 04. 2023
- GREAT scenes of classic cars & vans seen in London c1982 make up this short video on the Old Classic Car channel. A mixture of wonderful old vehicles are included just parked at the side of the road, or for sale in London occupying secondhand car dealers' lots. Many of the 1950s & 1960s cars were looking long past their best, the years having taken a toll on their bodywork and paint, a few though - such as an immaculate Ford Consul Mk2 - look like they had fallen into appreciative hands. I wonder how many of them survive? Thanks to Peter Ward for these images.
Happily the Standard Vanguard van that is shown in the thumbnail is still around, if you put its registration number into Google images there are photos of it part-restored in recent times, so fingers crossed it'll be out and about again soon. Hopefully the lovely old Morris J Type van is also still with us, however I doubt that the rare Morris-based gown van shown outside Shepherd's Bush market made it into the 21st century though, some 40+ years after being photographed in slightly run down condition. The old Humbers weren't looking too fit either by the early 1980s.
In addition to these London street scenes, Peter also sent over a few photos of vehicles he spotted in Luxembourg at around the same time. Look out for the disintegrating early 1950s Hillman Minx a long way from home!!
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These old cars were fantastic. They just kept going. No onboard computer crap simple to fix basic.
l love my old cars
Amazing stuff! Around that time, when I was just a school boy, my dad would take me to spot old cars for sale along the old London Road towards Southend on Sea. There was a stretch of road that was absolutely packed with car dealers who invariably seemed to sell shiny, unmissable 'immaculate' occasions! I remember salivating at some of those..... Ohhh, the times....
How the streetscape has changed, it's good there are 'survivors' amongst the pantheon of old friends...
I had a Ford 103E Popular as my first car when I was still at school! (long story) When I got to technical college for my mechanic apprenticeship, one of our lecturers had an old Morris Oxford/Austin Cambridge estate. The college were scrapping a saloon, and we had to take the doors and bonnet off for him to take home as spares. What he imagined was going to happen to the old tank that would require body repair is beyond me!
Thank you Peter and Richard for another interesting collection of photos. It's nice to re-live those better days, provided you overlook the ever present threat of rust we had to endure.
I love these old photo collections.
I remember seeing a second-hand car lot in Tulse Hill in South London when I was a kid in 1971/72, having a Farina A40 for sale for the princely sum of £5!
Presumably just before the sudden spike in the price of scrap iron in 1972 to £40 / ton. So many good older cars lost to that. Made a few chancers rich tho.
What a great selection of photos! Thank you to Peter Ward for sharing them.
You're welcome, I'm pleased I discovered Richard so he could share them with his followers.
Top selection once again. Thanks to Peter Ward again.Great to share these things and give others the pleasure of seeing them.
Glad you enjoyed it
How interesting Richard that you found out the fate of the London double decker bus behind the Standard 8, just going by the number on its bonnet.
That it ended up in Germany in 1991.
£399 for that Humber would be like finding £1,600 approx in todays money.
I had to be quick in taking the Humber pic as you can see my Singer Hunter was blocking the road. Enjoyable video well put together, cheers Richard 🍻
Thanks Peter, an interesting glimpse of London 40+ years ago, still some interesting cars around
I can remember that A55 gown van at Shepherds Bush market when I lived in London in 1980/1. I can't remember if it moved or was used as a store.
Several of my early cars are still on the DVLA and I'm 99.9% sure all of them would have been scrapped decades ago.
Ahh that's interesting, thanks for posting
I owned 1964 Humber Vogue in 1983 till 1990....a 4speed manual in storm grey❤❤
Hi, I recall a Singer Vogue of 1964 vintage, but I've never heard of a Humber Vogue. Unless it was a Rootes car named in Australia or New Zealand, I'm intrigued now..
WUF509 ended its days locally to me near the New Forest. AFAIK it was broken to provide spares for another J van which is still in daily use. These are great photos and although I took a few kerbside shots in the 1980s I wish I had taken a lot more!
Nice collection there from days of yor. I wonder how many of those still survive? Like today the commercial vehicles would have most likely been run until the doors fell off and daylight appeared through the floor but maybe some of the others appear to still be around. Thanks to Peter for the photos and you Rick for posting them. 👍👍
Great video, remember seeing so many 50’s cars seeing out their days in the 70’s.
