▁P ly mouth ▁came ▁close ▁to ▁knock ing ▁Ford ▁from ▁second ▁place ▁with ▁an ▁output ▁of ▁ 4 1 2 , 5 4 0 ▁vehicles . ▁ ▁Australian ▁production ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁Ford ▁was ▁also ▁produced ▁in ▁Australia ▁by ▁Ford ▁Australia ▁in ▁V 8 ▁sedan ▁and ▁V 8 ▁coup é ▁utility ▁models . ▁Re vised ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁models ▁followed , ▁although ▁only ▁ 1 3 8 ▁examples ▁were ▁produced . ▁ ▁Australian ▁production ▁recom men ced ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁with ▁V 8 ▁Sed an , ▁Coupe ▁Util ity ▁and ▁P anel ▁Van ▁models ▁released ▁and ▁minor ▁updates ▁followed ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁The ▁P anel ▁Van ▁was ▁dis cont in ued ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁and ▁the ▁Sed an ▁and ▁Coupe ▁Util ity ▁were ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁models ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁▁▁▁ 1 9 4 1 ▁Category : M ot or ▁vehicles ▁manufact ured ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Category : C ars ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 <0x0A> </s> ▁Australian ▁R ules ▁Football ▁has ▁been ▁played ▁as ▁an ▁organ ised ▁sport ▁in ▁Asia ▁since ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁with ▁teams ▁based ▁in ▁Australian ▁exp atri ate ▁communities ▁and ▁around ▁univers ities , ▁such ▁as ▁in ▁Tokyo , ▁Japan . ▁Before ▁this ▁time , ▁only ▁inform al ▁matches ▁had ▁been ▁played ▁in