[Tudortomnz]

The new Ford Plant at Geelong in Victoria ,set up 1925, was a manufacturing & assembly plant. In that era, most govt.s had a floating scale of what was imported & local sourced items. Basically, in Model A era & up to 1935, Ford Aust. imported chassis, running gear plus fenders etc but body panels [ initially all] were built up as bodies from imported & from 1930 as locally pressed & imported panels. They could differ to the same models sold elsewhere in world. Later on in '30's, Ford sourced more local components but bodies could still be local/ imported [ 1934 Aust. Coupes had Canadian cowl, rear deck but Aust. made roof & doors ; this was local manufacture as far as Aust. govt. was concerned then]. The Model A Tudor ['28 '29 only] & Fabric Fordor '28 '29 was an imported body but allowed until Ford Aust. began manufacture of the '30 3W Fordor by mid 1930.
Ford New Zealand had an assembly plant from late 1936, before that Fords were imported 'built up' except for the late Model Ts which were sent knocked down from Canada.