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For cars in the UK:

www.howmanyleft.com

shows the numbers that the British DVLA has recorded as on the road and registered as not taxed for road use (typically sitting idle or in need of repair/restoration/a good home).

For my Jensen-Healey it shows 122 on the road and another 209 as off road.

Since around 900 were kept in the UK that means about 37% have survived with around 13% still on the road (excellent, really, compared to much more popular cars like Cortinas, etc.)

Playing with the numbers from the years first registered givces me an estimate for Mark 1s of about 28 on the road and 75 SORN'ed (that's mine); and for Mark 2 & GTs of 85 driving and 140 not.


What's more interesting is doing Lotus Elite- it shows BOTH Mark 1s and 2s, if you look at the years first registered.

It's interesting that for cars like the Elite and my Big Healey that a higher % of them are still on the road despite their age than much newer cars, and cheaper cars (like my Jensen and presumably MGs, Triumphs, etc.) too....

Shame my Rochdale doesn't make the list....

Not sure where something like this should go!"
 
not helping me either.
 
'How many left' is a bit misleading, particularly for cult and collectable cars. As James has said, it takes information from licensing agency records of vehicles taxed or declared off road. The trouble is that vehicles were not required to be declared off road (if not taxed) until 1998, and the records weren't really reliable to start with; so anything that was off the road before 1998 - your typical 'barn finds' - won't be on there anyway.

For vehicles where I know the genuine survival rate, 'How many left' only shows 10% - 25% of the known survivors
 
Thanks James, shows 483 on the road and another 71 in limbo. Not bad, since I don't think any more than 700 were released to the home market in the first place. Haven't seen that as a hard number, just my guess. Not bad at all for 50 years later. While the U.S. got the largest number of "Darts", I doubt there are half that number on the road here.
 
Re Daimler Darts: there's at least one over here! The one in question belongs to a Brit who brings it to most club events. I'm 95% sure it was a UK car originally, so that one won't appear on the DVLA list. How many left? One more than they thought! (It's in beautiful condition too, and he's not afraid to use it!)
 
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