GTS gaurds on an HX Sandman Van... factory option?

[HZSandman]

doubt very much from factory but from dealer possible even if not technically available.

Anything to sell a car.

[wbute]

Yeah this has been talked about before. Not an option but anything could be dealer fitted if you bent over and paid extra.

[Vombil]

thanks guys ?? so you could order colour and motor size and tranny combos but not guards??

[razsandman]

I know of a Hx sandman that was ordered with a twin headlight front from new. but im not sure if it was factory or dealer fitted. my friend who owned knew the original owner between them they owned the van up untill just a few years ago.

[HK1837]

It'd be dealer fitted. Probably a Papaya HX van? Unless it was a GMH TEST VEHICLE, then it may have been done in Engineering or done for display.

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thanks guys ?? so you could order colour and motor size and tranny combos but not guards??

You could order the same options that were available on the base vehicle (HOLDEN ute and van for HX) except where a higher option level was already fitted eg you couldn't go back to bench seat or column shift or black (19V) trim. Some normal options were not available because of the package eg vinyl floor covering.
The standard Sandman package in HX was XU3, or you could order the alternative XX7. On either of these the only Sandman specific option available was DL7 (delete stripes). There was one other option available and that is the option to have the engine size badge fitted to the tailgate however this didn't have an option code. The standard XU3 and XX7 packages had this badge deleted, so if you bought one off the lot and didn't order it, most likely the badge would have been absent.

[Vombil]

cheers for the info Raz and HK... just trying to decide whether or not to take my GTS guards off before the big re-spray. They are relatively rust and bog free. As long as its possible that the car was delivered with them i think ill leave them :Tongue:

thanks again!

[Absinth]

cheers for the info Raz and HK... just trying to decide whether or not to take my GTS guards off before the big re-spray. They are relatively rust and bog free. As long as its possible that the car was delivered with them i think ill leave them :Tongue:

thanks again!

GTS guards on HX/HZ Sandman were not optional and no HX/HZ Sandman would have been delivered with them from the factory. If fact GTS guards were not optional on any model Holden, they came standard on HT/G/Q/J/X/Z GTS, HQ SS, GTR and HQ/HJ Sandman only.

While it may have been possible to have a dealer fit them for you from spare parts it would be highly unlikely this would have occurred due to the high cost for the dealer to do so. I very much doubt any HX/HZ Sandman was dealer delivered with GTS guards, more likely owners had them fitted and painted by panel shops or fitted by the owners themselves when customising their car.

[razsandman]

[QUOTE=HK1837;13633]It'd be dealer fitted. Probably a Papaya HX van? Unless it was a GMH TEST VEHICLE, then it may have been done in Engineering or done for display.[COLOR="Silver"]

It was a madirin red. all i know is it was deliverd like that from new its was on the sales recipt.

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they never look as good behind the front doors. Just looses the cool HX/HZ stripe appeal!

Stripes with gts guards never looks rite and the small sandman always looks out of place if its not where it is ment to go. i say if you going stripes put std guards on, no stripes gts guards are the go.

as most say your van do what you like! back in the panel van golden day it was all about custom changes and how far you can modify it. look at all the van nats show winners for the last 30 plus year not a stock one yet.

[HZSandman]