1946
Busiest manufacture year
About 20 still registered — about 40% of this model’s total.
Still registered in Australia · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
Ford Super DE Luxe
50
still registered in Oz
<0.1% of all vehicles still registered in Australia
4 manufacture years from 1941 to 1948. Year of manufacture as recorded on the registry — not model year or compliance plate.
Still registered on Aussie roads · BITRE as at 31 Jan 2025
1946
Busiest manufacture year
About 20 still registered — about 40% of this model’s total.
4
Build years still on the road
From 1941 to 1948, as at 31 Jan 2025.
QLD
Most registered in
About 25 registered there. State figures come from a separate BITRE table, so they can differ slightly from the national count.
Each row is a year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Open a year for history, state split, and rarity.
| Year | Still registered | Share of model | Rarity for its year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | About 6 | 12% | Not ranked |
| 1946 | About 20 | 40% | Not ranked |
| 1947 | About 15 | 30% | Not ranked |
| 1948 | About 9 | 18% | Not ranked |
Years that aren’t listed have fewer than 3 still registered, so BITRE doesn’t publish a count.
About 280,000 cars
Watch this many cars go by and it’s a 50-50 chance one is a Ford Super DE Luxe.
A rough guide, based on official registration numbers.
How many Ford Super DE Luxe vehicles were still registered on 31 January each year (2021–2025), summed across every manufacture year — not new sales in those years.
Tap a point for its count.
BITRE snapshots. Later releases can revise earlier years. Pre-2021 figures are not on this chart.
| Date | Still registered |
|---|---|
| 31 Jan 2021 | About 24 |
| 31 Jan 2022 | About 23 |
| 31 Jan 2023 | About 22 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | About 20 |
| 31 Jan 2025 | About 50 |
By year of manufacture as recorded on the registry. Very small counts are rounded or withheld.
Where these still-registered vehicles are recorded by state/territory
Tap a bar for its count.
| State | Still registered |
|---|---|
| NSW | About 9 |
| VIC | About 6 |
| QLD | About 25 |
| WA | Not published |
| SA | About 9 |
| TAS | About 3 |
| ACT | Not published |
| NT | About 3 |
Based on BITRE Road Vehicles Australia, January 2021–2025 (CC BY 3.0 AU; the January 2024 release is CC BY 2.5 AU). Colour: Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, Whole Fleet Vehicle Registration Snapshot by Model, Q4 2024 (CC BY 4.0). Oz rare cars is not affiliated with or endorsed by BITRE, the Australian Government or the Victorian Government. Registration counts are not sales, not a valuation, and not advice. Method