NOS Tonneau Cover

**HK1837** · 22-03-2011, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by Robbo

May be so Byron, but when I bought mine I went through all the specific's of the vehicle with the salesman, as you do. I asked about said tonneau cover, as my father had bought a new hj kingswood ute and he had one, and was told they came fitted with them. So I figured that was great,as they should have had them anyway being the top of the range ute.

Nowhere on my invoice is a tonneau cover mentioned, only sandman.The only extra listed are the mud flap's I ordered. So unless they were giving away free tonneau cover's I would assume what I was told at that time was correct.

I was actually thinking further about yours after I typed up the reply, wondering if you ordered it or bought it off the yard. What you've said makes me wonder how they did it. On the options chart for HOLDEN, E93 is listed as A against Holden utility (meaning accessory I think). Standard stuff is listed as S (sometimes B for base), this is how E93 is shown on the Kingswood page. All other items optional on Holden that are standard on Sandman like bucket seats say "part of XU3, XX7". When you go to the special packages pages and also features manual, all the component options (items like XS6 buckets, B47 comfort package, M20 4spd etc) and the feature changes (blackouts, GTS nose panel, grille etc) that make up XU3 or XX7 are listed. There is no mention of E93 lash on tonneau cover.

HJ does it similarly except XX7 is shown by itself on the options chart and on the Kingswood page the Kingswood ute has a B (base) against tonneau and the Kingswood XX7 is blank meaning it was optional. This is reflected somewhat on the HJ utility sales brochure where it says tonneau standard on Kingswood, optional on Holden. I couldn't find any mention of the tonneau (standard or optional) on HZ Sandman brochure.

So I wonder how it worked? Maybe dealers just gave extra ones away that people didn't take with a Kingswood ute that was fitted with a camper or canopy?

I did note a mistake on the HZ Sandman brochure though. Last page, second last sentence.

**mark_23** · 22-03-2011, 08:45 PM

Yep im 100% sure its the original, dad bought the ute new and it hasnt seen many years on it, was never on the car in summer and usually off in winter as it was the work ute. ill get dad to dig it out of the shed, it is about due for a good clean and armorall.

Mark