I may soon be buying a modern day equivalent of a Sandman

**HK1837** · 31-05-2011, 09:18 AM

Hassle with a secondhand one is a new one comes including about $2500 worth of business rego, green slip and stamp duty. And you only get new for old replacement on your insurance for a new or demo vehicle (this was important with the Hilux). I don't think i'll buy an SSV in series II though as I don't like the wheels (I love the earlier SSV wheels though like yours, the same wheels are on the Thunder but charcoal colour). It is only $350 for sheepskin insert covers to cover the Thunder cloth inserts and the Thunder gets the 19" wheels and Satnav. And with some arm twisting I reckon i'll get a white auto one for $40k. If I get one i'll pull the wheels off and get some damaged VE SSV wheels (gutter scraped), fill up the scrapes with fibreglass bog and paint them gloss black. Then keep the originals for when I sell it. The new EGR hardlids without the gay humps and inbuilt wing are only $2k fitted with remote locking (works with the car's doors), so I may get one of those too.

**Sandman_77** · 31-05-2011, 09:40 AM

dont buy hazzard looks very dated already, its v2 monaro colour

as for ute cpmared to a sandy buy a canopy from melbourne they still make them look on ebay

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http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/AMCAT-VE-...item415481a6e7

**HK1837** · 31-05-2011, 10:07 AM

V2 Monaro was called Devil, and it wasn't a metallic like Hazard. Heron has been around even longer, my VSIII ute was Heron white! My concern with Hazard is premature fading and resale. They look awesome though. The nicest colour of the lot in a Thunder looks to be Sizzle, but again resale may be a problem.

Proper Sandmans are utes anyway, even the original concept was a ute. Idea was a "Sports Utility". Putting a canopy on just makes it an SS ute with a canopy! They don't look too bad though, except that green one in the Ebay link. Black looks good.

**agr071** · 31-05-2011, 11:11 AM

There's aSilver one on Broadmeadow which even has the Sandman stickers on it.

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A bloke we deal with at work went to Singleton Holden and got a new VE V8 manual in Black fo about 4K less then what the best price in Newcastle was.

By the way the one in Broadmeadow could be only a VY/VZ

**HK1837** · 31-05-2011, 11:31 AM

Black ones are pretty easy to get cheap as it is not a popular colour and dealers jump on the chance to flog them off whenever they can. I think the dark grey ones will be the same especially with that awful red dash and seat inserts.

I may even consider getting some of that magnetic stuff, cut a slot out of the middle to cover the Thunder badge on the sides and stick a HJ Sandman logo onto it. That or get Jason to make me up an "andman" logo and stick it on after the SS, so I have an SSandman!