How many Ford 10s are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 126,348 on the road Built 1935-1955 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
British Ford's 10 horsepower family car, launched in the mid-1930s with a 1172cc side-valve engine. It grew into the Prefect, and that simple engine outlived the car by decades: it powered Ford's small cars into the late 1950s and a generation of home-built specials and club racers.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1938: 10 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1935 | 3 |
| 1936 | 4 |
| 1937 | 7 |
| 1938 | 10 |
| 1939 | 4 |
| 1946 | 1 |
| 1947 | 2 |
| 1948 | 1 |
| 1949 | 1 |
| 1952 | 2 |
| 1954 | 1 |
| 1955 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 37 still registered, the Ford 10 is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks equal 66th of the 126 Ford models and equal 1,439th of all 2,903 cars in Spotto's catalogue.
The six grades: Common, 8,000 or more · Uncommon, 1,200 to 7,999 · Scarce, 175 to 1,199 · Rare, 25 to 174 · Super rare, 5 to 24 · Unicorn, fewer than 5.
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