How many Ford Thames are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 50,267 on the road Built 1938-1969 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
Thames was the name Ford of Britain used for its vans and trucks from the 1930s to the mid-1960s, after the river beside its Dagenham factory. The best known are the small van based on the 100E Anglia and the forward-control 400E, the van that the Transit replaced in 1965.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1964: 12 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1938 | 1 |
| 1947 | 1 |
| 1948 | 1 |
| 1950 | 1 |
| 1952 | 1 |
| 1953 | 2 |
| 1954 | 7 |
| 1955 | 10 |
| 1956 | 4 |
| 1957 | 2 |
| 1958 | 6 |
| 1959 | 4 |
| 1960 | 5 |
| 1961 | 7 |
| 1962 | 8 |
| 1963 | 9 |
| 1964 | 12 |
| 1965 | 11 |
| 1969 | 1 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 93 still registered, the Ford Thames is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 56th of the 126 Ford models and equal 1,076th 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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