Classic cars for sale & parked in London streets, early 1980s

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!!
My thanks to Peter for sending over these and many other old car photos which have already featured on the channel.
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[@peterm1826]

These old cars were fantastic. They just kept going. No onboard computer crap simple to fix basic.

[@danieleregoli812]

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....

[@colinmuddell9672]

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.

[@silkyfan]

I love these old photo collections.

[@professormcclaine5738]

How the streetscape has changed, it's good there are 'survivors' amongst the pantheon of old friends...

[@christopherdean1326]

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!

[@tomspeers3371]

l love my old cars

[@peterriggall8409]

Top selection once again. Thanks to Peter Ward again.Great to share these things and give others the pleasure of seeing them.

[@zebedep]

What a great selection of photos! Thank you to Peter Ward for sharing them.

[@peterward3965]

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.

[@cornishhh]

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.

[@billmago7991]

I owned 1964 Humber Vogue in 1983 till 1990....a 4speed manual in storm grey❤❤

[@stephenricketts7764]

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. 👍👍

[@michaelkeen5010]

Great video, remember seeing so many 50’s cars seeing out their days in the 70’s.

[@trevorchambers1812]

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!

[@Brookspirit]

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.

[@Vince_uk]

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.

[@ratty383]

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…!

[@glpilpi6209]

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.

[@TheopolisQSmith]

I really enjoy seeing all these old European cars. Many never seen here in the US.