And the big killer of a car model is when the teenagers get hold of them....
Vans were THE teen choice of the 70's so were doomed to a high attrition rate. Couple that with the fact that when a new model comes out the old devalues fast and the customising scene was at it's peak, sending even more vans down the one way path to hell.
Cheap, used V8 vans (possibly Sandmans) fell into the hands of P platers and inexperienced drivers and were written off at a high rate...
I'd be shocked if 10% survived in any decent condition today.
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It does actually prove a lot. It proved the 100 built is clearly wrong, unless by some miracle 100% survived and are all recorded. Not likely.
What would you suggest would be a possible survival percentage of a 44 year old car, that was extremely susceptible to rust, went through twenty five years of its life where it had no value, except to be wrecked to build other cars? I reckon 10% is pretty optimistic really.