I know the American Galaxie was available in CKD RHD until the early 70s, when the Australian designed and built Ford LTD (a lengthened Falcon) replaced it. * Ford: Despite being a Ford fan, I’m not too familiar with what they sold. It was phased out in the early 70s when the Australian Valiant got bigger in size.

Once the Australian Valiant was on stream, I the Dodge Phoenix was the sole (I think) remaining RHD CKD Chrysler model assembled and sold. * Chrysler:CKD RHD Plymouths and Dodges sold here through the 50s – although only the front clip differed – eg my grandparents bought a ’59 Plymouth Belvedere here new the ’59 Dodges shared the Plymouth body and rear end.

They shared the same dashboard regardless of brand.

* GM: In the 1960s, the CKD RHD models sold here were Chev Impalas/Caprice and Pontiac Parisienne/Laurentian. For example, all our NZ-new RHD 1957 Chevs still wore the 1956 dashboard – so the first time I saw a LHD USA ’57 Chev here I was mightily confused! * Although the exteriors were generally updated in line with the USA models (although usually a year behind), the interiors often weren’t updated, and would remain unchanged for some time. * Generally the GM/Ford CKD kits came from Canada (probably because Canada and NZ were both in the Commonwealth so got cheaper trade rates or something). Of course they differed more and more from their American cousins as the 1960s rolled on – and by the early 1970s they were uniquely Australian designed and built. The only exceptions are the Falcons and Valiants that were built in Australia from 19, respectively. I believe the same is true for Australia too. Bryce is correct for NZ, our American cars were RHD CKD kits until they faded from the market in the early 1970s.

60s t bird