My dad had a 1967 Humber Imperial, it was a beautiful car. He got it cheap during the 1970s fuel crisis. I doubt a Bentley or Rolls-Royce of the time would have been much better. It's a shame he couldn't afford to keep it longer.
Awesome car. My dad at the Vauxhall Cresta. It could fly on the MI. But that Humber was a powerfull machine. They were both cruising at 100 mph. Long before radar and speed traps!
Classics In The Wild, what a terrific collection of photos. I see a company has developed an updated version of the J Type van, electric powered and reborn as the JE Type van.
Where is that company and do they sell many?
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I really enjoy seeing all these old European cars. Many never seen here in the US.
Another enjoyable set of photos, I remember seeing an Austin Drape van very similar to the one shown parked up outside South Harrow Market in the mid 70’s , It’s interesting seeing the commercials as most of them were worked into the ground and are virtually extinct now… Those used car window stickers brought back memories very ‘Minder’ ish…!
The Datsun Cherry next to the J Type van lasted until 1993.
The yellow MK2 Consul with the black roof my uncle had one same colour scheme.
I know three of my old cars that still have live reg. numbers on the DVLA database . Two of them had road tax that ran out in the early 90s . So they must have been crushed.
Very interesting 👍
Thanks Ciaran!
The Hillman Husky Estate was my first car when I passed my test at 17 I paid £65 for it in 1969. It was my pride and joy it towed my BSA Sidecar outfit all over the UKs racing circuits, until it was replaced with a Transit in 1973
Great pictures and fascinating updates.
Glad you like them!
That Consul: I had one ('59 LowLine) in that same colour scheme - Panama yellow and black, in '67. My first car. It was 2837 EV and I think long since gone ....
Once again another interesting video!👍🚚🚐
Nice collection of pictures there 👍👍👍
Thanks Craig
Depressing as these lovely street scenes come from a time before Identikit people didn't live in Identikit houses in Identikit towns driving Identikit cars
How far we have come not!
Perhaps we could build a town of old prefabs where no vehicle newer than than 1960 is allowed. I'd pay to live there
1980's cars, especially Japanese ones, were every bit as identikit as todays. Nowadays they really stand out.
2:39 Jonny Smith was looking at the new Morris J Type electric the other day. The Post Office's were apparently fitted with rubber wheel arches to prevent bumps and scrapes! 😁👍
They had rubber wings on their Morris Minor vans too.
@@peterriggall8409 I think steel was saved too in production. Post war economies .
That was great love that era of car.
I had an RO 80 what a great car. Very advanced for its time. Semi automatic in that it had a traditional H gear pattern but to change gear you pushed down on the gearstick to disengage the clutch. It certainly cured you of the bad habit of resting your hand on the gear-lever 😅. Velour reclining seats. Very fast and a lovely noise from the wankel rotary engine
There's a metallic blue Ro80 around here that I occasionally see driving about
@@oldclassiccarUK that was the colour of mine. I wonder if it was my old one.
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Very interesting video. I was most interested in the information on the state of registration. I have been hunting for my first new car, a Saab 96 finished in Trocadeo Red reg number SJA426J. Could not get much help from DVLA, apart from it being put on SORN some 10/years ago. Any ideas as to how to proceed?
I have checked this registration number and I think this vehcle has been scrapped............
So many registered but maybe not existing, I contacted the DVLA regarding the two cars I brought with me to the USA and asked is I could get the registration so that I could sell the numbers and thereby the DVLA could make some money in the future, they informed me I had to bring the cars to England to get the papers, how dumb are they ?, they are losing money because they can't think, both of the cars are still registered in the UK and last registration is my name so what's the problem, Oh I know it the stupid government.
Pretty much a take on Britain’s long gone auto industry. Let’s face it an industry which didn’t really belong in the modern world.
We should still be a major player just like Germany and France are, sadly we're not any more
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I know and I can’t understand why it was all allowed to happen.
@@jackkruese4258 Too many DIY people in the UK who in fact let the UK car industry build average quality cars for many years.