20-08-2022, 03:21 PM
Hi - There are statistical methods that would allow a guess of the total number of survivors to be made - similar to when a number of specimens of wildlife are captured, marked, released and then recaptured. Depending on the number of marked ones recaptured, the total number can be estimated.
In this case, the selection of cars on ebay is perhaps not random - they might more often be cars put on by people without direct connections to the existing Austin Seven world as they are not being offered to club members or locally? However, from the number of cars I have seen around that don't appear on the register over the years - there could easily be double those already listed?
Should anyone feels up to a statistical analysis of some sort, feel free... it would be interesting to know? Of course, some cars are 'known' but not on the register because their owners don't wish them to be.
In this case, the selection of cars on ebay is perhaps not random - they might more often be cars put on by people without direct connections to the existing Austin Seven world as they are not being offered to club members or locally? However, from the number of cars I have seen around that don't appear on the register over the years - there could easily be double those already listed?
Should anyone feels up to a statistical analysis of some sort, feel free... it would be interesting to know? Of course, some cars are 'known' but not on the register because their owners don't wish them to be.