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Originally Posted by Old Col
..."......this was the case until the all steel '35 year, excepting for the 28/29 Tudors which were on the US steel platform for some unknown reason. ....
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Old Col, the 1928 '29 Tudors [ also the Sport Coupe, Briggs 4 Dr Fabric back] were imported bodies, built up from Canada. They were finished & painted at the Aussie Plants. The Tudors were advertised in Aust. as all steel, imported & good value. The 1930 Tudors were not imported as Geelong began production of their Murray based Fordor ; the '30 Sport Coupe was also produced [ some were imported] but the Aussie one is distinguished by the use of the Sedan door, not a Coupe door which is similar construction to a Tudor.Geelong also wanted to produce fabric panelled Fordors & Tudors, but they were not a success & probably too expensive to make; a couple still exist.Geelong sometimes imported one off bodies , probably to aid their body building or maybe just for one of the bosses, who knows. There is the one & only ''29 steel top Coupe still in Tasmania, plus a handful of early roadsters , a couple of Taxis & even a Town Car which appears to have disappeared. There was also one new '31 S/W Fordor but it has the '30 shell. They may have been considering a new Sedan as they were listed in the 1932 Aust.Model A Parts Catalogue but of course no 1931 types were ever produced at Geelong.