BTW,some the rarest mainstream British cars:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/gall...ustin-allegro/
The Austin Metro,Morris Marina,Hillman Avenger,Vauxhall Chevette,Austin Allegro,Austin Maxi and Morris Ital.Less than a 1000 of them left,some under 200 like the Austin Allegro,and less than 50 Morris Ital cards left and well over 600000 were made originally of the Austin Allegro.
So,if you have one of those it might be worth something. I remember a family friend who had an MG Metro,and sold it for few grand especially since it was one of the higher end models with better trim and a more powerful engine,and was in good condition.
Also look at the decrease in numbers,some of the cars have gone down massively in number over the last decade. So companies scrapping perfectly fine rare old cars,is utterly pointless. The cars are worth more in value than the steel got from scrapping them,and if anything companies like Ford would probably gain more value by selling them on,even abroad.
Remember,people are making a mistake assuming the chap who part exchanged the Standard 10 even bothered to sell it. Some people might not even have a clue about what it was - it was some car they inherited and it was taking up space.
A lot of unique British aircraft were scrapped the same way,and it only took one heck of an effort by enthusiasts to save old aircraft including the Spitfires you see today.
There were some which never got saved,since nobody could be bothered.
I wonder if many here would feel the same if someone randomly decided to scrap a Spitfire they owned even if it could be offered elsewhere for sale,even for parts.
Sure its their choice,but its also part of our history even it was a violent and nasty part of it.