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    Super Moderator Absinth's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
    Greg's point is aimed at trying to educate others (not yourself, but newbies) that a Sandman (or GTS or LS or whatever) is valuable and collectable and worth $X when it is whole. Replace it's original chassis number with another and it suddenly is worth 60% of $X. He's trying to stop people paying too much for bling, and focussing on the big picture. He more than any of us talks to people everday and hears what they bought, and what they paid. Just because an Ebay auction shows a picture of a BODY tag with XU3 on it doesn't mean the whole thing is this wonderful thing. Like the "Sandman" on Ebay with the WB body. He also more than anybody wants people to buy the right car for them at the right price and to spend money restoring it, that's how he makes a living. Not to see someone pay $10k for a driving HZ Sandman to find out is is a HX body on a WB chassis with HX ID plates. This is how I read what he says anyway!
    Still a lot that need educating then... 5 people fighting it out for a set of HX Sandman XX7 data plates.... L31 M21 with trim 1917-60A

    Plates only no chassis.... $860 :knockout:....... that's more than I paid for a whole HX Sandman.

    http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAP...m=180618953722
    4/75 HJ XX7 Sandman Panelvan ... Persian Sand currently restoring
    7/76 HX Monaro 4dr 308 4sp... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell.. SOLD
    3/77 HX Sandman Panelvan ... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell .. SOLD

    http://www.44gpw.info/sandman-decalssmall2.jpg

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    Pretty silly hey! I suppose if you already had an Acacia Ridge Kingswood van built as a Sandman fake those plates would go well on it. For $860 though if you actually get some parts other than plates like tailgates and doors then it is a bargain!

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    http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HX-308-4-SPEE...item45f8847464

    This is a WB advertised as a HX Sandman... :-)

    Mauser

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    Interesting read guy's, just wondering what your thoughts are on these tags ?. Never been removed from the Van, 3 registered owners, about 60,000 kms from new. Is it still a Sandman no matter what ?.

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    Not sure what you're asking there Rhino. It's got XX7 on the plate and the chassis number matches the other plate so it is and always has been a Sandman. (unless I'm not seeing some restamped chassis numbers or something)

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    That is the first 1895-60V (Claret with Chamois trim) Sandman I have recorded. Nice one. The other three are black trim (19V).

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    Does the letter at the end of the chassis number being different mean anything ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hxbunny View Post
    Does the letter at the end of the chassis number being different mean anything ?
    Different to what? The chassis number and the number on the ADR plate look the same to me: BHJ10949B.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hxbunny View Post
    Does the letter at the end of the chassis number being different mean anything ?
    the letter at the front has nothing to do with the letter at the end
    letter at front = series revision.. eg WB's ran for 5 years and start AWB,BWB, CWB,DWB and EWB,

    the letter at the end represent the factory, A Adel, B brisbane, M melb etc


    so a chassis with EWB12345A is an adelaide built WB that was probably built 1984...

    is this what you meant HXbunny?
    Last edited by adam perth; 02-09-2011 at 10:56 PM. Reason: extra
    "All correspondence must bear these numbers"

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