How many Jowett Bradfords are left in New Zealand?
Rare 1 in 137,496 on the road Built 1947-1953 Sold new in New Zealand
Updated from the NZTA Motor Vehicle Register, counted as at 31 August 2026. Recounted every month.
A simple light van and utility from Jowett of Yorkshire, built from 1946 to 1953. It was powered by a flat-twin engine whose design went back to the company's earliest days, slow but frugal and hard to kill, and it sold well in a post-war Britain short of any kind of transport.
Still on the road, by model year
The most are from 1950: 9 still registered. Every year is listed under the chart.
Every model year
| Model year | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 1947 | 3 |
| 1948 | 3 |
| 1950 | 9 |
| 1951 | 9 |
| 1952 | 7 |
| 1953 | 3 |
What Rare means
Spotto grades every car by how many are still registered in New Zealand. With 34 still registered, the Jowett Bradford is Rare: the grade for cars with 25 to 174 left.
By how many are left it ranks 2nd of the 3 Jowett models and equal 1,469th 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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