Bargains With Josh breaks Guinness World Record for car boot sale

Joshua Wyer, better known online as Bargains With Josh, attracted 1,250 people selling on the day, smashing the previous record of 1,024 cars taking part.

Josh, from Halesowen, says there were around 40,000 people who attended the car boot sale in Tamworth throughout the day including many from the Black Country.

The social media star said: "We started at three-o'clock in the morning, even about 30 people camped over, quite a few came from Scotland, so they camped for the night."

"From about 5.30 in the morning there was already about 600 people selling."

Josh with fellow content creators Carboot Guy and Droneology (Image: Supplied)

Josh revealed that they set fireworks off at 11.30 to signal that they had beaten the record.

"We are just waiting now to send all the evidence over to Guinness World Records and get everything confirmed and clarified," he said.

The huge car boot sale saw people sell anything and everything - including a dog. 

The owner of Bargains With Josh believes in championing pre-owned items and showing others how to buy and sell them, highlighting that you don't always have to buy new.

"I'm all about the pre-owned stuff, I've always loved buying and selling second hand items," he added.

"Car boot sales are perfect for anyone who loves a bargain."

(Image: Supplied)

The large audience was largely attracted from Josh's social media presence, with his followers predominately hailing from the Black Country, where much of his content is centred.

Josh says he got into social media as a way to showcase his buying and selling clothes side hustle.

"I actually suffer quite badly with anxiety, I found it difficult to hold down jobs for that reason."

"I reached thirty and realised I need to start doing something for myself."

"Over the space of a year , I had gone from working full time to part time, and then eventually I made the buying and selling side hustle my full time job."

Josh explains how he realised the content could take off when he clocked the significant reach he had in the local area.

"I started making promotional videos for businesses, especially our local food places and stuff like that, just promoting the Black Country basically."

Josh added: "The car boot sale was a fantastic day, a good family day."

"It was a good community there. There was a lot of love on show."

(Image: Supplied)

The car boot sale took place at Drayton Manor Drive at Drayton Bassett in Tamworth. 

The previous record was set in May 2016 by Stockholmsmarknader AB in Stockholm in Sweden.